Pinnacles Desert Sunset Dinner and Stargazing Tour
Description
Experience 100,000+ year old landscapes & marvel at natures magnificence in the heart of the infamous WA Pinnacles Desert. Mobile observatory view the night sky up close, with planets, stars clusters, nebulas, and more! Be thrilled to disconnect from daily stresses and reconnect with the vastness of the universe. As you enjoy your Aussie BBQ dinner, sit back, grab a wine, and watch the brilliance of sunset as it closes over the crystal waters of the Indian Ocean*. Learn to take night sky photos with your smartphone. *Tour itinerary and its activities are at Tour Operators (TO) discretion and can be subject to change. All activities are undertaken at passengers own risk. Tour is subject to weather & other conditions and whilst your TO will make every endeavour for you to see stars, they will not be held liable in any way, financial or otherwise should visibility of the night sky be restricted or obscured by matters outside their control. Refer to TO's Cancellation/Refund Policy.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Stop at the Bakery for a toilet stop and food if you are hungry. Then we drive to the pure white, giant sand dunes where you can try sandboarding. Also a great place to take photos.
A beautiful nature reserve where we stop to see wildflowers in season. We either stop here or Hangover Bay depending on the weather conditions and/or the group on the day.
A beautiful little secluded bay that was used as a meeting place by local Aboriginal Tribes. See the plant the Aborigines used to make fishing nets as well as numerous other plants used as Bush Tucker and Medicine. If we stop at Nilgen Nature Reserve we generally don't have time to stop here as well.
See the magnificent Pinnacles Desert at sunset. Enjoy a barbeque dinner with wine followed by stargazing with Telescopes and Astro Binoculars. Here Dreamtime stories of the night sky created by the world's first astronomers, the Australian Aborginals.
View the Indian Ocean from the beach alongside the fishermans Jetty at Lancelin. Take in the breathtaking scenes of the ocean and take a short walk along the beach. Stop here is dependent on time, conditions and is at tour guide's discretion.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Our roadside pickups start up to 45min before the tour start time. We will notify you of the pickup time for your pickup location by message, text and whatsapp the evening before the tour. After the tour, we will drop you back as close as possible to your accommodation, providing you are within in the Perth city area. Please discuss this with your guide or our office prior to your tour.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please bring a bottle of water and warm clothes for the evening, it can get quite cold in the Pinnacles Desert.
- Children under 7yo require their own seats and restraints. Please contact us upon booking.
- For mobility or any health concerns, please contact tour operator directly
- Pickup times sent night before tour via: TXT; E-mail & WhatsApp
Reviews(1,098)
The guide was friendly, informative, and well organized throughout the tour. The itinerary was enjoyable, with enough time at each stop to explore and take photos. Everything ran smoothly, and it was definitely time well spent. I would happily recommend this tour to others visiting Melbourne.
Our guide Peter is very knowledgeable about so many different things, from WA flora and fauna to the cosmos. He also cooked a pretty good BBQ.
Peter, our driver and guide, was absolutely amazing! He took us through meticulous details of the area and its surroundings, and his in-depth knowledge of the stars and planets is awesome. We had a great experience.
This was a brilliant way to spend the day - pickup in the CBD was easy, and the driver made the trip to Pinnacles Desert interesting. Of course there were stops for some sights, and of course the sand dune surfing was brilliant! We were on a small bus, which was adequate for the time/distance of travel. The Pinnacles themselves are really quite a unique experience - the tour allows plenty of time to explore, and then as the sun sets (amazing photo opportunities) you return to the bus where a bbq feast has been laid out with dozens of salads, various meats and vegetarian options, a generous number of drinks, and even a lovely dessert. While you eat this the tour guide gives a bit of a talk as the sky darkens, and then you get an astronomy tour with binoculars to use and a big reflector telescope for highlights visible on the evening. Pro-tip - if you have your own binoculars, bring them - some of the ones they provide have seen better days! The trip back in the dark seemed much quicker than the way there - I might have dozed off lol, but of course there were no stops on the way back either. Well worth it!
Great times with adventure. The schedule and all things are well and quite organized. Lovey tour leaders.
We had the best time with Sam and Neil. The sand boarding, pinnacles, dinner and Star gazing were amazing. They were knowledgeable and made the day very fun!
We have a wonderful and beautiful experience for sand boarding, Pinnacles Sun Set and Star Glazing was indeed a memorable experience love it. Amazing sunset and peaceful night viewing many stars in the dark sky ❤️. Due to sudden rain we didn’t experience sand boarding much which is a pity. Overall experience was great and thank you very much to our guide Peter and teams who put together the buffet dinner at the Pinnacle. Dinner was good and appreciate your hard work for such a wonderful experience 🌈🥰 we miss it so much cheers🥂
Myself, my mom and my 2 kids (9 and 11) all really enjoyed this trip. Despite a super cloudy day which meant no stargazing we made the best of it (and obviously this is no fault of the tour). Seeing the pinnacles was great and we had plenty of free time to roam around at our leisure before returning to the bbq dinner they had set up. My kids also really enjoyed the sand boarding and our guide, David, was great with encouraging them to try it when they were hesitant at first.
Lots of fun and sites packed into a day of adventures. The sand surfing was someone we had never tried before.
Thankyou for your kind review and for taking the time to share. We are so glad to hear you had a wonderful experience. Thankyou incredibly for the 5 stars. Amazing!! and very much appreciated.
Very disappointing experience. The tour did not meet the expectations set in the description. Organization was poor, and several parts of the trip felt rushed. I would not choose this tour again.
Hi there, am very sorry to hear of your disappointment indeed. Perhaps you could please contact us directly to explain where we went wrong so we could improve for others. We would also like the opportunity to rectify the situation with you if you would allow.
