Pinnacles Desert & New Norcia Day Tour from Perth
Perth, Australia
- 11 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience some of Western Australia’s unique natural and cultural gems on this full-day tour from Perth. Discover a little-known slice of Australian history at New Norcia’s Benedictine Abbey, where you can browse sacred artifacts and buy unique handmade goods. After an included lunch, travel to Nambung National Park to experience a walk amongst the moon-like landscapes of the Pinnacles Desert.
- Explore the Pinnacles Desert and New Norcia on this full-day tour
- Travel in air-conditioned comfort, with live commentary onboard
- Enjoy an included lunch of fish and chips in New Norcia
- Relax with hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off in Perth
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Driver/guide
- Live commentary on board
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Fish and Chips lunch at New Norcia
- New Norcia Town Tour with local guide
- Entrance fee - Entrance fee to Nambung National Park
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Operating hours.8:00 am
Itinerary
This full-day tour begins with morning pickup at your Perth hotel. Listen to onboard commentary from your guide, and make your first stop at New Norcia.
Learn about the history of the town, which is home to Australia’s only Benedictine Abbey. Tour the town with a local guide, and visit a museum housing gifts presented to the abbey. You’ll have a chance to purchase unique goods handmade by the monastery, such as olive oil, nut cake, fruit wine and fresh-baked bread followed by a Fish and Chips lunch in New Norcia.
Next, we explore otherworldly landscape of Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park, where you can walk among the mystical limestone stacks scattered throughout sandy dunes.
Relax on the return drive down the coast to Perth, where your full-day tour concludes in the evening.
Learn about the history of the town, which is home to Australia’s only Benedictine Abbey. Tour the town with a local guide, and visit a museum housing gifts presented to the abbey. You’ll have a chance to purchase unique goods handmade by the monastery, such as olive oil, nut cake, fruit wine and fresh-baked bread followed by a Fish and Chips lunch in New Norcia.
Next, we explore otherworldly landscape of Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park, where you can walk among the mystical limestone stacks scattered throughout sandy dunes.
Relax on the return drive down the coast to Perth, where your full-day tour concludes in the evening.
1
New Norcia
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
New Norcia Museum & Art Gallery
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
The Pinnacles
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 48 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
Esther_W
It was very informative & interesting. The places were very beautiful . Architecture was amazing and unimaginable that it could be accomplished at that time without modern technology.
Reviews
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based on 34 reviews
Esther_W, Sep 2025
It was very informative & interesting. The places were very beautiful . Architecture was amazing and unimaginable that it could be accomplished at that time without modern technology.
Kristy_A, Sep 2024
The whole day was fascinating New Norcia unbelievable story is worth hearing Don't know what I expected at The Pinaccles but it wasn't what I saw That is a sight to behold Driver wonderful and went out of his way to drop me close to my accommodation Great day
Christine_K, Oct 2023
A wonderful day. New Norcia is a place not to be missed. Extremely interesting.
Pick up and transfers all good. 11 hour day.
Morning tea & lovely lunch included. Pinnacles were fascinating also.
Unfortunately we had a group of six non speaking English Italians that spoke very loudly during the talks making it very difficult to hear a lot of what was said. We spoke to the driver he said there was nothing he could do. To be honest he didn’t seem to care. This was very disappointing
Jan_M, Sep 2023
Both the Abbey 'experience' and the Pinnacles were fantastic. Lunch meal could have been more enticing e.g. add a salad with the fish and chips perhaps.
Neil_M, Oct 2022
If you are after a Pinnacles Dessert Tour try a different tour option, you are at the Pinnacles for less than one hour definitely not enough time to look around.
Some may find the New Norcia Tour appealing others will form a different opinion.
You travel on the coach for many hours going out of your way to visit New Norcia then head back to the coast line to visit the Pinnacles which makes it a long day.
Philomena_S, Oct 2022
New Norcia and Pinnacles were good. Wildflowers were a disappointment. Better to see Wilflowers for free at Perth Botannical Gardens near Kings Park.
Norman N, May 2018
We had a wonderful time on this tour from start to finish. A very family oriented tour suitable for all age group. The driver/tour guide Tomas is professional and handled unforeseen circumstance well our coach air-con spoiled!!. The lunch at the New Norcia Hotel is awesome, tasty fish and chips. The wildflower trip could have been better if it's the right season to visit.
David G, Mar 2018
Excellent tour that visited the unique Pinnacles Desert, allowed an insight into the history of the New Norcia monastic settlement, and included a visit to an Australian wildflower exporter farm with a well-informed driver.
Only issue was the poor coach with no viable speaker system, an out-of-order toilet, no leg rests and at least one seat that reclined of its own accord. plus a dangerously high step at the exit.
Jennifer M, Mar 2018
Great day out. Coach comfortable and driver excellent. The unexpected morning tea a bonus and lunch excellent. I would have been happy to miss the wildflower farm to have more time in New Norcia and the Pinnacles.
