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From Perth · 9.5 hours · Dunes, desert, sunset
Pinnacles Desert Tour
Lumineer Adventure Tours collects from Perth CBD hotels, hands out sandboards on the white dunes at Lancelin, then drives north into the Pinnacles Desert for sunset, a cooked BBQ dinner and a night of stargazing with telescopes.
Pick your desert day
Which Pinnacles Desert Tour?
Several tours from Perth take you into the Pinnacles Desert, and the one to book first is Lumineer Adventure Tours’ Pinnacles: In-Desert Sunset BBQ & Stargazing & Sandboarding, from US$163 a person (checked November 2026). It sandboards on the white dunes at Lancelin in the afternoon, reaches the limestone pillars before sunset, cooks a BBQ dinner as the light goes and finishes with telescopes on the night sky. The other desert tours go by day instead: one with koalas and a 4WD on the dunes, one in a small 4WD group that drives the park’s sandy loop.
Pinnacles: In-Desert Sunset BBQ & Stargazing & Sandboarding
Lumineer Adventure Tours: CBD hotel pickup, sandboarding at Lancelin, the Pinnacles Desert, a freshly cooked BBQ with a glass of wine at sunset, then telescopes and astro binoculars. Its Stargazing Refund: a guaranteed refund should weather or conditions prevent or critically impact the experience.
See dates →Pinnacles, Koalas, 4WD & Sandboarding Tour from Perth
Australian Pinnacle Tours: Caversham Wildlife Park, fish and chips in Cervantes, an easy walk among the pillars, then 45 minutes in a 4WD over the Lancelin dunes and downhill sandboarding.
See the day →Perth to the Pinnacles with 4WD desert drive & sandboarding
take you there tours: a 6:45 AM start, 1.5 hours in the Pinnacles Desert with a drive on the sandy loop, Lake Thetis, then the Lancelin dunes. Lunch at your own cost; two guests minimum; not for children under 8.
See the day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Rather travel with no more than 12 people, or with a private guide? Two more tours sit below the comparison table.
- 4.8 / 5 1810+ Reviews
- 9.5 hours Duration
- Dunes to desert Sandboarding on the Lancelin dunes, then the Pinnacles Desert at sunset
- Stargazing Refund A guaranteed refund should weather or conditions prevent or critically impact the experience
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Day Includes
Sand dunes in the afternoon, limestone pillars at sunset, a barbecue as the light goes, then the night sky.
Highlights
- Enjoy designated Perth CBD hotel pickup and return to your CBD accommodation
- Experience sunset, a BBQ dinner and stargazing in WA's Pinnacles Desert
- Explore Lancelin Dunes by sandboard or visit a beachside pub
- Spot native animals (emus and kangaroos) in their natural habitat
- Stargaze under WA's incredible night sky with telescopes and astro binoculars
What's Included
- Designated Perth CBD hotel pick-up and CBD accommodation drop-off
- Local guide with live commentary
- Transportation to and from the Pinnacles Desert
- Glass of Aussie wine
- Freshly cooked traditional Aussie BBQ dinner
- Use of sandboards
- National park entry fees
- Desert trail transportation
- Use of telescopes and astro binoculars
- Child seats (advanced notice required)
- Dietary restrictions catered for (advance notice required)
Good to know: Tour policy · Stargazing Refund: · Get a guaranteed refund should weather or conditions prevent or critically impact the experience · Itinerary Changes: Get a refund if operator-discretion changes remove or critically alter booked core activities not previously authorized by the traveller. · Dietary Needs: Advise +48 hours in advance. · Meals: Lunch not included. · Clothing: Bring hat/sunglasses for day; warm clothes for night. · Under 7s: Legal restraints required. Contact operator to arrange. · Pickup Times: Sent via Text, email, or WhatsApp the evening prior (occur within 45min of tour start time). · Punctuality: Be at pickup 10 mins early. · Confirm location +24 hours before start. · Phones: Bring your phone. No bus charging available. · Liability: General activities are at operator discretion and all tour activities undertaken at your own risk. · Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users, People with vertigo, People with recent surgeries, People with motion sickness, Babies under 1 year, People over 95 years · Not Included: Lunch (at own cost), Not wheelchair friendly, No luggage capacity
From a Perth Hotel to the Desert and Back
Nine and a half hours: Lancelin first, the Pinnacles Desert for the evening, back to your CBD hotel late at night.
Pickup from a CBD Hotel
Lumineer Adventure Tours collects from designated Perth CBD hotels: the tour starts at 1:15 PM on 14 November 2026 and at 1:30 PM on 8 December 2026 and 12 January 2027. Your pickup time comes by text, email or WhatsApp the evening before. Lunch is not included.
