Perth to Monkey Mia itinerary
Four days, or a week with NingalooKalbarri, a night on the beach at Monkey Mia, and back by Geraldton.
Four days from Perth and back, from $1,299. The trip picks up from Perth CBD hotels from around 8am, spends night 1 at Kalbarri Edge Resort, night 2 at the RAC Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort on the beach in Shark Bay, so you are there in the morning when the wild dolphins come into the shallows, and night 3 at Geraldton, before returning to Perth on day 4. Every night is a private room with an ensuite, with lunch at the Lobster Shack and three breakfasts included, in a group of 18 at most. With more time, carry on: six days through Monkey Mia to Coral Bay and Exmouth, from $1,449, or seven and eight days back to Perth, from $1,699.
Checked on 28 October 2026.
Monkey Mia sits on Shark Bay, a World Heritage area a long way up the coast from Perth. The way to do it is to sleep there: the wild dolphins come into the shallows in the morning, and a night at the resort on the beach puts you on the sand for it. Every trip on this page spends at least one night at Monkey Mia.
Four days: Perth to Monkey Mia and back
| Day | What happens | Where you sleep |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick-up from Perth CBD hotels from around 8am, heading north up the coast | Kalbarri Edge Resort |
| 2 | On to Shark Bay | RAC Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, on the beach |
| 3 | The dolphins in the morning, then south | Hospitality Geraldton Motel |
| 4 | Back down the coast | Finish in Perth |
From the 4 Day Perth to Monkey Mia trip's own transport and accommodation sheets. All three nights are private rooms with ensuites. Three breakfasts and one lunch are included, the lunch at the Lobster Shack, and the trip includes the Greenhead Three Bays Walk on the coast. Group of 18 at most.
- The dolphins.Wild bottlenose dolphins come into the shallows at Monkey Mia in the morning, a ranger-managed encounter rather than a show, and the night at the resort is what puts you there for it.
- The rest of Shark Bay.Shell Beach, the Hamelin Pool stromatolites and the cliffs at Eagle Bluff, in a World Heritage area.
- On the way.The Pinnacles, the Lobster Shack and Kalbarri's gorges and sea cliffs.
- A real bed every night.Private ensuite rooms at Kalbarri, Monkey Mia and Geraldton.
Six to eight days: through Monkey Mia to Ningaloo
| Nights | Where you sleep |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kalbarri |
| 2 | Monkey Mia |
| 3 | Coral Bay, on Ningaloo Reef |
| 4 and 5 | Exmouth |
| Day 6 | Finish in Exmouth, or keep going: the seven day trips spend night 6 at Geraldton or on a farmstay near Northampton and finish back in Perth |
From the 6 Day Perth to Exmouth trips' own accommodation sheets, and the 7 Day Perth to Exmouth and Return. Rooms are a private ensuite or a backpacker dorm at each stop, depending on the trip.
| Trip | Length | Starts and finishes | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Day Perth to Monkey Mia | 4 days, 3 nights | Perth / Perth | $1299 |
| 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 |
| 7 Day Perth to Exmouth & Return | 7 days, 6 nights | Perth / Perth | $1799 |
| 8 Day Perth to Exmouth & Return | 8 days, 7 nights | Perth / Perth | $1699 |
| 8 Day Perth to Exmouth in Comfort | 8 days, 7 nights | Perth / Exmouth | $4099 |
Prices update on their own.
Which suits you
- Monkey Mia is the point, and you want to be back in Perth?Four days, from $1,299, with private ensuite rooms every night.
- The dolphins and the reef?Six days to Exmouth, from $1,449, with a night at Coral Bay where you snorkel Ningaloo straight off the beach. The six day trip from $1,549 includes all meals from lunch on day 1.
- The whole run and back to Perth?Seven days from $1,699, or from $1,799 with all meals from lunch on day 1 to lunch on day 7.
- Sandboarding too?The eight day trip from $1,699 stops at Lancelin for sandboarding on the way north, spends a night near Nambung, and a night in outback sheep-station shearers' quarters.
- The most time at Monkey Mia?The eight day comfort trip, from $4,099, spends two nights at the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, in boutique ensuite rooms throughout, in a group of 4 to 16, and on day 3 you keep the lobster you pull up.
When it is at its best
The dolphins come in year round, so pick the weather you like. Denham, on Shark Bay, averages 22 to 26°C by day from May to October, and September to December are the driest months, with 8mm of rain or less. There is the full year on our best time to visit Monkey Mia page, and more on the bay itself on is Monkey Mia worth visiting.
4 Day Perth to Monkey Miafrom $12994 days, 3 nightsResort/Motel4 days. Perth to Monkey Mia and backView trip
6 Day Perth to Exmouthfrom $14496 days, 5 nightsHostels / Hotels6 days. Monkey Mia, Coral Bay and ExmouthView trip
7 Day Perth to Exmouth & Returnfrom $16997 days, 6 nightsHostel / Dorm Share7 days. To Exmouth and back to PerthView trip
8 Day Perth to Exmouth in Comfortfrom $40998 days, 7 nightsBoutique Ensuite8 days. Two nights at Monkey MiaView tripPeople also ask
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Where this comes from. Pick-up times, where each night is spent, meals, group sizes, finishing points and prices are each trip's own details as held on its page here, and prices update on their own. Temperatures and rainfall are Bureau of Meteorology long-term monthly averages for Denham, station 006044, from 34 years of records.