Thomas W, Dec 2017
Trip was OK, but there is a lot of driving and its a long day. In my opinion, the Pinnacles are not that spectacular versus - say - the Stone Forest in Yunnan, China. If I had to choose between this trip and Wave Rock, I would prefer Wave Rock,
cliff k l, Nov 2017
The sight of all these rocky spikes in sand was a fantastic sight. The visit to New Norcia concluded with an excellent fish and chip lunch.
KEITH R, Oct 2017
A very interesting trip. David our driver did a great job.
Deidre_G, Apr 2017
The tour operators were great, it was fantastic seeing the Pinnacles!
SharilynP_M, Apr 2016
It was Too Long of a day and New Nocsia was a waste of time.
Too Hot @ Pinnacles, nothing to be done about the weather!!!!
j_steeleuk, Dec 2015
A great day out. Our guide/driver, Paul, entertained us all day with commentary about the early settlers and local fauna and flora. New Norcia is interesting. No wildflowers but lunch at the wildflower centre was delicious. The Pinnacles are amazing. The drive was comfortable with interesting scenery all the way. Highly recommend.
Frances L, Aug 2015
The wildflower stop was a complete waste of time,dusty old expensive souvenirs,had to pay for coffe and no flowers to be seen except some boronia.Rubbish and boxes everywhere.
Jeff the driver was fantastic,patient,amusing,informative.5 stars for Jeff
Dr M S Campo, Oct 2014
We found all our tours great and enjoyed them very much. The Pinnacle desert is amazing and we also saw a wild emu!
Mayble C, Jul 2014
It was a nice trip, at New Norcia, will be better if the guide could allow 10 to 20 minutes more at the two churches she showed us. This could give us time to take some photos.
John H, Dec 2013
This is quite a long day with an early start. The Pinnacles are spectacular and well worth the drive. Our driver john was very knowledgeable and personable and passionate about the geological formations. New Norcia was brilliant but we really needed to spend more time there to properly see the museum. The local guide provided valuable insight to the town's background and ongoing changes today.
Lunch was fine but the wild flower part of the trip lacked real content, as the flowers have passed blooming and so the farm served as a lunch stop and a visit to the gift shop. Given that it took additional time to get there, this wasn't best use of time. The stop at Cervantes to see the ocean brought some welcome relief from the coach.
There are times on the trip when the journey can get to you as you pass miles of scrubland and wheat fields, which are very much the same - but it is worth it to see New Norcia and the desert.
Chaitrali R, Aug 2013
It was good but I felt that they could've shown more places
xabu, Mar 2013
New Norcia and Wildflowers may be good for older people as there's really nothing to see (a monastery and a place where they dry wildflowers) but Pinnacles are really nice and you can even meet a wild kangaroo in the neighbourhood.
Li Fern O, Sep 2012
New Norcia is nice and Pinnacles Desert is amazing. However, the catered lunch could have been better. The food was cold packed. Chicken meat was cold and dry.The bread is pretty hard. And there were lots of houseflies flying around the Wildflowers shop that we stopover for lunch.
Would suggest the trip planner to review/source for a better lunch venue and revise the food menu.
Colin B, Mar 2012
Fascinating trip, could have spent longer at New Norcia but because of distance to be travelled in day we had to cut short. Packed lunch was really good and Pinnacles were wonderful to see.
pat, Oct 2011
The entire day was very well organised and informative. The Pinnacles was well worth the trip.
Leanne W, Oct 2010
the tour did not live up to the expectation in places.
as the tour was running late our tour of the Abbey was rushed but still very interesting and I did enjoy the guides talk.
the wildflower tour was quite misleading and I was under the impression that the wild flowers are in bloom October through November but all there was was a wee shop and a very rushed and not at all enthusiastic talk crammed into eight minutes.
again the Pinnacles was the high light of the day but still running late the information centre was closing as we arrived
On a high note the bus driver was informative and ran an interesting commentary!
Jenni S, Jan 2010
I would love to go back and see it in full bloom! Would liked to have had a little more time at New Norcia! The dinner stop was terrible, the food was cold and greasy. The lunch provided by the bus company was excellent though!
Kathy B, Apr 2009
Good trip and long day. With it not being wildflower season in April another point of interest should be included. Great lobster lunch.
Daniel H, Jan 2008
The Abbey at New Norcia was really the highlight of the tour! It would have been great to have had more time there. The Pinnacles are also really impressive but make sure to properly hydrate, it is really hot and sandy out there!
wil and piet, Sep 2014
De Pinnacles waren zeer indrukwekkend, echter New Norcia ( aardig maar liever langer in de Pinnacles )en de Wildflowers ( vielen zeer tegen , droogbloemen bij een boerderij ???? ) De echte Wildflowers zijn zo;n 500 km ten noorden van Perth
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