Rottnest Island Boat Charters

  • 7 hour vessel hire

  • Maximum 50 people

  • Available from Dec to early Mar

Boat Charters - Rottnest Island

Private Rottnest Island boat charters for up to 50 passengers

Enjoy a spectacular day on the water traveling out to Rottnest Island onboard the 70ft ‘Lady Grace’. Perfect for your Summer Boat Party, Hens Party, Corporate Staff Christmas Party or simply for a memorable day out with friends & family. Lady Grace is fully equipped with everything you need for a comfortable day onobard and our highly experienced & knowledgeable crew will ensure you have an enjoyable day.

Departing from Fremantle, at either 9am or 10am your trip over to Rotto will take about an hour, then depending on the day we can head to the Army Barracks and drop the anchor or we can cruise past Bathurst, Longreach, The Basin and Geordie Bay to our favourite Parakeet Bay. Once we have anchored, we can take you ashore at Parakeet Bay on our tender (please request when booking your charter - landing fees may apply). On the beach, you can play cricket or just sit back and soak up the sun.

The waters are crystal clear and are perfect for swimming and snorkelling and we do have a few sets of snorkelling equipment, sup boards and inflatables on board for you to use.

In the afternoon, enjoy the cruise back to Fremantle for your 4pm or 5pm finish.

FAQs

  • When booking we will confirm charter start/finish times and departure points. You can choose from the following locations:

    • East Street Jetty , East Street, Fremantle (plenty of parking, about 500m from the Left Bank Hotel)

    • Sardine Jetty, Mews Road Fremantle (plenty of parking, about 500m from Little Creatures)

  • We can arrange food catering for you or you can BYO food. If you bring your own BBQ food, our crew will cook it for you.

    You can also arrange to bring your caterers onboard. You will need to provide caterer contact details so we can touch base with them before the event (no oven on board).

    Drinks are BYO (talk to us about the delivery options we have available). Eskies, ice & glasses are supplied.

    • Commercial BBQ with bbq utensils, serving food trays, oil, alfoil and our cook

    • Complimentary tea/coffee - please order from our crew

    • Removal of all rubbish and bin bags

    • All toiletries for the toilet

    • Dishwashing liquid, tea towels however our crew will do the washing up

    • Large iceboxes for your drinks

    • Customise large platter icebox with ice

    • Fridge, freezer, microwave, (no oven)

    • Serving spoons, platters, bowls etc

    • Free loading of your drinks and food 15 minutes prior to start time

    • If ordering our catering, all plates, napkins, cutlery, acrylic wine and champagne glasses, if your bringing your food but would like us to arrange there is a $50 fee. Please request when booking.

    • Additional sup board hire available (enquire at time of booking)

    • Music - iPod, iphone, mp3 player. (no need for cords, we have on board)

    • Drinks

    • Ice-recommend 60kg on 4 hour charter

    • Bottled water (we do have desal tap water on boat )

    • Plastic wine glasses, plates, cutlery, napkins if NOT ordering our catering

    • Food—feel free to order our catering or BYO or even choose another caterer

    • Your decorations - please check with us first as we don’t allow some products i.e. sticky tape, confetti, coloured streamers when wet can stain our white boat, no sparklers, no candles, glitter. Flowers, bunting, balloons, table arrangement ok.

  • Included in your charter hire is a 15 minute window before your charter, where our vessel will be at the departure jetty for you. At this time, we suggest any catering, drinks, ice be delivered for our crew to load your drinks and ice into our iceboxes and handle your catering. At this time, the event organiser is welcome to board vessel to decorate if needed. However, the rest of the party will need to wait on the jetty till the departure time. Once the crew and skipper are in place and ready to assist guests, then boarding can begin. If you require additional, set up time, please request when booking as a surcharge will apply.

  • Our charter company has been operating successfully for over 20 years. Safety is paramount on our vessel. We have strict licensing requirements with AMSA, Dept of transport, DPAW, Swan River Trust, Rottnest Island Authority, Liquor and Gaming, ACMA, DPI, and a few other government departments. Our company operates under a AMSA Safety Management sys-tem, which our crew adhere to. Our vessel is inspected annually by Dept of transport and is in survey for 1B, 1C and 1D.

