Scenic flight and ground tour · Jandakot Airport, Perth
This half-day trip flies you from Jandakot Airport in Perth to the Wave Rock airstrip, with a guided ground tour of Wave Rock and Hippo's Yawn before the day-trip crowds arrive. It swaps about eight hours of driving for two short flights over the Wheatbelt, and you are back in Perth by about noon.
Wave Rock sits about 340 km from Perth by road, roughly four hours each way. In a small plane it is about an hour. This listing starts at Jandakot Airport, Perth's general aviation airport in the southern suburbs, at 4 Baron Way. You take off at 7:30am and fly east over the city, the Darling Range foothills, forest, farmland and the coloured inland lakes the listing promises you'd never see from the road. The only guest review so far names the operator as Kookaburra Air and the pilot as Liam, who also drove and guided.
You land at the Wave Rock airstrip near Hyden, and the ground tour starts at 8:30am. That timing is the selling point. You reach the wave in the cool of the morning, before the coaches from Perth arrive, and walk the base of the 15 m granite curl in relative quiet. Then on to Hippo's Yawn, the hollow boulder that looks like a hippo mid-yawn. From 10am there is time for the local wildlife park, the Toy Museum or the Lace Place, with morning tea if you want it at your own cost. Wheels up at 11am, and you land back at Jandakot about noon.
Two practical points before you book. The listing needs a minimum of two adults, and the price is per person, so plan on two seats. And it has a single review so far, five stars, glowing about the flight and the guide. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before means you can hold a date while you check the weather and your plans, and the listing says afternoon tours are available on request.
Meet at 4 Baron Way, Jandakot, and fly east over Perth, the foothills and the Wheatbelt's farms, forests and coloured lakes.
Land at the Wave Rock airstrip and drive to the rock for a guided walk along the base of the wave in the morning calm.
A short trail leads from Wave Rock to Hippo's Yawn, the granite tor shaped like a yawning hippo. Step inside for the view out.
Optional morning tea at your own cost, or a visit to the wildlife park, the Toy Museum or the Lace Place.
Take off from Wave Rock at 11am and land at Jandakot Airport about noon, with the afternoon free.
★★★★★We really enjoyed the excursion with Liam from Kookaburra Air from Perth to Wave Rock. The flight gave us a breathtaking view of the endless green and yellow fields, colorful water reservoirs, and forests from above, saving us the long drive through the outback. [...] In all these things to do, the safety and comfort of the guests were his top priority. He patiently answered all questions and also listened with interest.
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About an hour each way. The listing departs Jandakot at 07:30 and starts the ground tour at 08:30, then leaves Wave Rock at 11:00 and lands back at 12:00. waverock.com.au also gives about one hour by air from Perth.
Jandakot Airport, at 4 Baron Way, Jandakot WA 6164. Jandakot is Perth's general aviation airport in the southern suburbs, separate from Perth Airport, where the big airlines fly.
Yes. The listing requires a minimum of two adults, and the price is per person. Solo travellers do better on the coach day tour.
No. The ground tour covers Wave Rock and Hippo's Yawn, with time for the wildlife park or the Toy Museum. The guide to the sights around Wave Rock shows what else is nearby.
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Fly from Jandakot at 7:30am, walk Wave Rock and Hippo's Yawn before the coaches, and be back in Perth by about noon.
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