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Discovery Tour

The Oliver Hill Train and Tour

Rottnest Island Eco Adventure Tour

Omakase - Fully Escorted Island Tour

Oliver Hill Guns and Tunnel Tour

Wadjemup Lighthouse Tour

History of the Settlement

Reefs Wrecks and Daring Sailors

Vlamingh Lookout and Salt Lakes Walk

Bickley Ramble

Quokka Walk

Underwater Explorer

 

 

Discovery Tour

Rottnest Island Discovery Tour is the Island's popular coach tour and includes full commentary from a coach captain on many aspects of the Island's unique history, environment, heritage and wildlife, as well as up-to-date information on new developments and activities on Rottnest.

Wadjemup Lighthouse and the West End are two of the highlights of this popular tour.

The tour takes approximately 90 minutes and departs daily from the Main Bus Stop on Rottnest Island.

Time: Tour departs daily from the bus stop in Thomson Bay at 11.30am and 1.30pm.

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased at the Visitor Centre.

Price:

Adult: $32.00

Concession: $25.00

Child: $15.00

Family (2 x 2): $68.00     Extra Child: $7.50

 

The Oliver Hill Train and Tour

Join us on the ‘Captain Hussey’ and enjoy the scenic train ride to picturesque Oliver Hill for a guided tour of the massive 9.2 inch diameter guns and tunnel system that forms part of Rottnest Island’s significant military heritage.

The Train departs from the Settlement Railway Station and tickets are available at the Rottnest Island Visitor and Information Centre.

Time: Tour departs daily from the train platform at 11.20am and 1.30pm.

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased at the Visitor Centre.

Price:

Adult: $25.00  

Child: $15.00

Concession: $20.00

Family (2 x 2): $50.00     Extra child:     $7.50

 

Rottnest Island Eco Adventure Tour 

The Rottnest Island Eco Adventure Tour offers passengers an unforgettable, entertaining and informative experience. The waters off Rottnest Island are teeming with marine wildlife feeding on schools of fish. Explore the depths and watch New Zealand Fur Seals feeding with our underwater camera.

Rottnest is home to a colony of New Zealand Fur Seals and the tour guarantees exciting interactions everyday.

Atop the cliffs sit decades old Osprey nests. Watch these majestic birds swoop and glide. Cruise into protected bays and hear stories about the dreamtime and latter day history of this unique Island.

This is the ultimate natural Rottnest Adventure, with adaptive real time commentary. Your guides are motivated and passionate about the island. We are privileged to encounter such an abundance of wildlife along this coast and many of the wildlife are threatened.

Tour includes:

  • 90 minute Eco Adventure Tour
  • Expert commentary by an experienced guide
  • See animals in thier natural habitat
  • Cruise pristine bays and secluded beaches
  • Shared on board use of binoculars
  • During September to early December the Eco Express will venture out to the Whale Watching zone to observe the migrating Humpback and Southern Right Whales

Season Commenced: Saturday 26 September 2009

Days of Operation: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Fares Ex Rottnest
Adult Conc. Child Family
90 Eco Adventure Tour $50 $45 $25 $100

Timetable Ex Rottnest
Departs Returns
AM Tour (Thu - Mon) 11.00AM 12.30PM
PM Tour (Thu - Mon) 01.30PM 03.00PM

Contact Information
Address C Shed Victoria Quay, Fremantle, 6160
Toll Free Phone +61 1300 467 688
Fax +61 08 9430 4036
Email bookings@rottnestexpress.com.au

Website http://www.rottnestexpress.com.au

 

Omakase - Fully Escorted Island Tour

Let our knowledgeable and experienced Japanese speaking guide help you discover Rottnest Island. Choose either a Discovery Coach Tour or a full Day Bike Hire and complete your experience with a delicious lunch before returning to the mainland.

Tour includes:

  • Japanese Speaking Guide
  • Rottnest Island Admission Fee
  • Hotel transfers from most metropolitan hotels*
  • Return transfers to Rottnest Island with Rottnest
  • Island Admission Fee
  • Swan River Cruise with commentary (from Perth only)
  • Morning Tea / Afternoon Tea or Wine Tasting Service (from Perth only)
  • Lunch
  • Island Discovery Tour or Cycling 
     

Fares Ex Perth Ex Fremantle
Adult Conc. Child Adult Conc. Child
Omakase Bus Tour with Rottnest Lodge Lunch (OM1) $195 $195 $95 $175 $175 $90
Omakase Bike Tour with Rottnest Lodge Lunch (OM2) $195 $195 $95 $175 $175 $90

Prices are inclusive of GST. Bookings Essential / Conditions Apply. Equipment hire will require a credit card imprint. Minimum of two passengers required.


* Pickups are only available for Perth 08:45am and Northport 10:00am departures.

