This tour provides travelers with an authentic 3 day, self-drive Fraser Island Adventure on a budget. On tour you can drive yourself in our trusty Toyota 4WD's or let the tour guide take over for you.
Some of the highlights we'll explore are Seventy Mile Beach, Lake Allom, Lake McKenzie, Lake Eli, Champagne Pool, and the famous Indian Head. This means plenty of swimming, trekking, relaxing & learning about the islands flora and fauna.
Days
- 3 days, 2 nights
Group size
- 8 to 24
Start / finish
- Hervey Bay / Hervey Bay
Return
- See itinerary for details
Accommodation
- 2 nights in a beach house on K'gari, quad share, with hot showers and toilets, a communal deck and a kitchen with a barbecue. The showers take a $2 coin.
Transport
- Toyota 4WDs in a tag-along convoy behind an experienced guide, with return ferry transfers included. You can drive yourself or ride along.
Meals
- Two breakfasts, three lunches and two dinners, with vegetarians catered for, plus plenty of drinking water and snacks.
Route
Included experiences
- Lake McKenzie and Lake Birrabeen — swims in clear freshwater ringed by white sand
- Indian Head — a 360 degree view from the headland, with whales in season
- Champagne Pools — the only safe ocean swim on the island
- Eli Creek — floating down the largest freshwater creek on the east coast
- Maheno shipwreck — the rusting wreck and the story of its many lives
- Central Station — rainforest growing straight out of the sand
- Lake Allom — watching turtles from the steps
- 75 Mile Beach — driving the island's sand highway end to end
- Learning the didgeridoo and throwing a boomerang at camp
- Beach games, cards and Jumbo Jenga in the evenings
Reviews
5.0
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Travellers consistently praise the knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic tour guides, who are frequently described as making the trip fun while sharing information about the island's history, culture and wildlife. The self-drive 4x4 experience along beaches and inland tracks stands out most often as a highlight, alongside the island's scenery, including its lakes, beaches and dingo sightings, and the generous, good-quality food provided. Many reviewers also appreciated the small group sizes, the friendly mix of people they met, and the accommodation options, with several noting that the on-island showers and rooms were a welcome alternative to camping. The most common caveats concern the camping conditions for those on the tent-based option, with mentions of hard floors and poor or paid showers, and a note that the trip involves additional costs such as sleeping bag hire and insurance. Some reviewers also advised that driving the 4x4 can be challenging in places and suited to confident drivers.
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“Great weekend”
We had a great weekend with fraser dingoes.
Bob was a brilliant guide, with his local knowledge and he made it a fun experience.
Driving the 4x4 was great fun.
The island is really pretty.
The house was comfortable and we were glad we weren't camping when it rained
I would highly recommend this trip.
My tip would be to take plenty of snacks!
“da best :)))”
Bob was really knowledgeable about the island and answered any questions you had. The house was lovely to stay in and very clean.
“10/10 recommend!”
Best trip ever!! Amazing group, amazing food, amazing accomodation and tour guide! Thanks Scott for making it such a great experience for us
“Great tour great tour guide”
We had a fantastic time on this tour and will our brilliant tour guide Bob who made sure we saw all the best sports on the island and ensured we didn’t miss a dingo sighting!! The trip is set up really well with plenty of driving opportunities if you want to. The sights are breathtaking and shouldn’t be missed. We’d really recommend this tour group and Bob!
“K’Gari 3D tour”
Amazing experience. We spend 3 days with an incredible guide (Arty) full of information about the island and the local culture !
It was a small group, I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the driving and the accommodation ! Do it you will not regret it.
“The highlight of our trip to Australia! Absolute Must do!!!”
Oh where do I begin! I wish I could just relive this incredible experience all over again! K’gari is most definitely the highlight of our whole trip in Australia so far! This magical island captivated us with its beauty, history and wildlife! We were fortunate enough to have the awesome Arty as our tour guide, Arty is so passionate, informative and gets you involved with the culture of the island! He really gave us food for thought about the Butchulla people, the conservation of Dingos and preservation of the beautiful natural wonders we were immersed in during our 3 day stay on the Island. Stunning sunrises, eventful off-road driving in the jungle and along the beach then to top it off with a dip in the natural lakes! We were so lucky to have a fun group of like minded people who all got involved and engaged themselves into the full experience, which really completed this tour! I hope to do it all again one day!
