Monkey Mia Dolphins & West Coast Reviews

This was our third journey with AAT Kings and as before the guide and driver were excellent. The drive to Monkey Mia is long but there were frequent stops all of which added to our knowledge of Australia its peoples, environment and culture.

Very enjoyable introduction to Western Australia. Both Mark, our driver and Angelika the tour director went out of their way to ensure things went smoothly. There were some fairly long road stretches but the views of spectacular wildflowers, Angelika's commentary on some of the more colourful moments in the area's past and the extremely comfortable ...read more coach made for a pleasant journey. Accommodation was generally good quality and the meals were uniformly excellent. Highlights would include the friendly dolphins at Monkey Mia, stopping at the Pinnacles rock formations and the amazing show of wildflowers.

Guide was excellent, very knowledgeable and considerate. Coach driver also excellent. Pace. Was quite fast but difficult to see how it could be moderated without extending the timescale. Would have appreciated more time to see coastal villages such as Lancelin, Cervantes. Accommodation. Ibis at Geraldton adequate but a bit tired. Meals arranged at ...read more all hotels were good, but that in Perth Travelodge took far too long to serve. - 2 hours. Opportunity to order in advance would have helped. Wild life sail at monkey Mia. We enjoyed this despite the strong wind and lumpy seas which precluded seeing any marine wild life, but we are keen sailors. The crew were competent and mindful that some may have found the experience a bit too wet and wild!

With two thousand kilometres to be covered on this tour it does make for some long driving days but the itinerary provided for ample comfort stops and opportunity to stretch the legs. Highlights were Monkey Mia, Red Bluff lookout at Kalbarri, the Pinnacles and the aboriginal cultural show at Yanchep NP. Best accommodation was at Kalbarri while Ibis ...read more at Geraldton was a little disappointing. AAT Kings do a good job and we will probably travel with them again. Thanks again to Georgie for her efficient organisation of our booking. We will definitely be using Global Journeys again for our 2015 tour.