Contact Information
Address C Shed Victoria Quay, Fremantle, 6160
Toll Free Phone +61 1300 467 688
Fax +61 08 9430 4036
Email bookings@rottnestexpress.com.au

Website http://www.rottnestexpress.com.au

 

Oliver Hill Guns and Tunnel Tour

A conducted one hour tour, over one of the restored World War II 9.2 inch guns and maze of underground tunnels. Discover why they were installed on Rottnest and how they operated. Either cycle (20 minutes) or walk (45 minutes) to Oliver Hill. Alternatively, you can take the train that links up with the guided tours and departs from the Settlement train station (fares apply and can include entry).

Check tour times and purchase tickets for your transport to the gun from the Visitor Centre. Tours operate daily 11am, 12 noon, 1pm and 2pm from 1 April to 31 May. 

Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

Price:

Adult: $7.00

Concession: $5.00

Child: $3.00

Family (2 x 2): $15.00     Extra child:     $2.50 

Wadjemup Lighthouse Tour

Take the Bayseeker or ride your bike to Wadjemup Hill and experience the breathtaking 360 degree views from Wadjemup Lighthouse, the crystal sapphire Indian Ocean waters frame a stunning picture of the Island. This is also a unique opportunity to discover what goes on within the walls of a real working lighthouse.

Please check with the Visitor Centre each day as Lighthouse Tours are subject to availability.

Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

Price:

Adult: $7.00

Concession: $5.00

Child: $3.00

Family (2 x 2): $15.00     Extra child:     $2.50 


History of the Settlement

A free one hour guided history walk around the settlement. See where gaolers and ship pilots lived and worked. Discover why Rottnest became an Aboriginal 'open prison' in 1839.

Operates each Monday at 11am and 2pm from 1 April to 31 May.

Tour departs from the Salt store. Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.


Reefs Wrecks and Daring Sailors

Pilots were stationed on Rottnest Island between 1848 and 1903 to guide ships safely around the Island's dangerous reefs. This free walk to the Bathurst Lighthouse involves enthralling tales of the exploits of the Pilots and crew on Rottnest. The tour incorporates the pilot crew accommodation, the boathouse and replica pilot boat.

Tours depart Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11am from 1 April to 31 May.

Tour departs from the Salt store. Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

 

Vlamingh Lookout and Salt Lakes Walk

Learn about the remarkable agriculture, industry and exports carried out by the early inhabitants of Rottnest. Walk past the Old Colonial Buildings of the Settlement on the way to the lookout. View the natural beauty of Rottnest and the salt lakes from this vantage point.

Departs Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 11am from 1 April to 31 May.

Tour departs from the Salt store. Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

 

Bickley Ramble

Go with a Guide on the 11:25am shuttle bus to the Kingstown Barracks that housed the Australian Army for 50 years. The tour takes in a beautiful walk trail to see the six inch gun emplacements and other military buildings dating from 1935.

The tour operates Monday to Saturday.

Tour departs from the Salt store. Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

 

Quokka Walk

Rottnest Island's famous marsupial, the quokka, is discovered in this informative walking tour. With an educational focus, this walk leads participants to the quokka's natural habitats and imparts some interesting facts about this iconic animal.

Departs daily at 1pm and 2pm from 1 April to 31 May.

Tour departs from the Salt store. Visit the friendly Rottnest Voluntary Guides at the Salt Store for more information.

 

Underwater Explorer

Enjoy the peaceful world beneath the sea in air-conditioned comfort aboard one of Australia's largest semi-submersible vessels.
The Reef and Wreck Tour is a 45 minute adventure conducted in Kingston Reef Sanctuary Zone, located in Thomson Bay. You will view amazing reef formations, 100 year old shipwrecks and be thrilled by the schools of temperate and tropical fish. You might even be lucky enough to spot a stingray, turtle or dolphin!

This tour is perfect for those interested in viewing the undersea world - without getting wet! So bring a camera and sit back and enjoy our 45 minute Reef and Wreck Tour, with full commentary.

Season Operates:  September – May

Tickets available from the Rottnest Adventure Centre (located behind the Dôme)

Price:

Adult: $29.00

Concession: $27.00

Family (2 x 2): $75.00         Child (4-12yrs): $15.00


 

 

Wadjemup Lighthouse

West End

Take the Captain Hussey to Oliver Hill to seeth Guns and Tunnels

Tour the tunnels running under the Island

 

Explore one of the two guns on Rottnest

Get upclose and personal on the Eco Adventure with Rottnest Express

Eco Adventure

 

Full commentary onboard the Eco Adventure

The Eco Adventure Tour

Omakase - Fully escorted Island tour

Beautiful West End

 

The Basin

The Rottnest Daisy

 Take a guided tour of the guns on Rottnest

Learn about the Rottnest's military past

See the spectacular view from Wadjemup Lighthouse

The Salt Store

Rottnest Catholic Church

One of the many shipwrecks in Rottnest waters

Vlamingh Lookout

Bickley Ramble

Learn about the Quokka on a guided walking tour