Private Pinnacles Desert Day Tour
Collected from your Perth hotel at half past eight in a vehicle carrying nobody but your own party. Yanchep Lagoon, Yanchep National Park, Two Rocks and an hour on the Lancelin dunes on the way north. Then ninety minutes among the pillars — and you can stay as long as you like.
Your day, at your own pace
Stay as long as you want at the pillars
It is written into the fare, and no shared coach on this route offers it.
Choose where you eat
Lunch is not in the fare, and the trade is that you pick the stop rather than being taken to one.
Four stops on the way north
Yanchep Lagoon, Yanchep National Park, Two Rocks and the Lancelin dunes, before the desert.
Park entry inside the price
Pinnacles Desert entry is stated in the inclusions, along with bottled water.
Ten travellers is the ceiling
And the vehicle carries nobody outside your booking.
What the day actually does
Pickup is from your Perth hotel at 8:30 am. The route north takes in Yanchep Lagoon Beach, Yanchep National Park, the coast at Two Rocks and an hour on the Lancelin dunes. Then ninety minutes among the limestone pillars, then Cervantes. Eight to ten hours in total, depending on what you ask for.
That last clause is the whole product. A shared coach runs to a timetable because thirty other people are on it. This one does not: you can stay as long as you like at the Pinnacles, and take lunch wherever suits you.
Why the flexibility is the thing you are buying
At the Pinnacles, an hour is enough and two hours is better. Which you want depends on the light, the heat and whether you are photographing. On a fixed departure that is decided for you. Here it is not.
It also means the day can be built around the Discovery Centre, which closes at 4:30 pm. Or around the last hour of light, which arrives much later. Nothing else in this set can do both, and the choice between them is otherwise the biggest decision on this attraction.
What the reviews consistently say
Almost every review names the guide and describes the same thing: a day that was adjusted to the people in the car. One traveller writes that he will tweak the tour to suit you and that you can spend as long or as short at each stop as you want. Another, travelling with two teenagers, says the dunes and the pillars both worked for the family.
The other recurring note is the drive itself. Frequent stops at the coastal towns on the way north turn two hours of road into part of the day rather than a transfer.
Hour by hour
- Morning pickup from your Perth hotel
- Yanchep Lagoon Beach
- Yanchep National Park
- Two Rocks
- An hour on the Lancelin Sand Dunes
- 90 minutes among the Pinnacles
- Lunch stop of your choice in Cervantes
Who this suits, and who should book something else
This one is for you if: you are two to ten travellers who would rather not run to somebody else’s timetable, you want to decide on the day how long to spend among the pillars, and you would like the Discovery Centre as well as the light.
Book something else if: you are travelling alone or as a couple on a budget, since a per-person private fare is several times a shared seat — the sunset and stargazing tour covers the desert for a fraction of it — or if you want dinner and a telescope in the field, which this day does not carry.
What’s included
In the fare
- Pinnacles Desert Entry is included
- Flexibility to stay as long as you like at the Pinnacles
- Flexibility to take lunch at a choice of locations
- Bottled water
Not in the fare
- Lunch. There are a number of lunch options in the area.
- Sand Board Hire at Lancelin dunes: $10/hour for 1 board
- Yanchep National Park and Cave entry fee is $10 per person
Where you are collected
Perth, with hotel pickup. Pinnacles sunset tours list every departure with its own pickup point, and getting there sets out the five places in Perth that departures actually leave from.
Know before you go
- Lunch is not included. There are a number of lunch options in the area, and the choice is yours
- Sandboard hire is extra. Ten dollars an hour for one board at the Lancelin dunes, stated on the listing
- The Yanchep cave fee is extra. Ten dollars a person for Yanchep National Park and its cave, stated separately from the tour fare
- Pinnacles Desert entry is included. Stated in the inclusions along with bottled water
- Infant seats are available. Stated on the listing; the tour is not wheelchair accessible
- Ten travellers is the maximum. And the vehicle is yours alone for the day
Photographs from the day
What travellers said
Peter knows the area and will adjust the day to suit you. You can spend as long or as short at each stop as you want, which is the whole point of having a vehicle to yourselves.
Cathy D. · February 2023
The dunes and the Pinnacles both worked for us with two teenagers along, and Peter answered every question either of them asked.
Samantha C. · August 2022
The landscape is the reason to come and it does not photograph the way it looks. Peter’s knowledge and the way he tells it made the drive part of the day rather than a transfer.
Michel H. · September 2025
Frequently asked questions
Can we really stay as long as we want at the Pinnacles?
Is lunch included?
What does the day cover on the way north?
Is park entry included?
Can we do the sunset on this tour?
Is it worth it for two people?
The other departures worth comparing
- Pinnacles Desert Sunset Dinner and Stargazing Tour
- Pinnacles Desert, Koalas and Sandboarding 4WD Day Tour from Perth
Pinnacles Tours has all of them in one grid, with prices and group caps.