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Discover Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth & Fremantle
Discover Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth & Fremantle
Discover Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth & Fremantle
Discover Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth & Fremantle

Discover Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth & Fremantle

By Rottnest Express
4.5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$147 per adult
Features
Overview
  • Sandy beaches & rocky shoreline of idyllic Rottnest Island
  • Insight into the island's natural history & storied past
  • Whale spottings from West End lookout & Wadjemup Lighthouse
  • Local wildlife like fur seals, dolphins & sacred kingfishers
  • Chance to see the quokka, a tiny kangaroo native to the isle

Activity location

  • Rottnest Island
    • 6161, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Barrack Street Jetty
    • 6000, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability


Discover Rottnest by Bus Day Tour from Perth
  • Activity duration is 7 hours and 45 minutes7h 45m7h 45m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:45 am
Price details
NZ$191.05 x 1 AdultNZ$191.05

Total
Price is NZ$191.05
Until Fri, 29 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included90-minute guided tour of Rottnest Island by bus
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn ferry ride on the Swan River between Perth and Rottnest Island
  • What's includedWhat's included Live commentary provided in English
  • What's includedWhat's included Rottnest Island Admission Fee
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals and drinks

Know before you book

  • Children 3 and younger are complimentary
  • Please be at the pier 30 minutes prior to your boat's scheduled departure time.

What you can expect

Cruise over the Swan River to Rottnest Island—affectionately dubbed Rotto by locals—to tour this idyllic paradise by bus and on foot. Gaze out at dolphins from the West End lookout, learn about the island's stint as a penal colony, and get up close to its tiny, native kangaroo—the quokka.

Head to the pier in Perth and step aboard a ferry for a quick and picturesque ride to Rottnest Island. This low, sandy isle is just 7 miles (11 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide. Take a seat on a comfortable coach and circumnavigate the island, gazing out at stretches of sandy beach and pockets of rugged shoreline.

Watch for fur seals basking on the rocks as your guide shares insight into the island's maritime history and more troubled past. Before it became a tourist destination, Rottnest Island spent a century as a penal colony for Aboriginal prisoners from around the country.

Today, the island still holds great significance for Aboriginal communities—not because of its 19th-century prison, but due to the presence of artefacts and spiritual sites dating back 6,500 years. Hop off the bus at West End to stroll the boardwalk to the Wadjemup Lighthouse. Look out over the aquamarine waters of the Indian Ocean, and see if you can spot pods of humpback whales and dolphins.

Geckos, rock parrots, and turquoise sacred kingfishers all thrive here, in addition to the island's most iconic creature—the Rottnest quokka. The Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh mistook these miniature kangaroos for rats in 1696, devising the moniker Rotte Nest (meaning rats' nest) as a result. Today, 12,000 of these diminutive marsupials hop around the island, and a visit to Rotto wouldn't be complete without a photo alongside this adorable Aussie animal.

Cleaning and safety practices

Enhanced cleanliness measures
  • High-touch surfaces cleaned and disinfected
  • Vehicles and venues cleaned with disinfectants
Social distancing
  • Contactless ticket redemption
  • Social distancing measures in place
Safety measures
  • Temperature checks given to staff
  • Temperature checks available
  • Hand sanitiser provided
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Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRottnest Island
    • 6161, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBarrack Street Jetty
    • 6000, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBshed , Victoria Quay Fremantle
    • 1 Peter Hughes Drive
    • 6160, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia