Guide to Araluen Botanic Park, Perth Hills
Araluen Botanic Park in the Perth Hills offers roses, camelias, walking trails and picnic lawns.
What is Araluen Botanic Park?
Araluen Botanic Park is the oldest botanic gardens in the Perth Hills region of Western Australia.
Visitors come for the gardens, picnic areas and walking trails.
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Perth to Araluen Botanic Park
The distance from Perth CBD to Araluen Botanic Park is 38km. The gardens are a 40 minute drive to the southeast in the suburb of Roleystone.
It’s also possible to visit on a private tour of the Perth Hills from Perth. These tours also visit Lesmurdie Falls, the Kalamunda ZigZag Drive and Mundaring Weir. Bookings should be made online.
Araluen Botanic Park attractions
Many come for the rose garden, but the camelias tend to be the stars at this Perth Hills Botanic Garden.
Other attractions at Araluen Botanic Park include the amphitheatre, the Margaret Simmons Pergola and the Pool of Reflection.
There are also several grassy areas, where guests are encouraged to roll out a rug and have a picnic.
Visitors can explore the park on foot, with the main trail being a 1.6km circular loop around the park. This takes in the majority of the park’s highlights.
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Araluen Botanic Park opening hours and admission fee
Araluen Botanic Park closes for a couple of public holidays over the Christmas period, but otherwise is open from 09.00 to 17.00 daily.
Adult admission costs $12 at the time of writing, although children under the age of six years old get in free.
For more information, visit the Araluen Botanic Park website.
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