2 hour whale watching experience departing Hillarys Boat Harbour
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Perth, Australia
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get up close and personal to whales on this tour from Hillarys Boat Harbor in Perth. You’ll meet your group and get aboard your vessel, and then your pilot and crew will take you to where the whales are. There are three viewing decks onboard, so you can see the whales from all angles. Note that hotel pick up is also offered, taking any transport stress out of the equation.
- Plan on around 2 hours for this excursion
- Note this is wheelchair and stroller accessible
- Your boat will be comfortable and air conditioned
- See the whales from 3 different viewing decks
What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- No food or drinks included
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Ticket Redemption Point
Rottnest Fast Ferries, Shop/56 Southside Dr, Hillarys WA 6025, Australia
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
We had a fantastic experience. We saw a pod of whales in the distance and the boat edged closer. We had a great view of the whales and the boat crew stayed out a bit longer so that all the passengers could see the whales.
Highly recommended.
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Memorable trip to watch earth biggest Mammal...
The toir operator gave sufficient time to both tourists and beatiful Whales to settle down and this was awesome
Beautiful day made the experience very pleasant. Professional staff including interesting commentary from a marine biologist. I think I picked a bit too early in the season. However we saw several whales, no breaching but one was surfacing only one metre from the boat. Lots of people so difficult to know whether to stand in one place or move around. Of course the whales are unpredictable. My recommendation is just take a few photos/video (you probably won't look at it much). Take your time to just watch these magnificent creatures, those memories will be immediately retrievable anytime you think of whales.
This was really good for small children to go and see.
We seen whales from far and then one circled the boat which was amazing.
Be ready with small children as in excitement people rush to see the whales and may push pass you.
Weather was rather choppy so I took sea sick ginger tablets which were fab, unfortunately, some people didn’t!
We didn’t see any whales unfortunately, but the crew really did their best and even stayed out at sea a bit longer in a hope.
It’s not guaranteed so was a little disappointing, but one of those things. Nice to get out to see on the Indian Ocean.
It was the best experience never ever. Definitely will bring more friends to come with. But remember to take sickness pills, lots of people vomited. All the staff were excellent, running around to help to clean up and collected all the disgusting rubbish. Thank you all.
We had a fantastic experience. We saw a pod of whales in the distance and the boat edged closer. We had a great view of the whales and the boat crew stayed out a bit longer so that all the passengers could see the whales.
Highly recommended.
For a start it was a beautiful day, to be able to see the whales being so active in the water was amazing. We didn’t see much of the full body of the whale but it was a true experience throughout the trip.
Great trip! Saw lots of whales and the marine biologist was approachable and knowledgeable! The boat was comfortable and lots of help was available at all times. We will return!
What an amazing experience for a late season whale watching trip top crew good clean tidy boat 10 out of 10 couldn’t be happier 🤙🤙
We have done several whale watching cruises and have never saw so many whales. They were very active. It was a larger ship than we have been on before.
Besides the boat ride with the wonerful information on speaker, seeing the many humpback whales was more than expectations. Very comforting to see the care of the crew for people on board with motion siclness. Thank you for the expierence.
Very happy with this excursion. They had Abby, marine biologist, who explained a lot about humpback whales and always on a lookout so it’s easy for us to spot. And I love how they didn’t put a full capacity of the boat so it's comfortable for us to move around. Thanks to the captain who gave us some extra time as a lot of whales suddenly when we were just about to return back. And it’s awesome that they provided pickup and dropoff bus from and to hotel in the city.
My friends and my family enjoyed the whale watching trip. The marine biologist provided excellent commentary during the session 🤩
End up spotting 3 types of whale and a breach. Too bad it happened so suddenly didn’t get a chance to capture it
Was not good as the boat left early and did not wait for me and other passengers. The email confirmation was incorrect as well as it had the wrong time on the email as well. All up just poor communication and a floored booking system.
Modern, clean vessel with plenty of seats/ breathing room and viewing opportunities. Loads of whales (including close ups) and smooth sailing with a total of 2.5 hrs on water ...great value!
The expert was excellent, the knowledge of the captain and the expert to find the whales was brilliant. A wonderful experience
The whole experience was amazing but the skipper took time to slow or stop at each sighting so we could really experience every sighting. The commentary from the AQWA team member was exceptional!!!
I enjoyed seeing whales for the first time. Me and my son enjoyed it so much we both want to go again next year.
A stunning rooftop panoramic view part of East Perth Swan river side and especially on top of the Optus Stadium.
It was awesome actually getting to see whales breaching right in front of us my partner and son were amazed the look on their faces made my day thank you for the great day looking forward to doing it again in the near future
今回初めてホエールウォッチングのツアーに参加しましたが、ツアーの2時間の間に鯨を20頭くらいは見る事ができました。こんなにたくさん見られると思っていなかったので、とても感動しました。またぜひ参加したいです。
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