“Perfect tour”
We had such an amazing time on our tour. We like that it was a smallish group compared to other tours and mainly other young couples like ourselves. Arty was an absolutely incredible guide, we so valued all the extra information he gave us about the island and its history. The dorm rooms were comfortable and the showers good -much better than camping! The food prepared by volunteers was also good.
We visited all the main stops and had a great time trying driving which was fairly shared between everyone who wanted to drive.
Overall a great experience and I could see many benefits (better accom, really knowledgable guide, smaller group) over the other tours we saw around.
“Amazing experience!”
Honestly the best experience! I came on this trip on my own and came away with 20 new friends! Our tour guide Scott was incredible! It was well organised with delicious meals provided! The island itself was just beautiful with gorgeous lakes, beaches and wild life! 10/10 experience and would highly recommend!
“Awesome Experience!”
Clean, beautiful accommodations with hot shower and all the food fresh and delicious (and plenty of it)! Our guide was brilliant and full of knowledge shared while driving along the beach or through the rainforest the pink 4wd (which were in great condition). With the driver briefing and knowledge given by staff and guide, driving on the island was a breeze and so much fun. Highly recommend whether it be a couple or group of friends!
“Must do - amazing 3 Days!”
The 3 day tour on Fraser Island was just amazing!!
Everything was super well planned and we had a great time with a small group of 12 people. We arrived at popular spots as Indian Head and Champagne Pools before all other tours did.
Driving the 4WD vehicle was an absolute highlight of this tour - it was so much fun both on inland tracks and on the beach.
The food was very good, fresh and always more than enough.
The cherry on top were amazing pictures and videos of Fraser and us took with a drone by our great tour guide Goldy.
Thanks Goldy and thanks Fraser Dingo 4WD Hirer!
“So much fun!”
I had an amazing time with my bf and friends on our tour on Fraser Island! We were a great group, we had a really good guide (Graham) that made the trip fun, educational and really added to the "feeling good" vibe. The food was good and every dietary requirement were met. Me, with a pescetarian diet and gluten allergy got my own food. So that was great! If you're thinking about the money, don't hesitate. It's worth it! I promise you. Just make sure you have your flip flops with you. It makes some parts of the activities easier.
“BEST EXPERIENCE ON THE EAST COAST !”
Great tour! You begin to make friends from the start of that trip!
Once the car is loaded you drive up to the ferry to go to Fraser Island. After you have arrived you drive to this little local village where you have the last chance to buy some necessary things. You have lunch here and leave soon after that to go for a swim in Lake Mackenzie. STUNNING!
Second day you start off with a visit to the champagne pools. In the afternoon you go to elli's creek. Enjoy a full day of swimming and beautiful spots.
Last day you go and see the Indian head.
Definitively recommend to drive yourself its soooooooo much fun!
“Amazing tour on a beautiful island”
The 3 day tagalong tour on Fraser was amazing! Everything was very good organized and we visited a lot of beautiful places, where our group was the only one. Our tour guide (Goldy) was the best I ever had, he organized the whole tour so well, explained us a lot, tried to make everyone happy and is just a really cool guy. He even showed us more spots than planned and took really nice pictures of us with his drone.
The food was good and there was something for everyone.
Driving on sand was a fun experience and not as difficult as I thought before.
I would definetly recommend this tour! It's a must do on an east coast trip!
“Epic tour of this incredibly beautiful island ”
My boyfriend and I had an absolute blast on this tour!! The best way to see the beauty the island has to offer. We had a great bunch of people on our tour who we got to know over the 3 days and our tour guide Scott was excellent. He was knowledgeable, funny and easy-going.
The 4 wheel driving experience was fantastic. So different driving on sand and getting used to that feeling. But we felt so comfortable the more we practised and shared the driving with everyone in the vehicle.
