4 of the 13 nature & outdoor wellness listings in the directory match this view. The count is live, and the order below is members first, then alphabetical — never by rating.
Frieda runs yin and vinyasa classes in Claremont and Cottesloe and takes the practice into the bush: yoga hikes — 'yikes' — such as a four-kilometre walk at Bells Rapids followed by a slow-flow class and afternoon tea, and a hike to the Golden View lookout above Mundaring Weir, forty-five minutes east of the city. Longer retreats run in Balingup and overseas. Private one-to-one classes and corporate yoga and pilates round out the calendar.
Guided hikes from two hours to five days, most of them in the Perth Hills, Yanchep and on Rottnest, with longer trips to Denmark, Karijini and Esperance. The wellness-leaning walks — 'Wild & Well Perth', 'Zen in the Cave' — pair the trail with time to sit, and more than half of guests come alone. Day hikes are priced from free to $349, multi-day trips from $1,590; cancellation is free with 48 hours' notice, and one per cent of earnings goes to mental-health and land-restoration causes.
A retreat centre on ten acres of bushland in the Perth hills, with a seasonal creek, native forest and an octagonal yoga shala. Alongside weekly classes it runs a monthly one-day silent retreat, longer weekend retreats through the year, self-guided personal retreat stays and long-form teacher training. Retreat days fold in bush walks on the property.
One of the oldest and largest bushwalking clubs in Western Australia, with a program of graded day walks most Sundays and Wednesdays plus multi-day hikes, base camps and navigation courses. Walks are both on-track and off-track, mostly within about an hour's drive of Perth, and the club is a HikeWest member.
A good deal of this category is free. Bushwalking clubs and Heart Foundation walking groups run scheduled walks across the metro at no cost beyond turning up, and park-based tai chi and outdoor fitness groups sit at the cheap end of everything else in the directory.
Beyond the walking: forest bathing sessions that move slowly through bushland with a guide, surf and ocean programmes run off the northern and western beaches, and equine-assisted sessions on properties out past Oakford and Byford — those last ones are booked by appointment, not dropped into.
The scheduling constraint is the Perth summer. From December to March almost everything outdoors runs early morning or after five, and groups that walk the Hills shift their start times by the month. Winter is when the Bibbulmun-adjacent walks and the Hills trails come into their own. Check the weather rather than the calendar, and bring more water than looks necessary.
Our guide covers where to sit outdoors, season by season. Related: hiking and bushwalking, eco therapy, retreats and day escapes.
