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Western Wonderland
15 Day Guided Vacation | Perth Return
Travel Period
You could spend months exploring Western Australia on tours from Perth and just scratch the surface. In the right company (wink wink), you can still see a lot in two weeks. Think limestone Pinnacles tours, pink lakes, powdery white beaches, friendly dolphins on Monkey Mia tours and quokkas on Rottnest Island tours, world-class wineries on Margaret River tours, record-breaking national parks. Phew!
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Trip Details
What's included
- • Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide
- • Local Specialists (Guides)
- • Centrally located premium hotels
Dining
- • 14 Full Breakfasts
- • 1 Lunch
- • 8 Dinners
- • 1 Dinner with Wine
- • 1 Farewell Dinner
Flight Information
- • Day 1: Flights to arrive by 12 noon into Perth Airport
- • Day 15: Flights to depart any time from Perth Airport
- • Airline schedules may change at short notice. Please consider possible flight disruption when booking your flights.
What to Bring
- • Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
- • Water bottle
- • Warm layers in cooler months
- • Camera
- • Comfortable walking shoes
Fitness Requirements
- • Low level of fitness required
Itinerary
Western Wonderland (Travel Period: 01 May 2023 – 30 Nov 2023)
Perth may be the West Australian capital, but it’s home to a remarkable amount of green space. Follow your Tour Director to inner-city Kings Park to witness more than 3,000 floral species in the Botanic Garden, overlooking the Swan River, not to mention art installations and the Anzac Memorial. It’s a relaxed entrée to the next two weeks of action and adventure. Your Western Australia tour from Perth is primed to begin.
Hotel:
Holiday Inn West Perth
Included Meals:
Dinner with Wine
Wave Rock deserves its name – the cliff resembles an enormous surf wave about to crash into the bush. Stretching 110 metres, the rainbow-hued granite swell was formed more than three million years ago. It’s a short walk from another imaginatively named rock formation: Hippo’s Yawn. You can actually climb through the hippo’s ‘neck’ to grab a happy snap. Wave Rock locals are a friendly bunch, and they’re truly passionate about the place they call home. But don’t take our word for it. Meet Sheena, who will proudly show you around her farm and discuss life on the land. Which can be harsh, but also extremely healing, in a way unique to the wide open spaces of the Aussie outback. You even get to feed her cattle and glimpse her collection of vintage cars.
Hotel:
Wave Rock Motel, Hyden
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Get your bearings on a Kalgoorlie town tour, including vistas over the staggering ‘Super Pit’ open-cut gold mine. Today’s outings continue to gleam as you visit Hannans North Mine – the history here is overwhelming – Kalgoorlie’s ‘Golden Mile’. Nothing quite puts things into perspective like standing next to enormous U-Haul trucks and loaders.
Hotel:
Rydges Kalgoorlie
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
More than 31,000 hectares of sweeping heathlands, rugged coastal peaks and white sandy beaches… it’s no wonder Cape Le Grand National Park is regularly voted among the most alluring of its kind in Australia. Just when you thought Western Australia couldn’t get any prettier, you arrive at Thistle Cove – sun, sand, sea and sculpted rock formations that ‘whistle’ with the sounds of the wind and waves – and Lucky Bay, a postcard-worthy cove where kangaroos sunbake on the sand.
Hotel:
Comfort Inn Bay of Isles
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Today’s tour from Perth continues through some of the most bountiful wilderness areas in the state. First the Fitzgerald River National Park, a designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, then the Stirling Range National Park, blanketed with a staggering range of wildflowers – more than 1,500 different species, some of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Get an overview from the Bluff Knoll Lookout, topping one of WA’s highest peaks.
Hotel:
The Dog Rock Motel,
2 Nights
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Nature, history, food and wine… there’s not much that Albany can’t do. The hardest thing you have to do today is decide which direction you want to travel. Perhaps opt for an Albany tour that relives the town’s heritage as the last port of call for ANZAC troopships departing Australia in WWI. Being here is a moving experience that tells the tale of thousands of servicemen. Maybe explore Torndirrup National Park, where steep cliffs give way to dramatic rock formations and whales are a common sight during migration. Or get a taste for the region on a culinary excursion that includes tastings of local cheeses, fudge, chocolate, ice-cream, cider, wines and gins. Better wear your elastic-waisted pants for this one. But don’t fill up too much – Margaret River tours await.
