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Pinnacles Desert Stargazing: Telescopes
4.8
824 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.
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:
24 hours
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…
- 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
- Dreamtime stories
- Local guide
- Desert Night Sky Tour
- National Park fees
- Use astro binoculars and telescope equipment
- Dinner
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Live commentary on board
- All activities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
- Dreamtime stories
- Local guide
- Desert Night Sky Tour
- National Park fees
- Use astro binoculars and telescope equipment
- 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 a late breakfast or lunch before thetour
- We don’t provide lunch or afternoon tea. It is best to have a late breakfast or lunch before thetour
Additional Information
Professional Telescopes and Binoculars to view planets, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
See the native plants used by the Aborigines for food, medicine, and tool making in season.
Enjoy a barbeque dinner in the desert under the stars with a glass of wine.
Take a photo of the moon using your smartphone attached to our telescope.
Hear stories from…
Professional Telescopes and Binoculars to view planets, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
See the native plants used by the Aborigines for food, medicine, and tool making in season.
Enjoy a barbeque dinner in the desert under the stars with a glass of wine.
Take a photo of the moon using your smartphone attached to our telescope.
Hear stories from the Dreamtime about the night sky, created by the world’s first 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.
- Children under 7yo require their own seats and restraints. Please contact us upon booking.
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(824 Ratings)
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Faraway03257307511
Dec 13, 2024
Excellent experience - Great tour company. Gavin, Sam and Skip were helpful, professional, educational and fun! They had the timing down pat and really do an amazing job! Had a great time, I would highly recommend!
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Filippapascale
Dec 11, 2024
Great experience - We had a great time. Sam was friendly and a great tour guide. Would recommend the experience. Very informative and fun
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Danielle_l
Dec 6, 2024
Unforgettable experience - Amazing bucket list experience! From the sand dunes to the desert.
Don was an amazing guide so knowledgeable and passionate.
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Christine_b
Dec 5, 2024
Lovely tour - Fab tour with Gavin as guide. Sand dune surfing was brilliant - and this old lady thoroughly enjoyed herself. And the stop at the Pinnacles was awesome - beautiful and peaceful. Gavin cooked us all a BBQ, then we started watching the sky. I’ve never seen so many stars - and Gavin’s knowledge was second to none. Altogether the best evening out!!
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R8327oqginag
Nov 26, 2024
Fantastic day trip from Perth! It’s a long day, but WELL WORTH IT! - This is a five-star experience for a day trip taking you outside of Perth. Our driver and guide, Emma, was fantastic, along with her colleagues in the other two vans, Hadrian (special thanks to him for the lesson on using phone for fantastic stargazing photos) and Don (great astronomy narration at The Pinnacles). The Pinnacles, the stargazing and Australian BBQ dinner under the stars are the highlights of this day trip. The stop at Hangover Bay earlier in the day was just OK and although sand-boarding the dunes was fun, it’s not for you if you don’t like hair-whipping winds with lots of sand flying at you! Suggestion - provide some drinking water to guests after the sand-boarding.
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Nitin_n
Nov 26, 2024
Memorable - It was a memorable experience, Emma being a great guide. The star gazing experience was also great. Food provided was good too.
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Kirsty_s
Nov 25, 2024
Amazing!!! - Don't miss this tour! The scenery during the drive, the sand dunes, beautiful bays, native floral and fauna, Pinnacles, sunset and stars are all amazing! We saw Jupiter, Venus, nebula, the small and large magellanic clouds and many many stars. Our Tour guide was fun and informative, the dinner was healthy and tasty, and everyone on the tour was friendly. I highly recommend this tour!
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Leila
Nov 25, 2024
definately worth trying - Better than expected! Great experience with all groups and three tour guides. We have been to the Lancelin for sand skating, and one beach, and then the Pinnaclea for sunset and star gazing. Thank you Don for his instruction and stories about the history and astronomy, very impressive about how a week named after different planets. And thanks Emma and Hadrein for guiding us using the telescope to observe the venus and saturn. Thank you all for preparing great salads! our guides are really helpful with their passions!
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Fiona_r
Nov 24, 2024
Amazing adventure - What a great experience! Really different to other trips. Loved the dune boarding. Pinnacles are amazing especially at sunset. Good food and interesting stories/facts. Brilliant.
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Glenn_paxton
Nov 23, 2024
Entertaining trip but respect the tour guides - A well-executed trip, with great guides. Our guide, Don, was frequently and cheerfully updating us with some interesting facts about the landscape, fauna and flora.
Was especially happy to learn how to take photos of the night sky with our Phones. Take a mini tripod for best results. We were fortunate to see the rings of Saturn, through their high-tech kit.
One point I would like to suggest to customers, is that you respect the tour guides commentary and be quiet when they are trying to inform people, unlike the ‘me-me’ Romanian girl who would rather tell everyone else her life history….no-one gives a sh!t.
Great tour guys!
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