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Mandurah Dolphin Cruise and Views
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Mandurah Dolphin Cruise and Views

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For a quick trip from Perth, head out on this scenic dolphin-watching cruise to the Mandurah Estuary. Just a short drive from the city, this area is teeming with wildlife, including wild dolphins and many different bird species. This cruise includes time in the Creery Wetlands and scenic canals.
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Ages 0-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 1h 15m
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Highlights
  • Encounter local wildlife on this cruise of the Mandurah Estuary
  • Spot wild dolphins and a number of different bird species in this area
  • Learn about the region and its wildlife with commentary from the guides
  • Multiple departure times to suit your schedule
  • Dolphins sightings are guaranteed - or you travel again for free.

  • Driver/guide
  • Live commentary on board
  • Tour escort/host
  • Dolphins guaranteed or come again free
  • Buy 1 get 1 free Churros from San Churros with cruise ticket
  • 10% off in Mandurah Cruises Gift Store
  • Entry/Admission - Mandurah Cruises
  • Entry/Admission - Creery Wetlands Nature Reserve
  • Entry/Admission - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
What's not included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Fish and Chips for an additional $15.00

Arrive at your boat in Mandurah to begin your tour of the waterway. Pass incredible luxury homes before heading out to Peel Inlet and the estuary. These shallow waters are the perfect place to view dolphins playing, eating, and resting in their natural habitat. Look up to spot some of the 130 bird species that also reside in the Creery Wetlands. Learn about all the wildlife in the area from your guide while enjoying the relaxing cruise. Passengers on the late-afternoon cruise can opt to refuel with a tasty fish-and-chip lunch (extra cost) before the tour ends back where it began.

Start:
  • Mandurah Cruises, 73 Mandurah Terrace, Mandurah WA 6210, Australia
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
    • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 32824P1

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
    • Most travellers can participate
    • Mandurah’s dolphins are wild creatures viewed in their natural environment - Dolphin Sightings are Guaranteed!
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 32824P1

