Decision
Pinnacles Tour or Drive Yourself: An Honest Comparison
Park entry is A$17 a vehicle and a coach seat is $127 a head, so the sum flips at two travellers. When to drive, when to book, and what each really costs.
Pinnacles Tours Planning Guides
Guides that each make one decision for you. Whether to drive or book. How the day fits together in both directions. When the sky is actually dark enough to be worth staying for. Which format suits you, and whether to time a visit to the flowering. Shorter pieces answering one question each live in the blog, and visiting the Pinnacles has the hours and the entry fee.
Itinerary
One Day from Perth to the Pinnacles: How to Plan It
One day from Perth to the Pinnacles, hour by hour, in both directions: the daylight version around a 4:30 pm visitor centre and the evening version.
The night sky
Pinnacles Desert Stargazing: The Month Decides What You See
Full dark arrives at 6:51 pm in June and 9:00 pm in January, and the park expects you out by nine. Which months give you real observing time, and which do not.
Costs and formats
Choosing a Pinnacles Tour from Perth: Every Format Compared
Every Pinnacles tour format from Perth compared: evening, day, private, scenic flight and multi-day, with fares, hours in the field and who each one suits.
Seasonal
Pinnacles Wildflower Season: August to October
The heath around the Pinnacles flowers from August to October, which is also the last comfortable walking window. Whether to time a visit to it, and how.
Where to start
If you have not booked anything yet, start with tour or drive yourself, because the answer changes everything after it. If you already know you are booking, the format comparison puts all five side by side. And if you are coming for the night sky, check the month first — it matters more than the tour does. Pinnacles Tours lists every departure with its price.