Sandboarding at Lancelin
About 90 minutes north, the bus stops at the white dunes of Lancelin. Sandboards are provided, or you can sit it out at a beachside pub.
Into the Pinnacles Desert
After coastal stops and a beach walk, the tour reaches the limestone pillars of the Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park. National park entry fees are in the price.
Sunset BBQ, Then the Stars
A freshly cooked BBQ dinner with a glass of wine at sunset, then stargazing with telescopes and astro binoculars before the drive back to your CBD accommodation.
Photo Gallery
The Dunes, the Pillars and the Evening
White sand at Lancelin, yellow sand and limestone in Nambung National Park, and the barbecue at the end of the day.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Lumineer Adventure Tours' 9.5-hour day from Perth CBD hotels: sandboarding at Lancelin, coastal stops, the Pinnacles Desert, a freshly cooked BBQ dinner with a glass of wine at sunset, then stargazing with telescopes and astro binoculars. National park entry fees included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Before You Go
Pinnacles Desert Questions
Why it is called a desert, the dunes at Lancelin, the heat and what to bring, the animals and wildflowers, and which tours take children.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Tour prices are in US dollars; the park fee and other A$ figures are Australian dollars.
The Pinnacles Desert Tours Side by Side
Three desert days from Perth and the sunset evening for comparison: when they leave, the dunes, time in the desert, food, park entry and price. GetYourGuide prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Dunes, desert and sunset BBQ, Lumineer Adventure Tours | Koalas, desert, 4WD on the dunes | Small-group 4WD, limited to 5 | Sunset and stars, no sandboarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$163 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$185 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$151 per person (for two or more guests; checked November 2026) | From US$137 per person (checked November 2026) |
| Length | 9.5 hours | 11.5 hours | 9.5 hours | 9 hours |
| Leaves Perth | 1:15 PM on 14 November 2026; 1:30 PM on 8 December 2026 and 12 January 2027 | 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM on 9 December 2026 and 13 January 2027; not on sale on Tuesday 8 December, Tuesday 12 January or Saturday 14 November | 6:45 AM on 10 December 2026 and 12 January 2027; not on sale on 14 November, 8 December, 9 December or 13 January | 1:30 PM on 14 November 2026; 2:00 PM on 8 December 2026 and 12 January 2027 |
| Getting On | Pickup from designated Perth CBD hotels, drop-off at CBD accommodation | Pickup from selected Perth CBD and Northbridge hotels only | The Bell Tower in Barrack Square, or selected Perth CBD hotels on request | Selected Perth inner-city points; starts and ends at the Criterion Hotel Perth |
| The Dunes | Sandboarding at Lancelin, or a beachside pub | A 45-minute 4WD drive over the Lancelin dunes, then downhill sandboarding | 105 minutes at the Lancelin dunes with sandboarding | No sandboarding; Guilderton Lookout over the dunes and the Moore River |
| In the Desert | The Pinnacles Desert before nightfall, then the sunset | An easy walk among the pillars by day | 1.5 hours by day, with a 4WD drive on the park's sandy loop | A guided walk at the Pinnacles at sunset |
| After Dark | Stargazing with telescopes and astro binoculars; a guaranteed refund should weather or conditions prevent or critically impact the experience | Back in Perth | Back in Perth | A telescope, weather permitting |
| Food | Freshly cooked BBQ dinner and a glass of wine; lunch not included | Fish and chips lunch | Morning tea, water and a drink at the dunes; lunch at your own cost | Picnic dinner with a glass of wine; lunch not included |
| Park Entry | National park entry fees included | Entry fees included | All national park admission and entry fees included | Admissions to national parks included |
| Not For | Wheelchair users, mobility impairments, motion sickness, babies under 1 | The 4WD part: pregnant women, people with back problems, infants | Children under 8; two guests minimum | Children under 6, wheelchair users, mobility impairments |
| Best For | Dunes in the afternoon, the pillars at sunset and a night of stars | Wildlife, a seaside lunch and the dunes by 4WD, back in Perth in the evening | A group of five and an early, unhurried morning among the pillars | Sunset and stars at a lower price, without sandboarding |
| See dates | See the day | See the day | See the evening |
Two More Ways
Up to 12 Guests, or a Private Car
A day for no more than 12 guests with pickups in Fremantle and Perth, and a private day tour sold on Viator where you choose how long to stay.
UP TO 12 GUESTSPerth: Pinnacles & Sand Dunes Adventure Tour
WA NT TOURS' 10-hour day for a maximum of 12 guests, with pickup in Fremantle or the City of Perth: Yanchep National Park, an hour at the Pinnacles, lunch at the Lobster Shack in Cervantes, Hangover Bay and an hour at the Lancelin dunes. Park entries and lunch are included; sandboarding is extra. Not for children under 4 or wheelchair users.
