Most reviewed
The coach day
Our pick from Perth
- Length12.5 hours
- PickupIncluded
- GuideEnglish
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Wave Rock entry fee and what a day there really costs
Wave Rock, York and Mulka's Cave day from Perth
★ 4.6 · 563 reviews total
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- Coach day from Perth12.5 hours · per individual from $188
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The gate fee is the smallest line on the bill. The long road east of Perth decides the rest: a tour fare, or fuel, food and a bed in Hyden. Here is every part, priced from official lists.
Editorial team, waverocktour.com · Updated November 8, 2026 · ~9 min read
Main facts
- Our day tourFrom $188 for a 12.5-hour round trip, pickup and an English-speaking guide included.
- Shire entry feeAUD 10 per adult and AUD 5 per child, or AUD 20 for a car carrying up to 2 people.1
- Sunset walk in HydenA 2-hour walk with a local Aboriginal guide starts from $77.
- Private daysPrivate Wave Rock days with pickup from Perth start from $455.
- Hyden extrasA Gold pass for the museums and the wildlife park is AUD 15 per adult.2
What the coach day from Perth costs and covers
Our recommended day tour is priced from $188 on GetYourGuide and lasts 12.5 hours in total, pickup included, with a live guide who speaks English. Booking needs no payment up front, and dropping out a day or more before departure costs nothing. Treat that number as a starting point, not a quote: it is the lowest fare the listing shows, and your date can move it. The calculator further down multiplies it for a couple or a family, beside the sunset walk in Hyden.
The record lists no inclusions, so judge the fare by the places it names. The day crosses the Perth Hills to York, with free time there, then runs through Corrigin and Kondinin past the Dog Cemetery to Hippo's Yawn, a lunch stop at the Wildflower Shoppe and Cafe, Wave Rock and Mulka's Cave. After lunch you pick between a wildlife park, an antique lace collection and a toy soldier museum. Coffee in York is at your own expense, and the listing asks for any dietary needs when you book.
Its 563 reviews give an overall 4.6, with the guide on 4.7, transport on 4.7 and value for money on 4.3. Value trails the rest, which feels honest: it is a long, costly day built around a single granite wall. Among the Wave Rock tours from Perth compared on this page, the private days carry 3 reviews or none yet in the record. A track record of that size is worth something when the day starts before breakfast and ends after dark.
Ways to reach the rock
Wave Rock days by starting fare and length
| Listing | From | Length | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach day, our pick | $188 | 12.5 hours | 563 |
| Sunset walk in Hyden | $77 | 2 hours | 3 |
| Private multilingual day | $455 | 11 hours | None yet |
| Private BBQ day | $963 | 12 hours | 3 |
| Fly and drive | $715 | 5 hours | None yet |
Every figure is that listing's starting fare; your date and group size move the total.
The Wave Rock entry fee on the Shire schedule
The entry money goes to the Shire of Kondinin, and it is collected once you are inside the reserve.4 The fee schedule the Shire published for 2026-2027 lists Wave Rock entry at AUD 10 for an adult and AUD 5 for a child aged 2 to 16, with a family ticket for 2 adults and up to 3 children at AUD 25.1 A car carrying up to 2 people is AUD 20, a motorcycle AUD 10 and a bus AUD 80, all with GST included.1
Older pages still quote flat car rates. The Shire's own Hyden tourism page gives AUD 15 per vehicle, followed by a 100m walk to the rock, while a Wave Rock Management page gives AUD 12 per vehicle.5,4 The fee schedule is the dated document: treat it as the current rate, treat the flat figures as history, and read the sign at the machine when you arrive. If the machine is out of order, the kiosk is the other official place to pay.6
Where you pay matters as much as what you pay. The entry also covers Hippo's Yawn, and you can only buy it at the rock itself, from the ticket machine or the kiosk at its base.6 The shop in the caravan park sells entry tickets as well.7 Toilets and rubbish bins stand at the entrance.8 On the coach day, ask when you book whether the entry sits inside the fare: the record names the stops but lists no inclusions, and a clear answer before you leave saves a queue at the machine.
Shire fee schedule
Wave Rock entry by ticket type, in Australian dollars
- Adult10
- Child5
- Family25
- Car, up to 2 people20
- Motorcycle10
- Bus80
Shire of Kondinin fees for 2026-2027, GST included; the child ticket is for ages 2 to 16 and the family ticket covers 2 adults and up to 3 children.1
How much does it cost to visit Wave Rock by car
Driving yourself swaps the fare for fuel, time and a long road. By the Shire's reckoning Hyden lies 334 km from Perth, and a Perth coach operator lists its own Wave Rock day as about 700km in total.10,11 Wave Rock Management describes the drive as under four hours from Perth.12 Ask how much does it cost to visit Wave Rock without a tour and the honest answer is the gate fee plus fuel for that distance, food on the road and, for many plans, a night in Hyden.
