Lancelin Sand Dunes - Sand Buggy

We opted for the UTV (Buggy ) it covers all accessible Lancelin Sand dunes . For 1 hour tour we enjoyed the adrenaline-fueled, blood-pumping ride through the spectacular Lancelin sand dunes. We had no idea the sand dune system is about 2 kilometres long and is nestled directly inland from Lancelin Township.

Save Lancelin Dunes
It is estimated that the sand dunes alone attracted around 200,000 day trips in 2023 including people who came to sand board, drive or ride motorbikes through them and photograph or film the amazing vistas of pure white sand and turquoise bay and island views. Tourism Council WA estimates the Lancelin had 84,096 overnight visitors in 2022. Comparatively over the same period, the Pinnacles received 250,000 visitors, putting the dunes on par with one of the State’s most famous tourist attractions in terms of visitor numbers. The dunes offer sustainable and scalable tourism opportunities, including 4WD, sandboarding or site-specific event experiences unlike any other in the state, in addition to being a beautiful natural phenomenon to witness.

In recent years, conflicting uses of the Lancelin sand dunes has been raised as an urgent issue by the community. Agricultural lime sand mining extracted an average 350,000 tonnes of mobile sand each year. Impacts of mining are becoming increasingly noticeable and its impact on other sand dunes uses has become an immediate concern for the local community and businesses that rely on the Dunes.Read more