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    • Mandurah Cruises
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    • 1victo
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Murray River Lunch Cruise
      Had a lovely time, lunch was nice , one of the locals on the way provided some entertainment and dolphins joined us on the cruise home. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves🙂
      Written 11 January 2025
    • 1victo
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Dolphin and Giant of Mandurah River Cruise.
      Well we got to see plenty of dolphins and one of the Giants of Mandurah(Seba's Song) from the water , crew were knowledgeable, enjoyable trip.🙂
      Written 9 January 2025
    • jdance187718
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Relaxing enjoyable lunch cruise
      It was a really relaxing few hours with no pressure to finish food/drinks, all of which was really enjoyable. The crew on board were friendly and very knowledgeable. A great experience.
      Written 7 December 2024
    • wendysW8928CR
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Cheeky leaping, playful dolphins.
      Amazing experience - a family of dolphins leapt out of the water and literally jumped at the windows - we had to close them in the end as the very knowlegable crew informed us they were playing with us and trying to soak us! They followed us all the way back to the landing, leaping and splashing all the way! The cruise itself was lovely - excellent food, fun crew - a one of a king way to spend my birthday.
      Written 27 November 2024
    • kittycY230BK
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Enjoyable family day trip
      An enjoyable boat cruise, lovely to see the giant from the ocean. Dolphins were a bit shy on the day (fins only seen) so we were given credit of a future trip.
      Written 17 November 2024
    • chriswilliams2017
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Mandurah Wild Seafood Experience a must for discerning travellers.
      What a great trip - immensely enjoyable and a must for all travellers who can afford it. The staff, particularly Takaya and the chef, were excellent; the seafood and menu were out of this world; the activities, especially the pulling up of the crayfish pots, were exciting; it was a great way to see the Mandurah harbour. I highly recommend this tour/experience.
      Written 23 October 2024
    • VivianC2559
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Best seafood experiences in WA
      The sunset cruises in Mandurah is a superb 3 hour experiences! Freshest seafood, wonderful choices of local beer and wines. Friendly cruise team, great vibes best with friends, family and even for couple.
      Written 24 September 2024
    • Karen G
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Exceptional in every way
      We had an awesome time on this cruise. We were fortunate enough to have Col as our skipper and sisters as first mate and chef. They were informative, friendly and very engaging. The cruise itself was very informative regarding the sustainability of the lobster in WA. The Margaret River Wines are very complimentary to the food. The food was so fresh and absolutely delicious, prepared and cooked to perfection. All round it was a fabulous experience and have recommended it to everyone we have spoken to. Make sure to bring your appetite.
      Written 28 July 2024
    • davidhD2980XE
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great family and friends cruise.
      Excellent and informative trip. Great crew. Looked after right from the beginning. On board games entertaining and not intrusive. I highly recommend. A trip not to be missed. The four hours literally flew by.
      Written 23 June 2024
    • Guide33072943048
      0 contributions
      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      Wild Adventure!!! No.
      The staff were exceptional 10/10, food and wine was very nice 8.5/10, but the experience was quite dismal 2/10 because the boat did not travel more than 300m away from the dock the entire cruise. Definitely not the wild adventure that we paid premium prices for. We saw dolphins, but they could be seen from the bank and we pulled pots 100m from the dock with a few lobster that had been put there earlier. I recommend this cruise as a food and wine experience, but not for a wild adventure.
      Written 10 June 2024
    • Discover11663489708
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Memorable Afternoon
      This was a lovely afternoon with family and friends. I would especially like to thank the team of Mandurah Cruises for looking after my mum while we went on a tour of Coopers Mill. I could hear laughter from the boat while we were on our walk which gave me comfort. The experience of seeing so many dolphins and their babies was magical. The food was delicious, banter even better. It was good to be able to move the wheelchair to the outside of the deck for a different view for Mum. The passion and the knowledge of the dolphins and the area by staff was clearly evident. Thankyou to Tammy and everyone for a memorable afternoon with my family. We will certainly be doing another cruise in the future. Hughes-d'Aeth family.
      Written 24 May 2024
    • Q7990UXrichardc
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Lots of dolphins and friendly crew
      Excellent trip and food. We saw many dolphins and crew were enthusiastic, knowledgeable and generous with their time and efforts. Canals part was also excellent. As numbers were limited there was plenty of room for viewing the many dolphins spotted, who seemed to enjoy keeping close to us .