Fuel is the line nobody can quote for you, as pump prices move by the day. Fill up before you leave the city, because the roadhouses on the way keep limited hours.13 Hyden Travel Stop is the town roadhouse with fuel, open 6 am to 8:30 pm Monday to Thursday, 6 am to 9 pm on Friday and Saturday, and 7 am to 9 pm on Sunday.14,15 Arrive late on a weekday and you may find the pump already closed, with a long dark road still ahead.
At the gate, a car with up to 2 people pays AUD 20, and the family ticket of AUD 25 covers 2 adults and up to 3 children.1 The hidden cost is time. Wave Rock Management asks drivers to stop at least every two hours for a break.16 Turning the trip into an overnight stay adds a bed but keeps you off the road at dusk and dawn, when kangaroos and emus are on the move.17 For a solo traveller, weigh the coach fare against fuel, the gate fee and a full day at the wheel.
Pick by budget
Which way to Wave Rock fits your wallet
Say who is travelling and see which option keeps the bill sensible.
If I am travelling solo, without a car
The coach day
It starts from $188 with pickup, and needs no car, fuel or night away.
If We are a couple with a hire car
Drive and pay at the gate
A car with up to 2 people pays AUD 20 under the Shire schedule.1
If We are a family with children
Drive and buy the family ticket
The family ticket is AUD 25 for 2 adults and up to 3 children aged 2 to 16.1
If I want an Aboriginal guide at the rock
The sunset walk
A 2-hour walk with a local Aboriginal guide, from $77.
If We want our own vehicle and pace
A private day
Private days with pickup from Perth start from $455.
Three ways to pay
Coach day, sunset walk or flying in
Lowest fare
The sunset walk
Starts in Hyden
- Length2 hours
- GuideLocal Aboriginal guide
- Meets atWave Rock Car Park
Shortest from Perth
The fly-and-drive day
Private group
- Length5 hours
- Leaves fromJandakot Airport
- ReviewsNone yet
Museums, wildlife and the salt pool in Hyden
Hyden adds a handful of paid extras around the rock. A Gold pass costs AUD 15 per adult and AUD 7.50 per child and opens the Miniature Soldier Museum, the Wildlife Park, the Pioneer Museum and the Lace Place.2 It stays valid for two days, which suits a night in town.19 On its own, the Pioneer Museum costs AUD 4 per person.20 If the pioneer displays are all you want to see, the single ticket is enough.
The Wildlife Park sits on three hectares of natural bushland across the road from the caravan park.21,22 On the coach day the record lists a wildlife park, a collection of antique lace or a museum of toy soldiers for after lunch. Whether that entry sits inside the fare is not stated; if a particular collection matters to you, ask before you book. The museums make a shaded break when the afternoon is hot.
Lake Magic and its salt pool are the other draw. The pool beside the lake is 20m round and 6m deep, and its entry fee is set at the caravan park kiosk.23 The lake itself is known for water that shifts from green to pink.24 None of these extras is essential to seeing Wave Rock, but together they turn a quick photo stop into a full afternoon, and on a self-drive trip that is where the Gold pass pays its way.
Where the money goes
A Wave Rock day, cost by cost
When you book
Reserve the day
From $188, with nothing to pay at booking.
Morning in York
Coffee on you
Free time in York, where coffee is at your own expense.
At the gate by car
Entry fee
AUD 10 an adult; a car with no more than 2 people, AUD 20.1
After lunch
Optional extras
A Gold pass is AUD 15 per adult for the museums and wildlife park.2
Evening in Hyden
Dinner or the road
Dinner at the Hyden Hotel Motel runs from 6 pm to 8 pm.3
Sunset walks, private days and flying in
The cheapest guided option starts in Hyden, not Perth. A sunset walk from the Wave Rock Car Park with a local Aboriginal guide lasts 2 hours and starts from $77. It lists a moderate climb onto the summit, with a route for those who would rather not climb, hand stencils under a rock overhang and Dreaming stories of Katter Kich. It suits travellers who sleep in Hyden, and it has 3 reviews so far, averaging 4.6.
Private days from Perth carry a single listed price, and the records do not say whether it is per person or per group. An 11-hour private day with pickup and guides in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian starts from $455, with stops in York and at the Statues Salt Lake in Kondinin. Another private day of 12 hours with an English and Chinese guide also starts from $455. A 12-hour private day with a BBQ sausage sizzle lunch starts from $963.
For a shorter day, a private half day flies from Jandakot Airport and then drives the group from the airstrip to the rock, 5 hours in all, from $715. It has no reviews yet in the record. By Wave Rock Management's estimate, flying to the Wave Rock Airport takes one hour, against a drive of under four hours.12 If time is tighter than money, that trade is the whole point of flying.
