About this park
All within a couple of hours drive of Perth this park has many highlights. The Pinnacles Desert is surrounded by coastal plains, white sand dunes, and beautiful swimming beaches.
The shifting dune systems and low heathland support a rich variety of flowering plants. This vegetation bursts into flower from August to October, creating a memorable spectacle. Blooming wildflowers and vistas of wattles stretch from horizon to horizon.
Walk the loop trail and boardwalk at Lake Thetis and step back in time. Find out about stromatolites, no not meteorites! Stromatolites are rock-like structures that date back to the dawn of life on earth. Wow!
Come back down to earth with a swim at one of the park’s beaches. Offshore is a stunning reef system protected in the Jurien Bay Marine Park.
Nambung National Park has all year-round interest and makes a great day trip from Perth.
Review - Otherwordly experience
Nambung National Park is a fantastic, otherworldly experience! There is plenty to occupy your time here: The Desert Discovery Centre (Visitor Centre) is very well done; the 4km desert drive is fun and the 1.2km desert walk is a surreal experience! The geology here is very unique and definitely not to be missed! Keith-B-Robinson – Trip Advisor
Safety information
Plan when to visit. Read this safety information about bushwalking, swimming, surfing, fishing, snorkelling and diving. Consider traveling with a personal location beacon (PLB). In the event you need to be rescued it could save your life!
Gallery
![Pinnacles Drive Pinnacles Drive](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-11/pinnacles-drive-nambung-national-park-bronwyn-wells.jpg?itok=rwAork7t)
![Pinnacles Desert Lookout and Drive Nambung National Park unusual rock formations at the Pinnacles Lookout and Drive](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-11/pinnacles-lookout-and-drive-nambung-national-park-radha-deepchand-01.jpg?itok=kjYV-_Y1)
![Pinnacles Desert Drive. Pinnacles landscape with clouds and a blue sky](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-10/Pinnacles_Nambung_NP_Tourism%20Western%20Australia3.jpg?itok=d4HGfx0S)
![Drive around the Pinnacles. driving on the trail around the pinnacles](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-10/Pinnacles_Nambung_NP_Tourism%20Western%20Australia1.jpg?itok=M2MwFh-e)
![Hangover Bay Hangover Bay](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-10/hangover-bay-nambung-national-park-bronwyn-wells-3.jpg?itok=rtsVrESr)
![Pinnacles Desert Lookout and Drive aerial view of elevated visitor lookout platform in a dune landscape with unusual rock formations](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-09/pinnacles-desert-lookout-and-drive-nambung-national-park-tourism-wa-03.jpg?itok=mLVWPiGU)
![Pinnacles Desert Lookout and Drive close up of an unusual rock formation in a desert landscape with the ocean in the far distance](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-09/pinnacles-desert-lookout-and-drive-nambung-national-park-amanda-smith-02.jpg?itok=CS_pAa_h)
![Pinnacles Desert Lookout and Drive a dune landscape filled with unusual pointed rock formations with two people in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-09/pinnacles-desert-lookout-and-drive-nambung-national-park-tourism-wa-02.jpg?itok=fEoPDixL)
![The Pinnacles two people standing on yellow sand surrounded by tall yellow rock structures coming up from the sand](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2021-09/pinnacles-nambung-national-park-tourism-wa1.jpg?itok=YAtop3-o)
![Kangaroo Point Kangaroo Point](/sites/default/files/styles/slide_large/public/2022-07/kangaroo-point-nambung-national-park-bronwyn-wells-2.jpg?itok=xkODSpYK)
Activities
Bushwalking
Fishing
Snorkelling
Surfing
Swimming
Plants, wildlife and fungi
Visit the Atlas of Living Australia for a list of species recorded in Nambung National Park.
Traditional Owners
We recognise and acknowledge Yued people as the traditional owners of Nambung National Park.