Pinnacles Desert Guides: Dunes, Heat, Wildlife, Kids
Pinnacles Desert guides: why it is called a desert, the Lancelin dunes by 4WD and sandboard, the heat and what to bring, animals and wildflowers, and tours with children.
Why Is It Called the Pinnacles Desert?
What the Pinnacles Desert is: limestone pillars from sea shells, a calcrete cap, roots and wind, in a park that gets 540 mm of rain a year. From the park's own guide.
Read guide →Which Pinnacles Tours Go Sandboarding or 4WD at Lancelin?
Which Pinnacles Desert tours stop at the Lancelin sand dunes, which drive them in a 4WD, which include the sandboards, and who may not ride.
Read guide →How Hot Is the Pinnacles Desert, and What Should You Bring?
Heat in the Pinnacles Desert by season, the summer fire danger, shade and water, shoes for sand, and what each Pinnacles tour asks you to bring.
Read guide →What Lives and Flowers in the Pinnacles Desert?
Emus, western grey kangaroos, skinks and more than 90 bird species in Nambung National Park, when they come out, and when the heath flowers (August to October).
Read guide →Which Pinnacles Desert Tours Take Children?
Pinnacles Desert tours with children: the youngest age each tour takes, child seats and infants, strollers, how long the day is, and what kids enjoy most.
Read guide →Short on planning time? See dates for the desert and dunes tour →