Included Meals:
Breakfast
Suspended 40 metres above the forest floor, the Tree Top Walk gives you a bird’s-eye view of the soaring tingle trees that stand large through the Valley of the Giants. More lofty attractions await at the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, the tallest of its kind in Australia, set at the tip of a peninsula where the Indian and Southern oceans meet. Standing here, the wind in your hair, you’ll feel like you’re on the edge of the Earth. Being amid nature makes you thirsty. It’s a good thing the Margaret River wine region is on the horizon.
Hotel:
Stay Margaret River,
2 Nights
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
The Margaret River’s 200 vineyards produce 25 per cent of Australia’s premium wines. And then there are the gourmet purveyors in between… you’re in for a tasty day. Vasse Virgin makes olive oil that’s sweet enough to drink. We recommend you savour it with bread, however, while learning how it’s made and browsing other products it’s used in – like delicately scented soaps. Lunch is leisurely, at a vineyard with plenty of time to sip and savour local drops, many of chich take home global awards. If you still have room for dinner, ask us for recommendations.
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch
The Margaret River is one of the only wine regions in the world where grapes are grown just metres from the sand. The coastal backdrop follows you all the way to Busselton, home to the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. Tip your cap to those who built this 1.8-kilometre structure out into Geographe Bay.
Hotel:
Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - by Rydges,
2 Nights
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Sometimes, the most memorable travel days are those where you lose yourself wandering the foreshore, lingering over lunch or a cool ale. We highly recommend you spend this day of leisure doing just that (Freo’s Little Creatures Brewery is legendary). Of course, having a local show you around also has its benefits, with a Fremantle tour revealing those hidden haunts most visitors pass right on by. If you’re catching the ferry for a Rottnest Island tour, make sure you have your phone ready to capture selfies with the island’s smiley quokkas, not to mention the blindingly turquoise water.
Included Meals:
Breakfast
Yanchep National Park is staggeringly beautiful. It’s also incredibly spiritual, as you’ll discover on an Aboriginal cultural experience revealing First Nations history through Dreamtime stories and didgeridoo sessions. It’s a hands-on experience – don’t worry if you can’t make the didg hum; there are traditional tools to play with and bush tucker to sample. We’ve left some of the best to last: entering Nambung National Park you’re greeted by an ethereal moonscape. Your Pinnacles tour meanders around this collection of head-scratching limestone formations. This afternoon, Geraldton’s moving HMAS Sydney Memorial beckons.
Hotel:
Mantra Geraldton
Included Meals:
Breakfast
The colours of UNESCO World Heritage-listed Shark Bay are so vivid, you’ll think they’re painted on, a patchwork of blues fading into powdery sand so white you’ll need your sunglasses. This is what awaits in Monkey Mia, where the day is all yours. We wouldn’t blame you wandering barefoot along the beach, ordering sundowners as the day disappears in a blaze of glory. Other than a cruise to spot all sea creatures great and small, perhaps the best way to gain perspective of the vast coastline is on an optional scenic flight over Shark Bay Marine Park.
Hotel:
Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Bring your stamina – today’s adventures begin early. But if there’s anything worth getting out of bed for, it’s Monkey Mia’s wild dolphins, which swim close to shore to greet visitors every morning. Keep your sunnies handy at Shell Beach, a powder-white cove formed from billions of coquina bivalve shells up to 10 metres deep, and Hamelin Pool, the world’s best-known colony of stromatolites. Believe it or not, these rock-like formations are alive. Arriving at Kalbarri National Park you’ll take in the Murchison River Gorge from the Kalbarri Hawks Head Lookout. If you’re here during wildflower season, expect acacia, banksia and caladenia in full bloom.
