Private car tour · Your Perth hotel
This private day takes your group from your Perth hotel to Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn and Mulka's Cave in an air-conditioned vehicle with your own driver-guide. It is the pick for families and small groups, because one price covers up to nine people and the vehicle is yours alone.
Wave Rock is a long way out: about 340 km by road from Perth, just east of the Wheatbelt town of Hyden. On this tour the whole vehicle is yours. The listing caps the group at nine, picks you up at your hotel and drops you back there in the evening, about 12 hours later. A guest names the operator as Perth Short Stay Tour and praises the driver-guide as patient and safe on the long road.
The drive out follows the listing's itinerary: about 1.5 hours, a 30-minute break, another hour, then a photo stop at the Dog Cemetery near Corrigin, where farmers have buried their dogs since 1974. In spring the road runs past wildflowers and yellow canola, and guests say the guide stops for pictures. At Hyden you get a traditional Aussie BBQ sausage sizzle, with kangaroo sausage on offer if you want to try it. Then about 1.5 hours at Wave Rock, ten minutes at Hippo's Yawn, and 20 minutes at Mulka's Cave, where the listing says there are more than 425 Aboriginal rock paintings estimated to be 2,000 to 3,000 years old. Your guide tells the legend of Mulka there.
The price is per group, not per person. That is the reason to book it. For a family of five or a group of friends it lands close to the coach fare each, and you get your own timing, your own questions answered and the window seat every time. Admissions to Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn and Mulka's Cave are included. It is a new listing with three reviews so far, all five stars, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Your driver-guide collects you at your Perth hotel. The listing warns it is a full day, leaving early and back in the evening.
The first leg runs east through farming country, then a 30-minute break. One guest rates the beef pie at the rest stop the best they ever had.
A 15-minute photo stop at the quirky Dog Cemetery, begun in 1974 when Paddy Wright buried his dog Strike.
Lunch is a traditional Aussie BBQ sausage sizzle, with the option to try kangaroo sausage.
About 1.5 hours at Wave Rock to walk the base and climb for the view from the top, then a ten-minute stop at Hippo's Yawn.
A 20-minute drive to Mulka's Cave for 20 minutes with the rock art and the legend, then about four hours back to your hotel.
★★★★★We enjoyed this tour very much. Even though it was a long journey, we had stop overs to take pictures of the beautiful wild flowers and canola fields. [...] The Wave Rock is spectacular and the view from the top is mesmerizing. The Hippo's Yawn and Mulka's Cave are equally fantastic. [...] Terry our driver and guide is very experienced and professional. He is a patient and safe driver with our safety and comfort in his mind all the time.
★★★★★[...] we had an attentive and good driver. The journey was worth it.
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About 1.5 hours, per the listing's itinerary, plus ten minutes at Hippo's Yawn and 20 minutes at Mulka's Cave. That is enough to walk the base, climb to the top for the view and take photos without hurrying.
Up to nine. The listing says the tour is private, just your group, and the price is per group rather than per person. One guest travelled as a party of six in a nine-seat van.
Yes. The listing includes a traditional Aussie BBQ sausage sizzle in Hyden, with kangaroo sausage as an option. Additional drinks are at your own cost.
Yes. The listing includes admission to Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn and Mulka's Cave. The Shire of Kondinin charges A$15 per vehicle at the rock, and that pass covers Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn, The Humps and Mulka's Cave. Fees can change.
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Your own driver-guide from your Perth hotel to Wave Rock, Hippo's Yawn and Mulka's Cave, with lunch, for one price for up to nine people.
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