We had just the right amount of time at every spot we visited. Enough to take in the sights, relax and enjoy. Lack Mackenzie was breathtaking. The nicest swim we have ever had in the freshest water. The white sand against the blue water was magnificent. Lake Wabby was incredible - so much untouched sand against the emerald green lake. Just spectacular.
Loved loved loved our tour with Fraser Dingo. Would highly recommend if you’re after that off roading experience with an awesome bunch of like-minded people!
“A weekend long adventure”
Firstly Fraser is a beautiful island and even though it was full of tourists it didn’t feel like that adulterated the experience at all. Every visitor I witnessed was respectful and enjoying their time without ruining anyone else’s experience.. this was also instilled on the tour group through the staff.
The whole experience was very well run and organised from start to finish. The staff that took us on the island, Christina, James and Nigel were outstanding. A special mention to Nigel who catered for everyone, was never stressed and never made anyone’s time on Fraser Island a disappointing one. This was on top of a hard phone call he had to take during the trip, which we only found out about afterwards that surprisingly didn’t affect his attitude towards anyone.
I would thoroughly recommend this tour group it was an excellent value for money, comfortable living quarters, good food and a full but not rushed agenda seeing a large portion of what the island has to offer.
I would do it again in a heartbeat.
“A weekend long adventure”
Firstly Fraser is a beautiful island and even though it was full of tourists it didn’t feel like that adulterated the experience at all. Every visitor I witnessed was respectful and enjoying their time without ruining anyone else’s experience.. this was also instilled on the tour group through the staff.
The whole experience was very well run and organised from start to finish. The staff that took us on the island, Christina, James and Nigel were outstanding. A special mention to Nigel who catered for everyone, was never stressed and never made anyone’s time on Fraser Island a disappointing one. This was on top of a hard phone call he had to take during the trip, which we only found out about afterwards that surprisingly didn’t affect his attitude towards anyone.
I would thoroughly recommend this tour group it was an excellent value for money, comfortable living quarters, good food and a full but not rushed agenda seeing a large portion of what the island has to offer.
I would do it again in a heartbeat.
“Amazing experience”
What an amazing three days.
Our guide Nath was professional, adventurous, and knowledgeable.
The group was an amazing mixture of culture, character and laughs. Some really nice people amongst them.
I liked that there was no cellphone reception because it enabled everyone to relinquish their reliance on social media and appreciate the experience for just a few days.
I strongly recommend using Pippies on your next Fraser Island Tour. Well done guys.
“12/10 experience”
Absolutely recommend! We had Scott as our tour guide he was funny, organised, knew so much about the island, he was just bloody great! As aussies you couldn’t have asked for a better guide! Highly recommend this to ANYONE!
“Best experience while travelling Australia!”
Me and my girlfriend went on this trip along with two other friends and had an absolutely amazing trip.
We had a good social group of all different nationalities who got on really well, everyone was friendly and welcoming. We did all our activities and cooking together in the day and evenings - while also enjoying social drinks around a fire in the evenings.
The trip included food - there was more than enough for everyone and was actually really tasty.
The tour does involve camping so be prepared for that if it’s something you’re not comfortable with, however we went in winter and were warm enough. Especially when roasting marshmallows around the campfire! The weather all in all for the trip was amazing, blue sky’s and warm weather in the day and a bit cooler at night.
This time of year was perfect also as it meant we got to see lots of whales migrating!!
The driving was so much fun. Lots of different landscapes to drive including smooth beaches or really bumpy dirt tracks. It was definitely challenging in certain areas and would recommend that people wanting to drive the 4x4’s are confident drivers.
Our tour guide - Brendan - was absolutely amazing, we honestly couldn’t have asked for a better host. He knew so much about the island and the places we were visiting, while also being a lot of fun and getting involved with everyone on the tour.
Our experience would have been so much different without him - can’t recommend him enough.
All in all we had an unforgettable 3 days and 2 nights camping. The group we had and also our tour guide made it such a special trip.
Thanks so much. Love from Team Pomes
“The BEST experience”
Me and my boyfriend have just got back from this tour and I can’t recommend this tour enough.
Scott was the most amazing guide. He was so passionate about the island we showed us some amazing spots (some were super private so there as no one there but us!). He really made the tour extra special and we can’t thank him enough.