Hotel:
Kalbarri Edge Resort
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Just when you thought WA couldn’t get any more colourful, Hutt Lagoon appears on the horizon – just one of the state’s bubblegum pink lakes. Arriving back in Perth you have a Farewell Dinner to swap contact details with your new friends and reminisce about the last two weeks.
Hotel:
Holiday Inn West Perth
Included Meals:
Breakfast, Farewell Dinner
Fourteen days of wild adventures on your tour from Perth – it’s hard to pick a WA highlight. That’s what your journey home is for.
Included Meals:
Breakfast
Please note: This itinerary may be subject to change.
Western Wonderland
Best Buys
15 Day Guided Vacation
Perth Return
You could spend months exploring Western Australia on tours from Perth and just scratch the surface. In the right company (wink wink), you can still see a lot in two weeks. Think limestone Pinnacles tours, pink lakes, powdery white beaches, friendly dolphins on Monkey Mia tours and quokkas on Rottnest Island tours, world-class wineries on Margaret River tours, record-breaking national parks. Phew!
Highlights
Flexible Vacations
From its beaches to its history, Albany is the kind of town you could lose yourself in. And you have a day to do just that. Ask us for tips.
Time For You
Make sure you have your phone ready for selfies with quokkas on Rottnest Island – their smile is infectious, as is the landscape of sandy coves and gin-clear water.
Iconic Sites
From dramatic geological formations (we’re looking at you Wave Rock) to blindingly blue water (Lucky Bay) and record-breaking attractions (Busselton Jetty), we’ve got you sorted.
Sustainable Travel
Australia is home to the oldest living culture in the world. It’s brought into full focus exploring Yanchep National Park with a traditional landowner.
Natural Wonders
The colours of Monkey Mia sear into your memory, the turquoise ocean here home to a famously friendly pod of resident dolphins.
Accommodation
Your Guided Holiday includes a range of quality accommodation for your comfort.
The accommodation you will enjoy on this tour includes:
Historical charm meets modern chic at the newly opened Holiday Inn West Perth. Conveniently located along Hay Street, this hotel provides easy access to shopping and dining options in the heart of West Perth and Subiaco.
Iconic landmarks such as Kings Park and Botanic Garden, and the Fraser Avenue Lookout are located only moments away from the hotel, offering the best views of the city.
We are situated in the heart of Australia's Golden Outback. Hyden is only four kilometres from Wave Rock.We have a swimming pool (seasonal), gym and the Salmon Gum Lounge offers card and board games for your enjoyment as well as an open fire with baby grand piano and a guitar. The Salmon Gum Lounge has free tea and coffee for in-house quests. Please relax and enjoy this comfort area with its natural timbers and leather furniture, cold beer and wine.
- Ensuite
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- TV
- Swimming Pool
- Gym facilities
Features
Centrally located within the twin towns of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and just minutes from the famous Hannan Street central business and shopping precinct, Rydges Kalgoorlie Resort and Spa offers a new level of luxury accommodation to both the business and leisure market. With over 91 rooms varying from our deluxe studios through to executive apartments, Rydges Kalgoorlie Resort and Spa can ensure that you are kept comfortable for whatever purpose of your stay.
- Air-conditioning
- Mini Bar
- Iron / Ironing Board
- In-room spa bath / Jacuzzi
- Wireless Internet access
- Refrigerator
- Hair Dryer
- LCD TV
- Free Bottled Water
- Foxtel
Features
Comfort Inn Bay of Isles Motel Esperance is your perfect beachfront accommodation solution for business travellers and holiday makers who want to get the most from their time in beautiful Esperance.
- Free wireless internet access
- Room service
- Direct Dial Telephone
- LCD TV
- Foxtel
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Mini-bar (surcharge)
- Air-conditioning
- Ensuite
- Bathtub and shower
- Hairdryer
- Clock radio
- Iron
Features
The Dog Rock Motel is situated in the heart of the city, close to all the action and local attractions. Family owned with friendly service, the motel aim's is for you to have the best experience of Albany accommodation and the beautiful town of Albany.
- Wi-Fi
- Foxtel
- Air-conditioning
- Ensuite
- Flat Screen TV
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
Features
Stay Margaret River is the ultimate destination to relax and explore the famous wineries, caves, forests and beaches of the Margaret River Region.
