Pinnacles Desert Sunset Stargazing Tour: Telescope Experience with BBQ Dinner under the Stars
4.8
668 Ratings
Lancelin
Experience the magic of Pinnacles Desert with a sunset stargazing tour. Explore the night sky with professional telescopes, enjoy a BBQ dinner under the stars, and learn about Indigenous Australian astronomy.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Lancelin Sand Dunes - 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.
- Nilgen Lookout - A beautiful nature reserve where we stop to see wildflowers in season. We either stop here or Hangover Bay depending on the weather and the group on the day.
- Hangover Bay - 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.
- The Pinnacles - 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.
What's Included
- Local guide
- National Park fees
- Dinner
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Live commentary on board
- All activities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
- We don’t provide lunch or afternoon tea. It is best to have lunch before we pick you up.
Additional Information
Utilize professional-grade telescopes and binoculars to explore planets, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
Discover the native plants that were traditionally utilized by the Aborigines as food, medicinal remedies, and for creating tools - depending on the season.
Relish a barbeque meal in the wilderness under the starlit sky, complimented by a glass of fine wine.
Capture an impressive snapshot of the moon using your smartphone which can be connected to our telescope.
Listen to age-old stories from the Dreamtime, narrating tales of the celestial sky, conceived by the world’s pioneering astronomers - the Indigenous Australians.
- Please bring a bottle of water and warm clothes for the evening, it can get quite cold in the Pinnacles Desert.
Location
Lancelin Sand Dunes
13 Whitfield St, Gingin Road, 102
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
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Michael_c
May 21, 2024
Enjoyable tour - This was a great tour. Skip our driver and tour guide was a nice guy and added to the enjoyment of our day. Great destination stops. The sand dunes were fun to sandboard down. The Pinnacles were interesting and the star/moon gazing with the telescope was impressive. Lovely dinner of 2 varieties of sausages, bread rolls, and about 5-6 different salads. Overall this was a great tour.
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Anupamah2018
May 20, 2024
Definitely worth doing - The tour itself is a lot of time in the bus and probably if we went by ourselves would've wrapped this up in half a day. But what the tour really adds is the knowledge of the guides and the access to their telescopes. It was wonderful to watch the stars through them and the guides Gavin and Skip were knowledgeable and interactive and funny. The sandboarding was also really enjoyable. Food was yum and it was nice to have a glass of wine under the stars. Gavin's voice and his music were very soothing:) The only feedback i have is that the bus we were on has some sticker on the outside which makes the view from the rear windows very fuzzy. on a long ride like that would have liked to look out more.
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Hon_m
May 19, 2024
Awesome experience, would go for it again… - Skip, the tour captain, was great, he was lively and had extensive knowledge of astronomy and made the star gazing all the more special by pointing out the different stars and constellations. Food was delicious.
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Klvdm
May 19, 2024
Unforgettable experience! - From pick up to drop off and everything in between, this is a great experience. The guides were very knowledgeable, considerate and efficient. We loved the Lancelin sand dunes and the stargazing experience in Pinnacles. We just wished there weren’t that many flies. The nets provided were a lifesaver! The bush walk tour was skipped but we feel it was ok. The food provided were sumptuous and they even fulfilled my request for vegetarian food. Highly recommended!
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Kerriee_b
May 15, 2024
Sunset and star gazing - Great sunset and stars experience. The guides were knowledgeable, entertaining and well organised. Great tour from start to finish
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George_p
May 13, 2024
Not to miss - Sandboarding was hilarious . Star gazing was spectacular . Especially when I have a good camera . Guide was good . Pinnacles was unbelivable
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Heather_g
May 12, 2024
Epic day - Thoroughly enjoyable day. The guides were warm and engaging, definitely worth asking them to point out any emu tracks too, and if you want any more wine as they seemed to carry spares.
Top tip: you'll want to try and take pictures of the overwhelming amount of stars - practice with your phone before going so you don't ruin your night sight playing with the settings or leaving the flash on!
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Judy_t
May 17, 2024
Memorable Experience - Convenient pickup points. Dinner with wine was simple yet good. Driver/tour guide was kind enough to get us nets to keep the flies away from our face. It was a great idea that there were more than one vehicle traveling together, especially when traveling back in the dark after the stargazing.
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Clare_g
May 15, 2024
Good fun exceptional night sky and desert - Great tour Neil the guide was extremely knowledgeable about WA and the galaxy enjoyed it very much would highly recommend.
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471sallyy
May 14, 2024
Worth it, if you don’t mind the long travel - The destination is far & trip was long but for me it is worth it. It is my first time to be in a dessert, so I’d treasure this experience. Stargazing was great! Since I live in a city, I’ve never seen so many stars for many years! Special thanks to our driver & all-around guy Skip for bringing us all home safe. Skip is great, he entertained us with with random funny remarks, he made timely reminders re filling our water bottles & using the loo, he pointed a lot of information when we were stargazing. I also love the sand boarding experience at Lancelin Sand Dunes, with beautiful white sands & blue skies!
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