#76 of 79 · coastal
Caves Road
Yallingup, Western Australia → Augusta
46 km · Sep – Nov, Mar – May · Easy
Karri and limestone between the vineyards and the Indian Ocean. A tourist drive that earns it — caves in the ridge, a cape at each end, and a road that never quite leaves the trees.
Viewpoints
Mammoth Cave
A stop in the karri. The road is better than the gift shop.
28 km
80 m
Boranup Forest
The pale trunks. Late light. This is why the drive is short and famous.
32 km
90 m
Cape Leeuwin
A short spur from Augusta. Two oceans, a lighthouse, a wind.
46 km
20 m
- Road
- Sealed, narrow in the forest, cyclists on the weekend. Kangaroos at dusk. The caves are signed; the ocean is a spur, not the road.
- Permits
- Cave tours are ticketed. The road is free.
Tips
- 01
Boranup at four
Noon flattens the karri. Side light is the whole argument.
- 02
Not at dusk
The kangaroos own the verge. Finish in Augusta before the light goes.
From the road
2 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Tess W.
Oct 2025
Boranup at four. The karri goes pale. Mammoth Cave was a queue; the forest was not. Augusta before dusk — kangaroos on the verge.
Jonah K.
Mar 2026
Forty-six kilometres and a cape. Leeuwin in a wind that moved the car. The road is the trees, not the caves.
