Get a comprehensive overview of Rottnest Island on this full-day tour from Fremantle. Discover the beautiful flora and fauna of the island, which is classified as a reserve, including the famous quokka. Explore the beautiful beaches, lush forests, tranquil lakes via the bus tour and historic train. This full-day tour includes the ferry from Fremantle and all of the guided tours around the island.

Discover Rottnest Island on this full-day tour from Fremantle
Explore the beaches, lakes, and forests via bus and historic train
Admire the flora and fauna, including the famous quokka, of the island
Return ferry, a light lunch, tours and train rides are included

What's Included

Train ride from the settlement to Oliver Hill
Oliver Hill WWII Guns & Tunnel Tour
Bus tour of the island with stops at key locations
Light lunch
Lunch

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Parking

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

SeaLink Rottnest Island - B Shed, Fremantle Terminal
B Shed, Peter Hughes Dr, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
Our B Shed Office has temporarily closed. Look for the blue SeaLink ticketing office on the eastern side of E Shed. Boarding for all passengers closes 10 minutes prior to departure.

Start time

09:00 am

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Ticket redemption point

E Shed, Victoria Quay, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia

What To Expect

SeaLink Rottnest Island

35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rottnest Island Visitor Centre

5 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Rottnest Island

35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Stroller accessible
Return ferry from Rottnest Island 4:00pm, arriving Fremantle approximately 4:35pm. For alternative times off the island, please contact the operator.

Limited paid parking is available near the departure point. Please allow ample time for parking. Public transportation or a ride share is recommended
Most travellers can participate
Due to maintenance of the train, a coach may be substituted for this part of the tour without notice
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Traveller Photos

Featured review

Sandra_S

The Grand Tour of the Island was great, very informative. All the guides we had on the day were friendly & very knowledgeable of the history. Gorgeous Island with beautiful coves & beachs.

Reviews

4.5

40 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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Excellent to see Rottnest Island highlights

Brenda_B, Mar 2023

Great way to see the highlights on Rottnest Island and take photos with a few quokkas whilst there. Quite a lot to see so didn't manage to have a dip in the water but looking forward to another trip to do just that next time.

Average

Suzanne_R, Feb 2023

There was only 1 opportunity to get off the bus to take photo's which was not long enough. We were expected to take 99% of our photo's through the dirty bus windows. They checked our lunch order when getting on the bus & still got it very wrong. They failed to mention the amount of stairs at the gun tour which was not suitable for 1 family member. Apparently the tour guides tell you when you arrive & the company has not listened to them about advertising it. They need more photo's on their advertising about this and give more off bus photo opportunities.

Grand tour

Anthony_B, Feb 2023

Good overview. Guides gave very comprehensive tour of island. Need meet and greet person when arriving on island . Somewhat confusing as to need for actual ticket as bus driver has all names therefore ticket not relevant

A bit boring

Nick_R, Jan 2023

Great views of all the beaches but you don't get to stop at any. Better to take a hop on hop off bus. The train ride is boring and not much to see

Great overview of Rotto!

Irene_E, Jan 2023

This is a great tour for an overview of the island. It was a bit confusing finding the tour bus, but after asking helpful Island staff, we found it. The bus tour was great as our guide drove us around the entire island. Some beautiful views! The train ride up to Oliver Battery was beautiful. Oliver Battery was very cool! The Gun & Tunnels tour was fascinating & the volunteer guides were fabulous.

My experience

Kwok_C, Dec 2022

The bus ride and train ride that include Oliver hill tour was great. There isn’t any sign board to indicate where to wait for the tour bus after we arrived at the island. Would be good to have some clear signage that guide new visitors to the island and joining the tour.

Overview only

Helen_F, Dec 2022

Overview of a beautiful and historic island. However if you want to spend any time snorkeling or actually spending any time at any of the bays, stay overnight. The bus barely stops…the bus tour should be at least a 1/2 hour long so there is time to stop.

Beautiful Waters

Bonnie_D, Dec 2022

This is one of the most beautiful islands I've seen. I really enjoyed the complete tour of the island, including the train ride to see the WWII gun structures and tunnels. I will tell my biking friends that they should spend a week on Rottnest. Of course, seeing the sweet quokkas was a high light.

The quokkas are super...

HweeLing_O, Nov 2022

The quokkas are super cute, beautiful scenery and highlights of the island and oliver hill tour is a good one. But will be good if we can alight one more stop at seal viewing platform or pinky beach

Poor lead-up information

Gabrielle_J, Oct 2021

The tour was great but the information about where to go and what to do beforehand left us a bit lost initially.

A beautiful day in Rotto.

Nina, Mar 2020

The ferry was on time Getting to the wharf on the free bus was easy.There was plenty of comfortable seating. Getting to the bus was more difficult as there were no street signs. Once aboard the driver was knowledgable and gave time for photos. The train ride was great enabling passengers to see other areas of the island and the war tunnels and gun sights. The lunch was good but the biscuits were loose in a large paper bag. Not so good. There was more walking than I thought. Saw a quokka as I went to the return ferry.

A good overview of Rottnest when you only have a day.

Roslyn_C, Feb 2020

Friendly tour guides, interesting details provided. A convenient way to see a lot of the island, especially during a record-breaking heatwave. Would have liked a bit more information pre-departure to make clear the instructions of where to go and what would happen at each stage, as well as a short summary of what we would be seeing. However, we went with the flow and had a great day. Quokkas really are very cute.

Great visit to Rottnest island!

Tan_H, Dec 2019

Had a really well rounded visit on the Grand Island Tour of Rotto! Visited the main observatory points and got the blessing of really low tides, great weather where the Sea Lions came to busk in the Sun. Guides were fantastic and we enjoyed a very passionate tour by Volunteer Guide at Oliver Hill Gun Battery. We were amazed and decided to push back our ferry time, rented bicycles to visit the lovely clear beaches; and see more quokkas :) Unfortunately the Captain Hussey Train still wasn't ready on 1 Dec but all's good!

Rottnest Island visit

Sandra_S, Sept 2019

The Grand Tour of the Island was great, very informative. All the guides we had on the day were friendly & very knowledgeable of the history. Gorgeous Island with beautiful coves & beachs.