- Flat Screen TV
- DVD players
- Air-conditioning
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Foxtel
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Hairdryer
- Wi-Fi
- Radio
Features
Savour the culture and tradition of Western Australia’s premier tourist destination when staying at the reimagined Esplanade Hotel Fremantle – by Rydges. Fremantle as a port city, creating an environment that is rich, warm and sophisticated for business and leisure travellers alike. Ideal location near the Perth CBD, while those on holiday can easily access Bathers Beach, Rottnest Island and Kings Park and Botanic Gardens.
- 32-inch flat-screen TV
- Foxtel
- Room service
- Mini-bar (surcharge)
- Free wireless internet access
- Private balcony
- Work Desk
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- In-room safe
- Hairdryer
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Individual heater control
- Air-conditioning
- Direct Dial Telephone
- ISD/STD phone
Features
Looking for somewhere to stay in Geraldton? You want location, you want comfort, you want value. Mantra Geraldton hotel has it all and it's right on the Batavia Coast Marina, Champion Bay.
Mantra Geraldton's spacious apartments are close to the region's best attractions like the Western Australian Museum, Geraldton CBD and the HMAS Sydney Memorial.
- Swimming Pool
- Barbecue facilities
- Room service
- Internet Access
- Laundry facilities (Self-Service)
- Private balcony
- Air Conditioning
Features
Located in the heart of Western Australia’s Shark Bay, Monkey Mia is one of the world’s premier natural dolphin sighting areas.
- Air-conditioning
- Ensuite
- TV
- In-house movies
- Refrigerator
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Balcony or Terrace
- Linen
Features
Best Western Plus Kalbarri Edge Resort comes alive at sunrise, coaxing guests to wake to uninterrupted views of the Coral Coast. Enjoy a five minute walk into Kalbarri town centre, The Murchison River foreshore, or a 5 minutes' drive to Kalbarri Golf Club.
- Kitchenette
- Flat Screen TV
- Bathroom Amenities
- Foxtel
- Wi-Fi
- Air-conditioning
- Satellite/cable colour TV
- Gym facilities
- Room service
Features
Historical charm meets modern chic at the newly opened Holiday Inn West Perth. Conveniently located along Hay Street, this hotel provides easy access to shopping and dining options in the heart of West Perth and Subiaco.
Iconic landmarks such as Kings Park and Botanic Garden, and the Fraser Avenue Lookout are located only moments away from the hotel, offering the best views of the city.
Need accommodation before or after your tour?
Our special discounted rates make booking accommodation with us during your holiday both easy and affordable at selected AAT Kings hotels and resorts. Ask our friendly reservations at the time of booking.
Optional Experiences
To ensure your holiday is filled with memorable experiences, we have included a range of quality Optional Excursions for you to choose from and partake in, if you wish, during your holiday. The excursions can be booked on tour through your Travel Director.
Albany History & Highlights (Albany)
Adult Price: AUD $140.00 Child Price: AUD $133.00
The history of the Great Southern is revealed in stories with a guided tour at Mt Clarence and the Padre White Lookout, and discover Albany’s role in Australia’s ANZAC story at the National ANZAC Centre. From whalers to warships, explorers to entrepreneurs, wool to wheat, and story-telling to sculptures Amazing Albany comes to life.
Didgeridoo Dreaming - Aboriginal Night Tour (Monkey Mia)
Adult: 85.00
Child: $50.00
After the sunsets relax around a campfire with didgeridoo meditation. Your local aboriginal host will teach you about local Aboriginal culture and history. As the fire flares up some cooking of bush tucker or seafood over the open campfire begins as you are stepped through how to play the didgeridoo
Francois Peron National Park 4WD Tour (Monkey Mia)
Adult Price: AUD 215.00 Child Price: AUD 215.00
This is a full day trip adventuring through a spectacular, special piece of earth, right where outback Australia meets the coast. Your tour is a combination of cultural history, sensational scenery, fascinating plants, wild animals and bush survival skills. Includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, sunscreen, use of binoculars, polarised sunglasses and an expert local guide.