The accommodation was really nice, really clean and the beds were comfy.
The food was really good!! So much to go round, on both nights we both had seconds
We met some amazing people over the last three days and it’s been the best experience we have had in Australia so far.
Thank you so much for such an amazing time, we can’t thank you enough.
“The best experience in the Aussie east coast”
We just had the best days of our Roadtrip from Cairns to Sydney! Fraser Island was an incredible place to visit, full of adventure and beautiful lakes and beaches, lovely people and a lot of laughs. Our tour guide, Scott was the best! Always with a smile, it’s easy to see that he loves his job. He took us to spectacular places, the lakes were so beautiful and the last day in Eli creek was so much fun! Thanks to him we could learn about the island, he knew a lot but was never boring with the information, he always made sure that we were being careful, but without being strict or treating us like children, which we appreciate very much!and most importantly, with his contagious energy we were all smiley and friendly, which it’s very important when you have six strangers in a car. Thanks to him we left the island as friends and not wanting to leave Fraser, we missed it already!
“Such a great trip”
What an experience, we've made friends for life! Seen so many stars in the night sky, and got to see beautiful lakes and the dingos in their natural habitat. Our tour leader was amazing Scotty - he was so knowledgeable, friendly and respectful. He was really good at dealing with any difficult situations we got into when driving the 4x4s. The only things I would say hindered our trip experience is that there were extra costs - hiring sleeping bags, extra insurance where the trip as is already expensive as is (thought it would have covered the cost of these things), and the floor was really hard to sleep on, also the showers were gross, you had to pay for them and they only lasted a minute. But despite all these things we had a wicked time and would recommend it to others for sure
“Amazing trip and a great company to go with!”
Everything we expected and more. Every day was full of fun places to visit whilst getting to drive all over the island. The staff were also amazing and friendly, we couldnt have asked for a better trip, thanks Fraser Dingos.
“Highlight of my Australia trip!”
I had a great time with this tour! Our guide, Scott, did a great job. We had a nice place to stay, hot shower, meals were provided, all you need to do is enjoy the great Fraser Island!
“Amazing”
Cannot recommend this enough! We had a brilliant tour guide, Scott, who got everyone involved and was so informative about each location we went to, also thanks to the volunteers who cooked our delicious food each day and catered to everyone's needs.
All the locations were breathtaking doing the tour made it so much easier to see all of the island
“Of the Radar Paradise”
Best 2 nights in Australia. So much fun and had the best group of people to do it with. We had Scott taking our tour and if you get him on your tour you know your off to a great start.made our trip such a memorable one and such a good laugh.
Pippies is the only tour that has showers on the island and the food is prettt good for being in the middle of an island.
Go to so many places that pictures just don’t do justice.
10/10 recomomend that you add the pippies tour to your east coast trip.
“Amazing”
Cannot recommend this enough! We had a brilliant tour guide, Scott, who got everyone involved and was so informative about each location we went to, also thanks to the volunteers who cooked our delicious food each day and catered to everyone's needs.
All the locations were breathtaking doing the tour made it so much easier to see all of the island
“Aussies take fraser”
We decided as local Brisbane residents we really should do Fraser Island. The six of us could honestly not recommend this tour enough. We had a ball! A special mention to Scott the tour guide who combined humour and local knowledge and facts. We visited all the top spots plus quite a few hidden gems! This trip is perfect for a group of friends looking for a fun weekend away.
Thank you guys so much!!
Sincerely Bec, Renee, Jess, Nicole, Emily and Eloise
“So good.”
Great tour guide Benny, gave us a great experience and taught us a lot about the island. Give that man a pay rise.
Favourite part of my east coast trip without a doubt!
“Fantastic time”
Loveddddd my 3 day tag along tour to Fraser Island! Enjoyed every second there not only is Fraser Island absolutely beautiful I definitely think this tour showed us the best spots to swim and stunning views. Don’t think I would have seen as much of the island if we had of taken a car ourselves! Scott our guide was fantastic kept the group and ‘craic’ (Irish for fun) going the whole weekend. And lastly the food was fab and there was plenty to go around. 10/10 definitely recommend
“Fraser Island with Cory - Unreal”
Fraser Island is unreal. Second time doing it and I am so pleased I booked with Pippies. And would do it all over again.