Video
A full coach day from Perth to Wave Rock, York and Mulka's Cave
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Nearly all of the businesses in Hyden have EFTPOS and credit card facilities.
Before you pay
What is in the fare and what is not
On the listing3
- Pickup in Perth
- A live guide speaking English
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Pay on the day3
The coach operator rate card in Australian dollars
Australian Pinnacle Tours publishes its own Wave Rock day tour from Perth with a price list that runs from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2027: AUD 269 for an adult, AUD 242 for a concession and AUD 159 for a child.18 Its page lists departures from Perth at 8:00am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, a finish around 8:30pm, lunch included and groups of 6-48 people by coach.11 It also suggests sturdy, comfortable footwear, a hat and a camera for the day.25
That page sells the operator's product direct, in Australian dollars. The listing this site books is sold on GetYourGuide with its own from-price, converted to whatever currency you pick. The two channels cannot be set side by side line for line, and the GetYourGuide record does not name an operator, so compare what you are offered on the day you book rather than assuming the cheaper figure.
The rate card is still useful as a yardstick. It shows that a guided Wave Rock day from Perth is priced as a premium coach day, and that children and concession holders pay noticeably less on the operator list.18 If you are a student or a senior, ask about a concession wherever you book. If you are travelling with children, compare the child fare against the family entry ticket and a hire car before you decide.
Cash, cards, food and phone signal in Hyden
You hardly need cash in Hyden: nearly all businesses there take EFTPOS and credit cards.9 The shop in the caravan park sells entry tickets, a second place to pay if the machine is busy.7 Carry a little cash anyway in case a card machine loses its signal, and keep it with your water and sunscreen rather than in a hot car.
Food costs depend on the hour. The Wildflower Shoppe and Wave Rock Cafe serves home-style food from 9am to 5pm daily, 5km from town at the rock.26,27 In town, the Bush Bake House opens from 6 am to 4 pm on weekdays, 7 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 4 pm on Sunday.28 The Hyden Hotel Motel serves dinner only, from 6 pm to 8 pm, 7 days a week.3 Miss that window and dinner is whatever you packed.
Phone signal is the other practical cost. Only Telstra phones get a signal in Hyden; Optus has no coverage there.29 Download offline maps before you leave Perth, and tell someone where you are going, as Wave Rock Management advises for remote travel.30 Pack plenty of water as well: its sun list runs from a hat and sunglasses to long sleeves and SPF 15+ sunscreen.31
FAQ
Quick answers to quick questions.
Is Wave Rock free?
No, there is an entry fee.
The Shire schedule for 2026-2027 lists AUD 10 per adult, AUD 5 per child and AUD 20 for a car with up to 2 people.1
How much is the day tour from Perth?
From $188 on our listing.
It runs 12.5 hours with pickup and an English-speaking guide, rated 4.6 from 563 reviews.
Does the entry fee also cover Hippo's Yawn?
Yes.
The Shire says the Wave Rock entry also covers Hippo's Yawn, bought at the ticket machine or the kiosk.6
Where do I pay at the rock?
Can I pay by card in Hyden?
Almost everywhere.
Nearly all businesses in Hyden take EFTPOS and credit cards, Wave Rock Management says.9
What does a private Wave Rock day cost?
From $455.
Private days from Perth start from $455, and the private fly-and-drive half day from $715.
Can I cancel the day tour for free?
Yes, up to 24 hours before.
Drop out a day or more ahead and nothing is charged; payment itself can wait until later.
Sources
- Shire of Kondinin · Fees and Charges 2026-2027 (PDF) ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock Caravan Park ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Cafes & Restaurants ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock and Hippos Yawn ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Hyden - Wave Rock ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Hyden - Wave Rock ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock Caravan Park ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock and Hippos Yawn ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Travel Advice Western Australia ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · How to Get Here ↩
- Australian Pinnacle Tours (operator official site) · Wave Rock Tour - Day Tour From Perth ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Getting to Wave Rock ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Getting to Wave Rock ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Cafes & Restaurants ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Cafes & Restaurants ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Getting to Wave Rock ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Getting to Wave Rock ↩
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- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock Caravan Park ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock Caravan Park ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Hyden - Wave Rock ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Wave Rock Caravan Park ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Hyden - Wave Rock ↩
- Shire of Kondinin · Hyden - Wave Rock ↩
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- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Eat and Drink at Wave Rock ↩
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- Shire of Kondinin · Cafes & Restaurants ↩
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- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Travel Advice Western Australia ↩
- Wave Rock Management (waverock.com.au) · Travel Advice Western Australia ↩