    Our crew have first aid training and are RSA accreditation and will be following RSA guide-lines on charters.

    We will need a completed passenger manifest prior to the vessel departing. The form will be emailed to the organiser with charter paperwork.

    At the start of each charter, our skipper will conduct a safety briefing.

  • On all charters the drinks are BYO but we have a great delivery service for your drinks. The best this is you only pay liquor store prices! When you make a booking with us, we will email you Liquor Barons Melville’s drinks price list, order with Liquor Barons 28 days before your event and they will deliver to the boat COLD drinks 15 minutes before departure. Our crew will meet them and unpack the drinks and load the ice and drinks into our onboard ice boxes. We recommend 50kg of ice for a 4 hour charter. You will need to pay Liquor Barons direct, but we can organise the delivery. Shooters and full bottles of spirits are not allowed, no drinking games etc.

    Our crew RSA trained and will be following RSA guidelines on all charters.

    We are a registered BYO vessel and as such when our clients are chartering our vessel for a private event such as birthday, anniversary, wedding, corporate staff party, hens party, staff Christmas party or

    any celebration where you are supplying alcohol complimentary and are NOT SELLING the alcohol to your guests, then these boat functions are EXEMPT from liquor licensing regulations regardless of

    the duration and number of guests. However, you will need to get a liquor licence if your company is supplying liquor to on board guests that are from another company, supplier or client which is then considered commercial gain and a licence is then required. its only a form to fill out and a small fee to the RGL. We can help if you have any queries.

    This information has come direct from the Racing and Gaming Department, so please feel free to call our office if you are still unsure.

  • We do not supply wait staff on all our charters, it depends on the catering menu that you have selected in order to receive complimentary wait staff.

    If you would like us to provide waitressing staff, to serve your food and drinks, please request when booking. $30.00 per waitress per hour will be charged.

    However, we do not believe that waitressing staff if necessary if you have chosen the BBQ menu or buffet style menus.

  • All your belongings must be taken off the vessel at the completion of charter. We are not responsible for any of your belongings that you leave on the vessel.

How to book

We just need to know date, time, jetty, approx number of guests, what the function is for. We will then email back to you a charter booking with reference number for your 50% deposit on vessel hire. All balances need to be paid at least 14 days prior to charter.

If you have any questions, email or call 0409 968 371

Why choose Apache Charters?

  • Australian Tourism Accredited Business

  • Highly experienced and professional crew

  • You deal directly with the owners so you don’t pay agent fees

  • We respond efficiently & effectively making the booking process quick, simple and easy

  • We operate all year, we are a full time charter company with full time staff

  • Our Lady Grace is a superb, lovingly maintained versatile and exceptionally clean vessel

  • We can take care of everything including all food & non-alcoholic drinks so all you have to do is step onboard and enjoy your charter!

The Vessel - Lady Grace

We pride ourselves on our professional service and we also believe we have the ultimate vessel your next event on the water. The Lady Grace is a superb, clean, huge, modern vessel which is actually bigger and better in person that in the photos. We love our Lady Grace and she is looked after with TLC. So please be rest assured that when you book your function with us that you are receiving the best service and the best charter boat in Perth and Fremantle.

    • Huge covered lower deck approx 12 metres x 6 metres with large central teak table, plenty of bench seating and plenty of room for dancing

    • Spacious enclosed upper deck with seating for 16 people, this is the best seat in the house

    • 2 toilets (just like you have at home)

    • Large cabin with air-conditioning

    • Galley with sink, bench, fridge, freezer, microwave and table for your catering requirements. Equipped with utensils and serving platters, feel free to use ours

    • Satellite TV on back deck

    • Safe and easy entry/exit with side door access and gangway

    • Latest CD stereo with iPod/iphone/mp3 in built connection

    • Back deck as 2m wide transom door onto large swim platform with extendable ladder

    • Commercial bbq - give your bbq food to our crew and we will cook for you or choose from our catering menus

    • Back deck fully carpeted - yes you can wear shoes on board

    You are more than welcome to arrange an inspection prior to booking. Check with the office for availability.

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