      Written 23 May 2024
    • eddiewT5746GI
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Brilliant!
      The wild seafood experience exceeded my highest expectations! The food was amazing but what absolutely made this a highlight and one for the memory banks were our hosts Shane, Claire, and Tekiya. They could not have done more to make the day interesting fun and enjoyable, even in the face of challenging weather – you guys rock!
      Written 19 May 2024
    • PamelaW518
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fabulous experience
      Four of us recently thoroughly enjoyed our Murray River Lunch Cruise. It was perfect from first boarding the boat, seeing lots of dolphins, fabulous morning tea and a delicious lunch while at the same time enjoying the scenery. This is an absolutely must for everyone!
      Written 7 May 2024
    • DeeM162
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Highly recommended, fantastic day!
      Had a fantastic day with the Mandurah cruises luncheon crew. The whole experience was fantastic. The Crew were so laid back, friendly and knowledgeable, you can tell love their job which made us enjoy it even more. The lunch was yummy and so fresh, and plenty of it. We saw so many dolphins throughout the cruise, very lucky, playing in the waves, mother and baby calf only 4 weeks old, so cute. Lots of interesting birds also. The Captain went out of his way to keep finding the pods of dolphins, it was fun. A stop at Coopers Mill was interesting History and the journey up the Murray while enjoying lunch was very relaxing, my mother was visiting on holiday and we played cards and were very relaxed. Don’t forget mozzie repellent when stopping here, I was bitten alive 😊 Luckily for us, there was only 14 on the cruise, so we had a table to ourselves and lots of space allowing us to move around freely. Would certainly recommend this as a special day trip Thank you Mandurah Cruises Team
      Written 3 May 2024
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    laced
    Perth Western Australia86 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    June 2021
    We were pleasantly surprised by our lunch-time cruise. The food arrived as planned and proved just right for a quick snack. The cruise covered all aspects of the local waterways; the main channel [where the dolphins surfed our bow wave on cue], the canals and the wetlands. Best of all was the expert commentary by Kaylee, This yound lady delivered a well balanced description of the local history and the wildlife.
    The crew was well practised, polite and provided assistance to their passengers
    This cruise was very good value for money.
    Written 20 June 2021
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    Hello laced, Thank you for your wonderful 5 star Trip Advisor review - much appreciated! Kaylee is a new member to our team so it is wonderful to hear you were pleased with her knowledge and assistance on board - we will pass these comments onto her and hope to see you on board one of our other cruises soon. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 23 June 2021
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    Craig D
    Perth, Australia394 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a marvelous day on the estuary and on the river with an exceptional crew! They took great care of all of the passengers and they provided excellent service all day. The lunch was also very good quality. King prawns, BBQ chicken, salads and more. There was also a cheese and meat platter served at morning tea time and pavlova and chocolate brownies for dessert. In addition, bar prices were more than reasonable with $9 beers and Margaret River wines around $30 per bottle. Our day was topped off by a pod of friendly dolphins that surfed our bow waves for about 20 minutes as we left the Murray and re-entered the estuary. That was awesome!
    Written 12 November 2023
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    Hello Craig D, Thank you for your wonderful 5 star review - so pleased to hear you had a great day out on board our Murray River Lunch Cruise, especially having the dolphins come and surf with you - what a great experience. Please feel welcome to come and join one of our many other wonderful tours in the coming future. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 22 December 2023
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    les b
    Perth, Australia574 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nov 2023 • Family
    This is the second time we have done this cruise and although we only saw one Dolphin last time, this time we saw a pod of 6 Dolphins. Captain Scot kept us there long enough for the passengers on both sides to have a first class view. Staff we excellent with a very good commentry by the girls. Scot went overboard with his safety lecture and made some people a little worried especially if you were in a wheel chair
    Written 20 November 2023
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    Hello lesb912, Thank you for your review on Trip Advisor, we are happy to hear that the commentary was excellent as we do know our crew are very knowledgeable and to have the pod of dolphins appear would have been very special. We hope to see you on board one of our other tours in the coming future. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 22 December 2023
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    Jonathan P
    Skipsea, UK314 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2024 • Couples
    This is a super 75 minute tour with commentary with the option of having a fish and chip lunch on board.

