How do I get from Perth to Exmouth or Broome?
By tour, because there is almost nothing in between. Perth to Exmouth is about 1,250km and the trips take 6 to 8 days, from $1,449 — stopping at Monkey Mia, Kalbarri and Ningaloo Reef, which is the point of going. Perth to Broome is 10 days, from $2,905.
Checked on 5 October 2026.
The Western Australian coast north of Perth is one of the emptiest drives in the country, and that is its appeal rather than its problem. The stops are hundreds of kilometres apart and most of them have nothing but a roadhouse, so the trip is the transport and the accommodation as much as the sightseeing.
Perth to Exmouth
| Trip | Length | Route | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Day Perth to Exmouth | 6 days, 5 nights | Perth / Exmouth | $1449 |
| 6 Day Perth to Exmouth | 6 days, 5 nights | Perth / Exmouth | $1549 |
| 7 Day Perth to Exmouth & Return | 7 days, 6 nights | Perth / Perth | $1699 |
| 8 Day Perth to Exmouth & Return | 8 days, 7 nights | Perth / Perth | $1699 |
| 7 Day Perth to Exmouth & Return | 7 days, 6 nights | Perth / Perth | $1799 |
| 8 Day Perth to Exmouth in Comfort | 8 days, 7 nights | Perth / Exmouth | $4099 |
Some finish in Exmouth, some return to Perth. Prices update on their own.
What you stop for
- Ningaloo Reef — a fringing reef you can swim to off the beach, which is the thing the Great Barrier Reef cannot offer.
- Monkey Mia and Shark Bay, where the dolphins come in to the shallows.
- Kalbarri — river gorges and sea cliffs, halfway up.
- The Pinnacles, usually on the first day out of Perth.
One way or return?
- One way to Exmouth at 6 days is the cheapest version — fly back from Learmonth, or carry on north.
- Return to Perth at 7 or 8 days costs a few hundred more and saves you a flight, and the drive south takes a different route.
- Eight days in comfort is the same coast with better beds, if camping is not for you.
Carrying on to Broome
Broome is another 1,500km beyond Exmouth. The trips that go the whole way take ten days and cross the Pilbara, which almost nobody sees.
| Trip | Length | Route | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Day Perth to Broome | 10 days, 9 nights | Perth / Broome | $2905 |
| 10 Day Broome to Perth | 10 days, 9 nights | Broome / Perth | $2805 |
| 9 Days Darwin to Broome | 9 days, 8 nights | Darwin / Broome | $2699 |
| 10 Days Darwin to Broome | 10 days, 9 nights | Darwin / Broome | $3149 |
| 10 Days Broome to Darwin | 10 days, 9 nights | Broome / Darwin | $3195 |
How long do you need?
- Four days reaches Monkey Mia and back — the short version, and still a long way north.
- Six days reaches Exmouth and Ningaloo, which is where the swimming is.
- Ten days gets you to Broome, and the drive between is the emptiest and best part.
- Twenty-four days runs the whole way to Darwin, if you have the month.
The trips
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Where this comes from. Each trip's own route, duration and inclusions sheet, as held on its page here. Prices are the current from price and update on their own.