PRIVATE, ON VIATORPinnacles Desert Private Day Tour
Perths Tiny Tours' private day for up to 9 people, 8 to 10 hours with pickup in Perth: you decide how long to stay at the Pinnacles, visit the Desert Discovery centre, and choose where to stop for lunch. Pinnacles Desert entry and bottled water are included; lunch, sandboard hire at Lancelin and the optional Yanchep National Park entry are extra. Infant seats available; not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries.
Pinnacles Desert tours
How the Desert Tours Differ
Two kinds of sand, daytime or sunset, what you do among the pillars, what the price buys and what to know before you book.
Two kinds of sand
A Pinnacles Desert tour is usually two stops on two different sands. The Pinnacles are thousands of limestone pillars, up to about 4 m tall in the Parks and Wildlife Service’s visitor guide, standing in yellow sand in Nambung National Park, 189 km by road from Perth city centre. The Lancelin Sand Dunes are open white dunes on the coast, 127 km by road from Perth, and that is where the sandboarding happens. Between the two the coast road runs 77 km north, past Wedge Island.
Lumineer Adventure Tours does the dunes first and keeps the Pinnacles for the evening. Australian Pinnacle Tours' 4WD day and take you there tours see the pillars by day and finish at the dunes before driving back to Perth. The Lancelin dunes compares the sandboarding and the 4WD on each, and why it is called a desert explains how the pillars formed.
By day or at sunset
The real choice is the time of day. Lumineer Adventure Tours starts after lunch, at 1:15 PM on 14 November 2026 and 1:30 PM on 8 December 2026 and 12 January 2027, so you reach the pillars in the late light and stay into the night. The daytime tours leave early: take you there tours started at 6:45 AM on 10 December 2026 and 12 January 2027, and Australian Pinnacle Tours had its availability calendar open from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM on 9 December 2026 and 13 January 2027. Not every date is on sale: on the dates we read, Australian Pinnacle Tours was not on sale on Tuesday 8 December, Tuesday 12 January or Saturday 14 November, and take you there tours was not on sale on 14 November, 8 December, 9 December or 13 January.
The season matters too. The Parks and Wildlife Service describes summer days from December to March as usually hot and dry, with an afternoon sea breeze and a fire danger that is often extreme, and notes that the park’s wildlife rests through the heat and comes out in the early morning and evening. An evening tour avoids the midday sun among the pillars; a day tour gets you there in full light for photographs. Desert heat and what to bring covers the summer months in more detail.
Among the pillars
You walk on the sand between the pillars. The Parks and Wildlife Service asks visitors not to climb, sit or stand on them, because they can be top heavy and fall, and injuries have occurred. Yued people are the Traditional Owners of the park.
The park’s own road through the pillars is a one-way unsealed loop of about 4 km with pull-over bays. take you there tours drives it in its 4WD and gives 1.5 hours in the desert; on the other tours you walk among the pillars. If you drive yourself, entry is A$17 a vehicle with up to 12 people (Parks and Wildlife Service, checked November 2026). Every tour on this page includes the park entry in its price.
What the price buys
Lumineer Adventure Tours’ price covers pickup from designated Perth CBD hotels and drop-off at your CBD accommodation, a local guide with live commentary, the sandboards at Lancelin, national park entry fees, a freshly cooked BBQ dinner with a glass of wine, and the telescopes and astro binoculars. Lunch is not included, and its Stargazing Refund promises a guaranteed refund should weather or conditions prevent or critically impact the experience. For the dunes, the desert and the night sky in one booking, it is the tour to book.
See dates for the desert and dunes tour
The same day sells on Viator as Pinnacles Desert Sunset Dinner and Stargazing Tour for US$154 (checked November 2026), and Australian Pinnacle Tours’ 4WD day as Pinnacles Desert, Koalas and Sandboarding 4WD Day Tour from Perth for US$188. take you there tours also sells a version of its small-group day with a coastal lunch included, 4x4 Pinnacles Desert & Turquoise Coast Small Group Experience, for US$179. The operators price in Australian dollars, so what you pay in US dollars depends on the day’s conversion.
Before you book
- On some days it is not a small group. One of Lumineer Adventure Tours’ guests in December 2025 counted three busloads on the day, and another in April 2026 found the group too big for its two guides. If that matters, take you there tours is limited to 5 and WA NT TOURS to 12.
- Lunch. Lumineer Adventure Tours does not include lunch, so eat before pickup. Australian Pinnacle Tours includes fish and chips; on take you there tours lunch is at your own cost.