    We saw dophins within the confines of the inlet, so sea sickness wasn't a problem, and then embarked on a tour of the "Venetian Waterways" area of the complex, drooling over luxury waterside homes costing up to A$10m with their own boats or super yachts moored outside. As well as dolphins we saw cormarants, black swans, ospreys, pelicans and many other types of bird. Excellent.
    Written 11 October 2024
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    Hi JonathanP400, Thank you for your wonderful review on Trip Advisor and for taking the time to cruise with us on our stunning inland waterways. It sounds like you had all of the marine and bird life coming to say hello whilst on board - is always a special moment when the dolphins appear and swim with the boat. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 23 October 2024
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    Foot Prints
    Perth, Australia34 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2021 • Family
    As a family we attended the Mandurah cruise dolphin cruise. There are toilets, a little shop selling drinks and snacks. We saw Dolphins which at times were close. The commentary from the lady was informative and she did a good job spotting the Dolphins, we were free to move about most parts of the vessel . The captain is in the wrong job!! He was rude, curt and very unfriendly. My family all agreed.
    Written 11 January 2021
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    Good morning. We are glad you enjoyed the cruise but sorry to hear you felt the Captain was not friendly. We will follow up with this feedback as of course we expect all our team to be welcoming to guests. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
    Written 11 January 2021
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    Linda B
    Perth, Australia66 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Thank you Mandurah Cruises for a wonderful tour of the canals today. Captain Jake and his crew made sure we thoroughly enjoyed our hour on the water with an informative commentary on the history and ecology of Mandurah plus we saw a friendly pod of dolphins which made our day. Highly recommended.
    Written 5 February 2020
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    Hello L9126XHlindab, Thank you for your Trip Advisor review - it is great to hear your enjoyed the commentary from Jacob and you saw the friendly dolphins - we hope you were able to take lots of photos for your memories. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 24 February 2020
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    brianandkaycooper
    53 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2020 • Friends
    We had a wonderful night looking at Christmas lights. Our crew were delightful and fun making sure we saw dolphins. The captain was skilled and when a random small vessel nearly drove into us he was not only skilled at saving us from the unthinking person, he was polite reminding the person to focus. I would recommend this night to anyone.
    Written 8 January 2020
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    Hello brianandkaycooper, Thank you for your review on Trip Advisor - we are pleased to hear your time spent on board was enjoyed by all and that the Skipper on the evening reacted in the best way possible. We hope you return again for the 2020 season! Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 24 February 2020
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    Tom
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    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2022 • Friends
    Drove 30min for booked and confirmed cruise only to be told the cruise was cancelled without anyone contacting me by phone or email to let me know while everyone else was notified. No compensation for time and resources wasted to be there on time. Asked the boat staff to tell the office staff to call me. Nothing again. Just a quiet refund. No sorry for stuffing you around and wasting your time and effort. Very unprofessional and poor customer service. Happy to take payment immediately but refund takes 5 days. It was a friends last day in Australia and his last afternoon was wasted by unprofessional customer service. No respect for peoples time and resources. Just left standing on the dock with a poor apology by the boat staff.
    Written 7 October 2022
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    Hi Tomasz, It's disappointing to see you leave a review on here with incorrect detail, when we sent you an email immediately to address your issue - to which you never responded to. We apologized for the cancellation of our Dolphin Cruise & Views Tour on the date you planned to travel. Our guest and crew safety is our number one priority. The skipper came down extremely unwell during our afternoon tour and was not able to carry out any further tours for the day. When the crew advised us, we immediately called all guests booked on to advise them of the situation. We tried to call you 3 times on the number provided in your booking. Each time we called the number an automated voice said 'This call cannot be connected', that there was an issue with the number. As the number you provided when booking online was not contactable, we then sent an email hoping you may receive that in time. We had no other option for contacting you. The vessel crew did not advise us you wished to be called. They said you were walking up to the office to discuss your booking with us. We had no means of contacting you anyhow as the number you provided was not connected. We immediately refunded you. Yes, this takes 2-5 business days at it depends on your bank's processing time. This is out of our control. We understand the cancellation caused inconvenience to all guests who were booked on for the 3pm cruise and even offered you to travel complimentary at another date and time of choice - however you never responded to accept this. We also requested you provide a mobile number we can contact you on to discuss your issue - again, you didn't respond and so we have no other means of contacting you.
    Written 13 November 2022
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    bob
    Perth, Australia49 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The whole voyage took about 70 minutes and was wonderful.
    It was explained that the engine would stop in the dolphin watching area to provide a better viewing experience.
    Cruises are divided into upper and lower levels. Most tourists prefer to sit on the second level, but the seats don't really matter. After the boat leaves the dock, you can walk up to the second level and around the platform to the bow. There is plenty of space on both sides of the bow and bow. You can sit here until the boat comes back to the dock.
    Dolphins will follow the boat with them during the period, and at this time, the ground floor is a great place to watch and take pictures.
    Once off the boat, make sure you stop by the adjacent dessert shop for an ice cream 🍦 to bring the trip to a perfect end.
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    Written 31 January 2025
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    Wow thank you for your wonderful review and so pleased to hear you enjoyed your boat experience with us and hope you did enjoy an ice cream after the cruise. We hope to see you again soon!
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    les b
    Perth, Australia574 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2024 • Family
    We didnt quite make it this time as they had engine problems so the cruise was postponed by the company who offered everyone a full refund or an alternative cruise on another day. Good on the. We have cruised a few times before.There was still a big que even on a Thursday in March. It was a warm day and UNFORTUNATELY there is NO SHADE . The Council should do something as it was BOILING and NOT suitable for our climate
    Written 22 March 2024
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    Hi lesb912, Thank you for your review on Trip Advisor and thank you for being so understanding of the issue we faced on your cruise day. We hope you did return to us to enjoy the cruise and understand your frustration regarding the shade. Warm Regards, The Mandurah Cruises Team
    Written 16 April 2024
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