Fremantle Walking Tour- Convicts, Culture & Street Art (Two Feet & a Heart Beat )
Adult Price: AUD $50.00 Child Price: AUD $50.00
Fremantle is Perth’s hip and historical cousin with streets full of heritage buildings, cafés, street art and amazing stories waiting to be shared. Starting at the Fremantle Town Hall, this walking tour is no boring history lesson, but rather takes a non-traditional route, discovering factual, anecdotal, and downright fascinating local stories, all as you wander Freo’s vibrant cappuccino strip, boat harbour, narrow West End streets and see the landmarks, including the Fremantle Prison and the Roundhouse. Once home to whaling stations and mass immigration, Freo is now a charming town celebrated for its variety of culture and multicultural history. The locals here were as hard as nails salty sea dogs who rubbed shoulders with newly arrived immigrants to create a town full of characters – some of who’s stories you’ll be amazed to hear about from your local guide! You’ll hear tales from prisoner escapes and convict antics to the expulsion of Indigenous peoples to Rottnest Island. Find out why almost 10,000 men were transported from Great Britain and Ireland, how they built their own prison and helped shape the future of Western Australia. There is no better way to explore Freo than with a local guide to share all its fascinating stories and visit the amazing sites, of which there are many, if you hadn’t guessed!
Fremantle Walking Tour - Food Lovers Tour (Fremantle )
Adult: $120.00
Child: $120.00
Fremantle is a foodie’s delight full of funky restaurants, historic pubs, cool cafes and the old world charm of a colonial port. Experience a festival of food on the Fremantle Food Lovers Tour.
Enjoy a selection of the best foods and venues, from cheese and charcuterie in a private courtyard, to hole-in-the wall takeaways and uber cool restaurants. You will visit at least 4 venues and enjoy the time to delight in their house specialties.
Learn the neighbourhood’s legendary stories while you dine, drink, and experience the the high streets and the narrow lanes with an expert local guide. Artisan foods, ethnic flavours, street art and fun history – We promise that you will leave satisfied!
Sail With A Bunch of Animals Cruise (Monkey Mia)
Adult Price: AUD 99.00 Child Price: AUD 99.00
Cruising the waters around Monkey Mia to spot marine life and the unique dugong in the Restricted- Access, Dugong Management Zone, which we are allowed into only once a day. Dugong feed on sea-grass. Shark Bay has the largest sea-grass banks in the world, and its 10,000 dugongs represent about 10% of the world’s dugong population. Although dugongs are shy and extremely difficult creatures to find and approach, we have over the last 14 years developed techniques for getting you close without disturbing them..
Rottnest Island Day Tour (Fremantle)
Adult Price: AUD $168.00 Child Price: AUD $86.00
Enjoy a ferry cruise to and from the island. Explore the beauty and tranquility as you tour the island in the comfort of an air-conditioned coach. Enjoy commentary of historical, cultural and natural points of interest along the way. After your buffet lunch there is free time to explore more of the island by bike or by foot. Don't forget to pack your swimwear for a refreshing dip in the beautiful turquoise water.
Tastes of the Great Southern (Albany)
Adult Price: AUD $189.00 Child Price: AUD $180.00
More than just a food and wine tour! Indulge your senses woth award winning cheese, fudge, chocolate, ice crea, cider & wines. If that is not enough it is off to The Lake House for an unforgettable lunch. Cap off the day with a private tour and tasting at the award winning Limeburners Distillery.
The Gap & Natural Wonders (Albany)
Adult Price: AUD $109.00 Child Price: AUD $103.00
Your tour begins curving around Princess Royal Harbour with a view to King George Sound and the Southern Ocean beyond. Be delighted by the floral displays of the native vegetation preserved in the National Park. Enjoy the pristine marine environment of the southern Australian coastline, seen in magnificent splendour on the journey through the Torndirrup National Park. Take in the vista of the powerful ocean as it heaves itself against the granite walls and feel the exhilarating force. Simply breathtaking! Later, relax, reflect and savour morning tea. An Amazing South Coast experience.
