Fremantle Prison Tour, Perth Highlights
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Take a tour of Fremantle Prison to see the six-hectare World Heritage Site and learn about its past
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Explore the Visitor Center to see the numerous artefacts, actual prisoner portraits, and displays detailing the prison's activities
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Visit the Convict Depot to see a comprehensive database about the inmates as well as images and documents from the time of the jails
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Learn about life as a prisoner behind the bars by taking a walk through time in the main cell block and exercise yard
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Learn about the atrocities committed by some of the most notorious prisoners and their real-life experiences at the True Crime Tour
Fremantle Prison Tour, Perth Overview
Activity Location: Fremantle Prison, 1 The Terrace, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
Operational Hours: 9:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Activity Duration: 2 - 3 Hours
About the Fremantle Prison Tour, Perth:
Visit the Fremantle Prison and have a tour of the World Heritage Site. A knowledgeable guide will help you explore every area of the prison. You may see many amazing historical artefacts and documents here that are related to the jail and the inmates. Hear some fascinating and gruesome tales of the convicts and how they managed to survive in this lethal prison. Join up on this tour therefore, and create endless memories with your loved ones.
About the Activity:
- Arrive at the meeting place and get ready to see Fremantle Prison, one of the city's World Heritage sites.
- Step inside the prison to learn more about its fascinating past, renowned convicts, and how it was turned into an attraction.
- Explore the prison, go through the main cells and experience how a life of a prisoner would be behind the bars.
- Take on this prison tunnel tour if you're feeling extra daring, put on your safety gears and drop about 20 meters below the jail to explore a maze of tunnels that the inmates themselves dug.
- During the torchlight tour of Fremantle Prison, learn about the prison's more sinister past and hear your guide's tales of isolation, pain, suffering, and innocent people who were wrongfully imprisoned.
- Browse the visitor centre and convict depot to see the many artefacts, convict database, and exhibits outlining the prison's activities.
- So come along to this prison tour with your loved ones to learn more about the place and enjoy the exploration.
How to Reach?
- By Car: Hire a cab and come via State Route 2 and State Route 7 to reach your destination within 34 minutes.
- By Bus: From Murdoch take a 998 no. bus and reach at South Tce Before Arundel St within 33 minutes. Then walk for a few minutes to reach your final destination.
Select Package Options
Torchlight Tour
Tunnel Tour
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Know Before You Go for Fremantle Prison Tour, Perth
- All foreign nationals must share their passport and visa details at the time of arrival.
- ID proof is mandatory for each individual guest at the time of arrival.
- Participants are not allowed to carry any sharp object, lighter, luggage bag, alcohol, knife, etc.