- Bags. Lumineer Adventure Tours has no luggage capacity and no phone charging on the bus; leave big bags at your hotel and start with a full battery.
- Mobility. Lumineer Adventure Tours does not suit wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments or motion sickness. The 4WD part of Australian Pinnacle Tours' day is not for pregnant women or people with back problems.
- Children. Ages differ by tour, from 1 to 8 and up. See desert tours with children.
Dunes, Desert and a Sunset BBQ
Lumineer Adventure Tours' 9.5-hour day from Perth CBD hotels: sandboarding at Lancelin, the Pinnacles Desert, a cooked BBQ dinner with a glass of wine, telescopes for the stars, and national park entry fees in the price. Starting from US$163 per person.
See datesMore from Perth
Pinnacles and Coast Tours with Open Dates
Desert tours, dune days and other trips north of Perth with live availability. Where each starts, what it includes and the cancellation terms are shown before you book.
Pinnacles Desert Tour: Questions
Which tour, what it costs, sandboarding and 4WD, start times, park entry, the pillars, heat, children and Viator.
For most people, Lumineer Adventure Tours' In-Desert Sunset BBQ, Stargazing and Sandboarding, from US$163 a person (checked November 2026): sandboarding at Lancelin, the Pinnacles Desert, a cooked BBQ dinner at sunset and stargazing with telescopes, with pickup from Perth CBD hotels. For a daytime visit with koalas and a 4WD on the dunes, Australian Pinnacle Tours' Pinnacles, Koalas, 4WD and Sandboarding Tour is from US$185. The comparison table above sets four tours side by side.
Lumineer Adventure Tours' day is US$163 a person; on GetYourGuide the daytime desert tours compared here run from US$151 for take you there tours' group of up to 5 (two guests minimum) to US$206 for WA NT TOURS' day for up to 12 (checked November 2026). Australian Pinnacle Tours' koala and 4WD day is US$185, and Autopia Tours' sunset evening without sandboarding is US$137. Every one of these includes park entry.
Yes, at the Lancelin dunes, about 77 km by road south of the Pinnacles. Lumineer Adventure Tours includes the use of sandboards, Australian Pinnacle Tours' day includes 4WDing and sandboarding, and take you there tours spends 105 minutes at the dunes for sandboarding; on WA NT TOURS' day the stop at the dunes is included but sandboarding is not. See the Lancelin dunes.
take you there tours' small-group day does: its 4WD drives the park's sandy loop track, with time to walk among the pillars, for a group limited to 5. The 4WD part of Australian Pinnacle Tours' day is on the Lancelin dunes, not in the park. Anyone can drive the loop: it is a one-way unsealed track of about 4 km, closed to vehicles longer than 7 m, caravans and trailers (Parks and Wildlife Service).
Lumineer Adventure Tours starts at 1:15 PM on 14 November 2026 and 1:30 PM on 8 December 2026 and 12 January 2027, and runs 9.5 hours, so you are back late in the evening. The daytime tours start early: take you there tours started at 6:45 AM on 10 December 2026 and 12 January 2027, and Australian Pinnacle Tours had its availability calendar open from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM on 9 December 2026 and 13 January 2027. Not every date is on sale: on the dates we read, Australian Pinnacle Tours was not on sale on Tuesday 8 December, Tuesday 12 January or Saturday 14 November, and take you there tours was not on sale on 14 November, 8 December, 9 December or 13 January.
Yes, on every tour compared here. If you drive yourself, the Parks and Wildlife Service charges A$17 a vehicle with up to 12 people, or A$10 a motorcycle, and nothing for people who walk or cycle in (checked November 2026).
No. The Parks and Wildlife Service asks visitors not to climb, sit or stand on the pillars and to stay clear of them: they can be top heavy and unstable and may fall over, and injuries have occurred. Walk on the sand between them. See what the pillars are made of.
From December to March the days are usually hot and dry, with an afternoon sea breeze, and the fire danger is often extreme (Parks and Wildlife Service). Bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen and water; Lumineer Adventure Tours adds warm clothes for the night and a charged phone. See heat and what to bring.
On most of them, from different ages. Lumineer Adventure Tours takes children from age 1, with a legal child restraint under 7 arranged in advance; Australian Pinnacle Tours takes infants aged 0 to 3 free with an adult but not on the 4WD part; WA NT TOURS starts at 4, Autopia Tours at 6 and take you there tours at 8. See desert tours with children.
Sometimes one, sometimes the other. Lumineer Adventure Tours' day is US$163 on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026) and US$154 on Viator (checked November 2026); Australian Pinnacle Tours' 4WD day is US$185 on GetYourGuide and US$188 on Viator. On GetYourGuide both are free to cancel up to 24 hours before.
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