Your Guide to Adventure In Perth

There are tonnes of opportunities for Perth Adventures in and around the city. You don’t have to leave the city or drive too far to get your fix of action and adventure in Perth. Whether it be on or under the water, in the air or with your feet on the ground, you can choose from a range of tours or do it yourself adventure experiences in Perth. The Experience Perth region extends south to Mandurah, north to Lancelin and east to York and Northam. However you like to adventure, you are sure to be inspired to seek more adventure with these ideas for adventurous things to do in Perth.

Perth Adventures On & Under The Water

Most on the water Perth adventures can be enjoyed all year round. If you check the weather and choose your days, you can pretty much adventure rain (maybe not hail) or shine! Make sure you are always water adventure ready with our Water Adventure Ready Essentials Checklist (tbd).

Cruises

Swan River & Swan Valley

The Swan River starts in Fremantle and extends east into the Swan Valley past Perth city. A Swan River Cruise is a great way to explore the sights of Perth from this beautiful waterway. You can enjoy scenic Swan River Lunch Tours, Dinner and Drinks Tours, Sunset & Twilight Tours, Swan Valley Winery Tours and Tours between Perth & Fremantle.

 

Fremantle

Add lunch on the water to your day out in Fremantle, while you cruise along the Swan River and take in the water front sights of historical Fremantle.on a Fremantle Lunch Cruise.

Mandurah

Cruise the Mandurah estuary and canals and spot for dolphins on a guided tour or do it yourself on a self drive BBQ boat.

 

Diving

There are plenty of top class diving spots in Perth. The best dive spots located at Marmion Marine Park, Rottnest Island, Shoalwater Islands Marine Park, West Coast Dive Park Rockingham and the Coogee Maritime Trail. Find more information on the best dive locations, sites and wreck dives at www.destinationperth.com.au.

Jet skiing

Explore Cockburn Sound and Garden Island and look for dolphins on a jet ski tour complete with your own tour guide on a Perth Jet Ski Tour.

Kayaking

Kayaking Perth is another on the water adventure you can enjoy all year round both in the Swan River and on the ocean. You can head out on one of the many kayak paddle trails around Perth yourself or with friends or book yourself on a kayak tour, like this Guided Kayak Tour around the Canning Wetlands or the Cliffs and Kayak Swan River Tour.

Pedal Boarding

It’s not stand up paddleboarding and it’s not a water bike, Pedal Boarding is somewhere in between with a board you can stand up as you push the pedals up and down to propel yourself through the water.as fast or as slow as you like.

Point Walter

Swans on the Swan hire pedal boards at Point Walter, seasonally during the warmer months in both half hour and one hour time allocations.

Rottnest Island

Aqua Play Rottnest hire pedal boards from North Thomson Bay, seasonally during the warmer months for one our time allocations.

Snorkelling

Snorkelling in Perth is more popular and better enjoyed during the warmer months of Spring and Summer, with lots of amazing snorkelling locations found along Perth’s coastline and further out by boat. Perth also has several easily accessible guided snorkel trails with underwater artworks and plaques to follow. These include the Marmion Dive and Snorkel Trail, Coogee Maritime Trail, Little Salmon Bay and Parker Point Trails Rottnest Island and the Cape Peron Snorkel Trail Rockingham. It’s not unusual in Perth to experience a seal or dolphin encounter while you are snorkelling too.

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Stand Up Paddle Boarding Perth is something you can pretty much do all year round whether you like to paddle the calm waters of the Swan River or Canning River or take on the waves in the ocean. You may even like to SUP to your favourite cafe and back at one of these SUP and Cup stand up paddle boarding experiences.

Swim with Dolphins

Perth is the perfect place to enjoy a swim with dolphins experience with Western Australia ranking as one of the best places in the world for dolphin encounters. Find out where you can enjoy a Swim wtih Dolphins Perth experience here.

Water bikes

Water Bikes are a super fun way to enjoy some time on the water all year round in Perth. They are very stable, so you don’t need to get wet during your water bike experience (unless it’s raiing of course), which means you can literally take in the sights of Perth by water bike all year round. Perth Water Bikes Hire are in South Perth, Matilda Bay, Mandurah and Rottnest Island.

Whale Watching

Humpback Whales can be viewed off the Perth coastline during September – December each year as they migrate back from the Kimberley Region to Antartica. You can often see them in the distance from the coastline, but if you want to get up closer, getting on a Whale Watching Tour from Hillarys, Perth, Rottnest Island or Fremantle is the go. You can also see elusive Blue Whales from March to May in the Perth Canyon, located 30 nautical miles off the coast.

Perth Adventures on Land

Perth hosts a huge range of land based adventures whether it enjoyed on foot, by bike, e-scooter, 4WD or other vehicle, there’s adventure to be had all year round in Perth.

Bike Trails

There is a large network of Perth cycle trails and dual use pathways throughout the city and beyond. There are also bike friendly bush trails as well as established mountain bike (MTB) trails and pump and jump tracks. Here are some Perth Bike Trails I have enjoyed –

Deep Water Point to Applecross Jetty
Whitfords Nodes Hillarys to Burns Beach

E Scooters

Electric scooters are fast becoming the coolest, funnest, most adventurous and environmentally friendly way to get around and explore Perth. E Scooters are currently available for hire from Scarborough, Rockingham and are coming soon to Rottnest Island too. Find out all you need to know about hiring an e-scooter in Perth here.

