A private Yanchep National Park day trip from Perth uses your own vehicle and chauffeur for the day rather than a coach seat — 60 km and about 44 min of driving each way, with the departure time, stops and itinerary set by your group. It is quoted as an as-directed booking rather than a fixed one-way fare; the straight one-way transfer to the same point is $135.
Yanchep is the closest place to Perth where you can see koalas and wild western grey kangaroos in the same afternoon without paying zoo prices — the koalas on a raised boardwalk through a stand of eucalypts, the kangaroos grazing across the lawns around Loch McNess whenever the day cools off.
Underneath it, Crystal Cave runs guided tours through limestone chambers, and the heritage Yanchep Inn on the lake edge handles lunch. It is an hour from the city, which makes it the easiest half-day trip on this list and a natural first stop on a longer run north to Lancelin or the Pinnacles.
A straight one-way transfer to Yanchep National Park is $135 fixed. A full day with the car and driver held for your group is quoted separately.
A raised walkway through a eucalypt enclosure where the koalas are usually visible and always close — no booking required.
Guided tours through limestone formations under the park, running several times a day; worth checking times before you commit the morning.
The lake at the park's centre, with kangaroos on the surrounding grass in the cooler parts of the day and walk trails from easy to genuinely long.
The park's bushland carries a strong display from August through October, and the trails put you into it within minutes of the car park.
Yanchep is about an hour from Perth Airport up the freeway, and most visits run three to four hours on the ground — enough for the koala boardwalk, a cave tour and lunch at the Inn. A half-day booking covers it comfortably.
Yanchep is one of the better options for young children near Perth: the koala boardwalk is short and flat, the kangaroos are visible without walking far, and the cave tours are the right length for shorter attention spans. Child and booster seats are fitted before pickup for a flat fee per seat.
Yanchep sits on the road north and is regularly added to a Pinnacles day — koalas and the cave in the morning, then the desert in the afternoon light. It adds about ninety minutes to the day.
53 km · Half day or full day
Little penguins, sea lions and a marine reserve, a five-minute ferry off Rockingham.
88 km · Full day
Western Australia's oldest inland town, with its whole 1800s main street intact.
91 km · Full day
Jarrah forest, a steam railway and the Munda Biddi trailhead, ninety minutes south-east.
One fixed quote, confirmed in writing before you commit — airport, FIFO, event night or the long run south.
Fixed price, confirmed up front
No meter · no surge · GST included