Itinerary
- Day 1
Perth
You'll land in Perth and meet up with your Travel Director for a city tour. From there, you'll walk through Kings Park and check out the Botanic Garden, where you get nice views over the Swan River. Later this evening, dinner happens with your Travel Director and the other people on the tour.
- Meals
- Dinner (Dinner with Travel Director and travelling companions)
Included Activities
- City tour of Perth
- Stroll through Kings Park
- Visit Kings Park Botanic Garden
Landmarks/POIs Kings Park Kings Park Botanic Garden Swan River - Day 2
Wave Rock
Today takes you to Wave Rock, a massive 110-metre granite formation that looks like a giant surf wave and formed over three million years ago. You'll meet Sheenagh, a local farmer, who shows you around her farm, talks about life out here, and tells stories about her vintage car collection.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit Wave Rock
- Farm tour with local farmer Sheenagh
- View vintage car collection
Landmarks/POIs Wave Rock - Day 3
Kalgoorlie
You're heading to Kalgoorlie to walk through the historic streets and buildings from the gold rush era. The Super Pit open-cut gold mine is next, and then Hannans North Mine on the Golden Mile. Standing next to the enormous haul trucks and loaders really puts the scale of mining operations into perspective.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Tour of Kalgoorlie gold rush era streets and buildings
- View Super Pit open-cut gold mine
- Visit Hannans North Mine
Landmarks/POIs Super Pit Gold Mine Hannans North Mine Kalgoorlie Golden Mile - Day 4
Cape Le Grand National Park
Cape Le Grand National Park is the focus today, with sweeping heathlands, rugged coastal peaks, and white sand beaches. You'll visit Thistle Cove to listen for Whistling Rock, explore Lucky Bay where kangaroos hang out on the beach, and head to Hellfire Bay. An Aboriginal guide meets you for a cultural experience about the Wudjari people.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit Thistle Cove
- Explore Lucky Bay
- Visit Hellfire Bay
- MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience with Aboriginal guide - learn about Wudjari cultural history
Landmarks/POIs Cape Le Grand National Park Thistle Cove Lucky Bay Hellfire Bay - Day 5
Stirling Range National Park
This morning you travel through some of the most wild parts of Western Australia. Stirling Range National Park comes into view, and during certain seasons over 1,500 different wildflower species show up here, many found nowhere else. You'll get views from Bluff Knoll Lookout at one of the highest peaks in the state.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Tour of Stirling Range National Park
- Visit Bluff Knoll Lookout
Landmarks/POIs Stirling Range National Park Bluff Knoll Lookout - Day 6
Albany
Albany gives you options for the day. You can take a heritage tour about Albany's role as the final port for ANZAC troopships in WWI, or head to Torndirrup National Park for steep cliffs, dramatic rock formations, and whale watching during migration. There's also a food option where you taste local cheeses, fudge, chocolate, ice-cream, cider, wines, and gins (your own cost).
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Albany heritage tour - WWI ANZAC troopships history
- Torndirrup National Park exploration
- Culinary excursion with tastings of local cheeses, fudge, chocolate, ice-cream, cider, wines and gins
Landmarks/POIs Torndirrup National Park - Day 7
Margaret River
The Valley of the Giants features the Tree Top Walk, where you'll stroll 40 metres above the forest floor with views of the soaring tingle trees. After that, you head to Margaret River wine region and enjoy a hosted wine tasting at Hamelin Bay Wines, which produces wines from sparkling to shiraz.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Wine tasting dinner in the Margaret River region)
Included Activities
- Tree Top Walk at Valley of the Giants
- Wine tasting at Hamelin Bay Wines
Landmarks/POIs Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk Hamelin Bay Wines - Day 8
Busselton to Fremantle
You travel through Margaret River where grapevines grow right near the sand. Busselton comes next, and you'll visit the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at 1.8 kilometres out into Geographe Bay. The rest of the day is free to explore Fremantle, and Fremantle Markets has over 150 stalls if you want to check that out.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit Busselton Jetty
Optional Activities
- Explore Fremantle Markets
Landmarks/POIs Busselton Jetty Fremantle Markets Geographe Bay - Day 9
Fremantle (Leisure Day)
Today is yours to do what you want in Fremantle. Walk around the foreshore, take your time over lunch or a drink, and Little Creatures Brewery is worth a stop. You could also arrange a local tour to find hidden spots (your own cost), or ferry out to Rottnest Island for quokka photos and turquoise water (your own cost).
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Fremantle foreshore walk
- Visit Little Creatures Brewery
- Local Fremantle guided tour
- Rottnest Island ferry tour with quokka viewing
Landmarks/POIs Little Creatures Brewery Rottnest Island - Day 10
Yanchep and Nambung National Parks
Yanchep National Park is first, where bush and wetlands matter to First Nations communities. An Aboriginal guide leads a cultural experience about storytelling, didgeridoo playing, and hands-on work with traditional tools. Later you reach Nambung National Park to see the limestone Pinnacles landscape. The afternoon takes you to Geraldton's HMAS Sydney Memorial.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience at Yanchep National Park with Aboriginal guide
- Didgeridoo playing demonstration
- Traditional tool hands-on learning
- Pinnacles tour at Nambung National Park
- Visit HMAS Sydney Memorial
Landmarks/POIs Yanchep National Park Nambung National Park Pinnacles HMAS Sydney Memorial - Day 11
Monkey Mia and Shark Bay
You arrive at Monkey Mia in Shark Bay World Heritage area. Shell Beach is next, a powder-white cove formed from billions of coquina bivalve shells stacked up to 10 metres deep. Hamelin Pool follows, where you'll find the world's best-known stromatolite colony (living rock-like formations). Nhanda man Darren 'Capes' Capewell leads a cultural experience with didgeridoo playing and clapsticks, finishing with bush tucker cooked over a campfire.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Bush tucker tasting cooked over campfire)
Included Activities
- Visit Shell Beach
- Explore Hamelin Pool
- MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience with Nhanda guide Darren 'Capes' Capewell
- Didgeridoo performance and lesson
- Bush tucker tasting cooked over campfire
Landmarks/POIs Monkey Mia Shark Bay Shell Beach Hamelin Pool - Day 12
Monkey Mia
Early morning brings wild dolphins swimming into shore. National Park Rangers explain the feeding habits of these dolphins they know by name (though dolphins being wild means they're not guaranteed to show). The rest of the day is yours to wander barefoot on the beach or grab drinks as the day winds down.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Dolphin viewing at Monkey Mia with National Park Ranger explanation
Landmarks/POIs Monkey Mia - Day 13
Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri National Park is where the Murchison River carved out gorges of red-and-white banded sandstone over millions of years. You'll walk on the Kalbarri Skywalk, a 25-metre projection that extends beyond the gorge rim and sits 100 metres above the river. An Indigenous guide welcomes you to Country and shares stories about the land, bushfoods, medicine plants, and traditional uses of local plants.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Kalbarri Skywalk
- MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience with Indigenous guide
- Learn about bushfoods and medicine plants
- Learn traditional uses of local flora and social history
Landmarks/POIs Kalbarri National Park Kalbarri Skywalk Murchison River - Day 14
Hutt Lagoon to Perth
Hutt Lagoon, one of Western Australia's pink lakes, is today's stop. The pink hues shift depending on conditions. After that, you head back to Perth for dinner with your new travel friends, looking back on two weeks of experiences.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Dinner with new friends reminiscing about the tour)
Included Activities
- Visit Hutt Lagoon
Landmarks/POIs Hutt Lagoon - Day 15
Departure
After breakfast, you say goodbye to the other travellers as the tour ends.
- Meals
- Breakfast