Hiking Trails

There are walking and hiking trails literally all over Perth, from coastal suburban art trails to isolated nature packed bush walks in the Hills and everything in between. You can find Walk & Hike Trails around Perth at a distance and difficulty to suit your adventurous desires. Find the Always Adventure Ready Perth Walk & Hike Trails here –

Whistlepipe Gully Walk Trail Kalamunda
Rocky Pools Kalamunda
Numbat Trail Paruna Wildlife Park Gidgegannup
Cottesloe Coastal Walk
Hillarys Beach Park Walk Trails
South Perth Foreshore Round River Walk
Kuljak Island Walk Trail Ascot

Quad Bikes

Quad bikes are a great way to explore areas that are difficult to access by foot or by 4WD plus they are fun and easy to ride. No license necessary. There are two locations for quad bike hire Perth, Pinjar Motorcycle Area and Quad Bike Hire Lancelin.

Sandboarding

If it’s a sandboarding in Perth adventure you are after, Lancelin in the place to do it. Rolling white sand dunes as long as the eye can see and you don’t need to have you own sandboard. Sandboard hire is available all year round in Lancelin or maybe pair it with a Lancelin Sand Dune Tour or Quad Bike hire.

Perth Adventures By Air

Perth is pretty amazing on the ground, wait until you see it from the air. There are plenty of scenic in the air land, coastline and ocean adventures to enjoy right across Perth.

Hot Air Ballooning

Head to Northam, get up before sunrise and climb aboard a hot air balloon to see the picturesque Avon Valley from the air with a delicious post tour breakfast.

Scenic Flights

See the Perth’s beautiful inland, coastline and ocean from the air, or perhaps escape Perth for the day on a flight to another Western Australian destination. A Perth scenic flight can get you there and back within the same day.

• Fly to the Abroholos Islands (just off the coast of Geraldton) for a snorkel and return the same day on an Abroholos Islands Scenic Flight & Snorkelling Day Trip Adventure 
• Fly over the Swan River, Perth City and Kings Park then see Rottnest from the air before you land for a half day stop over before returning over Fremantle on a Perth and Rottnest Scenic Flight with Half Day Rottnest Stop Over or fly over to Rottnest and catch the ferry back with a Rottnest Scenic Flight and Ferry Return
• Fly to Rottnest Island by Seaplane then swap your wings for your sea legs as you board a Rottnest Cruise vessel for a seafood banquet, canapes and local wines and beers on a Rottnest Island Seaplane and Seafood Experience
• Fly to the Pinnacles and land for a ground tour of one of WA’s most popular nature attractions on a Pinnacles Desert Scenic Flight and Ground Tour
• Experience the infamous Golden Outback’s Wave Rock and enjoy morning tea before returning to Perth on a Wave Rock Half Day Air & Ground Tour
• Do both the Pinnacles and Wave Rock in the same day with a Wave Rock and Pinnacles Air and Ground Tour or the Pinnacles, Wave Rock and Rottnest in the same day with a Wave Rock, Pinnacles and Rottnest Air and Ground Tour
• Fly to Monkey Mia for a dolphine experience and return the same day on a Monkey Mia Dolphins and Shark Bay Air Tour
• Leave the car behind and fly to a Margaret River winery for lunch and be back the same day with a Flight to Leeuwin Winery for Lunch

Adrenaline Action Perth Adventures

Snorkel or Dive with the Sharks at AQWA

You are guaranteed to encounter sharks when you Snorkel with the Sharks at the Aquarium of WA (AQWA). Snorkel with a small group and a qualified PADI diver. See stingrays, turtles and a big variety of fish in the warm waters of the aquarium at AQWA. If you want to get up a little closer and you are open water dive qualified, book yourself in for a Dive with the Sharks at AQWA. Or perhaps snorkelling and diving is a little too up close for you, so why not try the Glass Bottom Boat & Entry at AQWA instead. Snorkel, dive and glass bottom boat tours run all year round and both tours include admission to AQWA too.

Sky Diving

It doesn’t get much more adrenaline pumping that sky diving. In Perth you can sky dive over the Shoalwater Marine Park (near Rockingham) and Rottnest Island. Or have a go at indoor sky diving to practice before the real thing or to give sky diving a go if you aren’t quite ready to take the leap out of a plane just yet.

Trees Obstacle Courses

Climb and zip your way through the treetops at Treetops Adventure in Yanchep National Park. You’ll be all harnessed up and given a full safety briefing before you make your way through the elevated obstacle courses that get harder as you progress. These high ropes courses not just test your strength, but your agility and problem solving skills as you work your body and mind harder to figure out how to conquer them. There are also Trees Obstacle Courses a short drive out of the Perth region at Treetops Adventure Dwellingup and Forest Adventures Busselton.

Zip Lining

You are never too old to enjoy a Perth Zipline Adventure! From the city to the forest, during the day or under twilight, there are exhilarating zipline experiences both within the Perth region and just a short drive away.

 

If you are looking for more adventure outside of Perth? Check out our Western Australia Adventures for more inspiration, plus we’d love for you to share your Perth adventure experiences with us in the comments below.