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Christmas Lights Cruise – One Hour
Highlights
- Experience dazzling displays of millions of Christmas lights as you cruise through Mandurah's luxury canal homes.
- Savour the festive atmosphere with joyful carols sung from balconies, enhancing the magical experience for all.
- Meet Santa and his elves at the departure jetty, adding a personal touch to your Christmas celebration.
- Enjoy accessible cruising options aboard the 'Dancing Dolphin' and 'Mandjar', ensuring everyone can join in the fun.
Experience the magic of Christmas with your friends and family as you cruise through the wonderland of Christmas Lights from Mandurah’s luxury canal homes.
This spectacular annual event sees Mandurah’s luxury canal homes decorated with millions of illuminated Christmas lights and amazing Christmas-themed displays. Expect traditional Christmas trees, Santa(s), snowmen, reindeer and sleighs, twinkling stars and snow globes, plus the Australian touch of dolphins and kangaroos in displays, opulent stairways, private jetties, watercraft and joyful carols sung from the balconies!
Enjoy free Christmas entertainment by carolling choirs, meet Santa and his elves at the departure jetty and join in on the best dressed and photo competitions.
Book your Christmas Lights Cruise early, as tickets sell out very quickly. You don’t want to miss out on the best vantage point to see Western Australia’s best festive display!
Private chartered Christmas Lights Cruises are also available.
Mandurah Cruises prioritise meeting the needs of all individuals, including those with accessibility requirements. Christmas Lights Cruises aboard vessels ‘Dancing Dolphin’ and ‘Mandjar’ are wheelchair/walking frame accessible. There are also ‘Sensory Friendly’ versions of the tour offered throughout the season.
Itinerary highlights
Christmas Lights
Experience the magic of Christmas this festive season as millions of colourful lights illuminate Mandurah’s luxury canal homes and reflect onto the water. This magical spectacle occurs from December to mid January as the residents hold a competition to see who has the best Christmas lights display.
There are waving Santas, snowmen, reindeers and sleds, dolphins, stars, snow globes, Christmas trees, opulent stairways, private jetties, watercraft and more all sparkling with colour as carols are sung from balconies.
The best way to observe this phenomenon is from the water on a cruise with Mandurah Cruises.
Tour details
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Available from 1 December 2026 to 3 January 2027
Features
Service facilities
Service Tags
Sevice Activity
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Handrails on all stairways
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
- A low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music) is available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Wheelchair access to amusements and activities including boats and bush trails (includes tour rides, skyways, trolley cars, flying fox, amusement rides and boating).
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- A place to store medical equipment (eg oxygen).
Operation information
Mandurah Cruises
Mandurah Cruises offers unique experiences in a beautiful place – just one hour from Perth.
Their marine tours are hosted by locals who love the place, with warm hospitality, no matter the budget. For family fun, try their Dolphin Cruise and Views tour (with lunchtime fish and chips). Pure joy for all ages, with a built-in dolphin guarantee – if you don’t see dolphins, you come again free!
Perennially popular, there’s the amazing Canal Christmas Lights Cruises, the world’s only waterborne Christmas lights tour. This is for many an annual event so get in early!
For relaxed touring, the half-day Murray River Lunch Cruise travels down this beautiful historic river. It includes a walking tour at historic Cooper’s Mill on Coolenup Island, plus three courses of onboard dining using fresh local produce.
For barefoot luxury, enjoy their Wild Seafood Cruise, basking in the sunshine like a VIP feasting on fresh-caught Western Australian lobster, among a seven-course local seafood banquet, cooked by a private onboard chef, paired with complimentary fine wines and beers.
Mandurah Cruises is committed to accommodating accessibility requirements, with many tours operating on wheelchair accessible vessels.
Activities
Tags
Accreditations
- Accessible Tourism Limited Mobility
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EcoStar Accreditation
- Marine Tourism Accreditation
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
- Tourism Emission Reduction Commitment
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
- WA – Destination Perth
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