{"id":259629,"date":"2022-04-04T15:28:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie-reis\/self-drive-through-western-australia"},"modified":"2022-04-04T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:28:51","slug":"self-drive-through-western-australia","status":"publish","type":"inspiratie_reizen","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/oceanie\/tours\/self-drive-through-western-australia","title":{"rendered":"Self-drive through Western Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Beach, nature and cultural enjoyment<\/h3>\n<p>Crisp white sandy beaches at <strong>Esperance Bay<\/strong> provide a backdrop for whales, seals and dolphins, pristine wildlife parks and the iconic <a href=\"\/?continent_category=buideldieren\"><strong>marsupials<\/strong><\/a> at Australian Wildlife Park; this self-drive through western <a href=\"\/?continent_category=australie-reizen\"><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/a> has it all! Immerse yourself in the culture of the original <a href=\"\/?continent_category=aboriginal-cultuur\"><strong>Aboriginal people,<\/strong><\/a> walk among the treetops in The Valley of the Giants and gastronomic surprises at Margaret River, <em>Where the world can&#8217;t find you\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Tips &amp; Tops Selfdrive through Western Australia:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Start your tour in trendy <strong>Perth<\/strong> and explore the city on foot or by bike, take a beautiful boat trip on the Swan River, visit the museums, go on the road with an Aboriginal guide and don&#8217;t miss Kings Park, the botanical garden of Western Australia<\/li>\n<li>Drive to the small town of <strong>Hyden<\/strong> which is home to the world famous and millions of years old natural phenomenon <strong>Wave Rock<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Follow the <strong>Great Ocean Drive<\/strong> to Twilight Bay and snorkel at Blue Haven Beach, Twilight Cove and the lagoon east of West Beach<\/li>\n<li>Optionally, you can take a whale watching tour or panoramic flight in <strong>Albany<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>While in Albany, visit Limeburner Distillery to sample some whiskeys made from local peat<\/li>\n<li>Visit one or more vineyards in the Margaret River region and enjoy a delicious tasting<\/li>\n<li>Optionally join an Aboriginal cultural tour of Koomal Dreaming in the Margaret region. Feel the powerful vibrations of the didgeridoo that fills the cave&#8217;s natural amphitheater and learn about the lifestyles of the world&#8217;s oldest living culture, such as the way fires were lit for generations<\/li>\n<li>See the illuminated stalactites and stalagmites in the huge Ngilgi Cave at Yallingup<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to visit the Sugarloaf Rock lookout from where you can see dramatic rock formations, the beautiful Western Australian coastline, climb the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse<\/li>\n<li>Walk part of the 135km Cape to Cape Track, passing cliffs, sandy beaches and through tall forests<\/li>\n<li>Descend eight meters below the sea&#8217;s surface at Busselton pier to see one of Australia&#8217;s largest man-made reefs home to corals, sponges, fish and invertebrates<\/li>\n<li>Make a stopover of a few days in, for example, <a href=\"\/?continent_category=singapore-reizen\"><strong>Singapore<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"\/?continent_category=dubai-reizen\"><strong>Dubai<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varied tour through nature and history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":259618,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[395,390,386],"country":[258],"continent_category":[257],"class_list":["post-259629","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inspiration_categories-cultural-travel","inspiration_categories-nature-travel","inspiration_categories-tour-by-rental-car","country-australia","continent_category-oceania"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/259629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/259629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=259629"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=259629"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=259629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}