Our leader Cory was a legend, so lovely and welcoming, he really appreciated and loved what he was doing and ensured we had a great time and felt safe at all times. Driving the 4x4 was sick - make sure you try if you can drive!
Facilities were good, clean showers and toilets. The food was decent too, well fed.
“Fantastic 3 days!”
We had a blast with Scott as our tour guide! As noted before, great sense of humor and knowledge. The accommodation and food were great with a nice mix of relaxing and hiking. Would definitely recommend.
“Awesomeness-ness”
I have done a lot of tours during my travels and all of them were good. This might be because of the people that you are with, but this time somehow topped the others. The people were great, the location is amazing, the accomodation was good, the food was very nice and the tourguide just awesome! Shout out to Jamie! I'd recommend doing this tour at pippies anyday. Met incredible people over here and an unforgettable experience. Thnx!!
“Amazing tour of Fraser Island”
We had so much fun on this tour! Our group leader Benny was the absolute best guide and we met a lot of great people. Everyone had an opportunity to drive the cars and we hit a lot of the major sites on the island
“Benny is a Legend”
Benny is unreal - such a great character and loved our tunes .Such a great time with great people! Campsite was unreal too
“Amazing trip!”
The trip was amazing! We love Fraser and out tour guide Scott did too! He was the best, such a good organization and so much fun with the whole group! Perfect tour for 3 days, good mixture of hiking and swimming/relaxing. Can only recommend it!!!
“The Best Fraser Island Tour! Benny (Tour Guide) is a hero! Must ”
Amazing experience! Best Fraser Island Tour - only one with showers!! Trust me, you’ll want a shower if staying on the island for 2 nights.
Driving is so much fun, the activities are great and the food is very good. There’s also a small shop at the campsite for any snacks and drinks you may also want.
If you get Benny as a tour guide then you’re in for a treat - absolute hero of a bloke.
Pippies will also reserve a room for you at the hostel for the day that you return, which is great as you can chill with all the people you spent the trip with. You’ll make some great friends.
Highly recommend this.
“Amazing Tour”
Great tour! Really well organized and amenities were better than expected. I really liked the accommodations - it was very clean and a better option for me than a tent. The food was also great and there was definitely enough for everyone. We got to see all the main Fraser Island sights and had a lot of time at each sight. Would highly recommend!
“ Perfect Camping Tour & Hostel Stay”
Pippies is a great place to stay at before and after joining one of their Fraser Island 3D/2N Camping Tag Along Tours! It has been one of the highlights of our East Coast trip so far. Luke at the front desk has been the most helpful person we could have ever encountered along our adventures, helping us plan and book all our day trips and accommodations down the coast since moving to Aus. Email him with absolutely any questions and he will be there to help you!
I can’t recommend this cozy little hostel (with a great pool oasis and strong AirCon rooms) enough! Thanks for everything Pippies
“Unforgettable few days - HIGHLY recommend”
We had a fantastic couple of days on Fraser and could not recommend this tour more. It was organised perfectly for us and made it such an amazing experience. We all had the opportunity to drive the cars if we wanted, and we visited all the main highlights (lake Mackenzie, champagne pools, lake wabby etc). The campsite was great with everything set up for us, and the meals provided were very generous. Big thanks to Beaver and the dingos team for an unforgettable few days!!
“Fun on Fraser”
My friend and I had an amazing weekend on Fraser Island! It was so much fun exploring that beautiful island during the day and we enjoyed the evenings at the campsight too. There was lots of yummy food and we could prepare fresh meals together as a group. If you book the 3 day 4wd Tagalong dingo tour you will visit the highlights of Fraser. We had for example so much fun floating down Eli Creek and loved our swim in the beautiful Lake McKenzie. We also want to thank our tour guide Muzza for this funny weekend! You are legend!
Cheers, Lisa & Saskia
There is one thing we learned on the weekend: Always trust the Muzz
