Little Hellfire Bay

Located on the southern coast of Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, Little Hellfire Bay - also known as Little Hellfire Bay Beach, is a 500-meter-long white sand beach.  The beach is adjacent to Hellfire Bay Beach which is popularly referred to as its big sister.  The beach is tucked between the giant granite headlands and has a beautiful backdrop of dunes, coastal vegetation, and rocky outcrops, which together provide incredible views of many uninhabited islands popping up through the vast Pacific Ocean.  The beach is part of Cape Le Grand National Park, which preserves the fragile ecosystem, including coastal landscapes, woodlands, heathlands, and native biodiversity of the region.

Little Hellfire Bay does not have lifeguards or any other amenities except nearby restrooms.

Little Hellfire Bay offers many fun activities, including swimming, sunbathing, beachcombing, building castles, bushwalking, and surfing.  The beach is positioned in a naturally sheltered bay, making it a perfect spot for swimming.  If you enjoy fishing, you may catch a wide variety of fish.  Hikers can enjoy the nearby hiking trails, which offer unique insights into the local biodiversity.  Little Hellfire Bay is ideal for visitors looking for a quiet beach experience.  Dogs are not allowed here, and it is open from sunrise until sunset.

Little Hellfire Bay does not offer an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Little Hellfire Bay is easy - the beach has a parking lot located at Great Australian Bight, Cape Le Grand 6450.  After parking, visitors have to walk in a southeast direction for ten minutes to access the beach.  It is important to note that visitors must pay eight dollars per person as an admission fee to access Cape Le Grand National Park.

The Wudjari community were the traditional owners of the region and made a great contribution to preserving the flora and fauna of Cape Le Grand National Park.

There are many attractions near Little Hellfire Bay.   Cape Le Grand National Park covers an area of 31,000 hectares and is home to a wide variety of landscapes, including white sand beaches, bays, inlets, granite headlands, offshore reefs, swamps, and heathland, which together offer a unique insight into the local biodiversity of the region.  Visitors can enjoy many fun activities, including swimming, fishing, boating, bushwalking, camping, watching wildlife, and four-wheel driving.  Tanker Jetty is a 415-meter-long jetty where visitors can enjoy many fun activities, including walking, fishing, diving, and photography.  Frenchman Peak is a 262-meter-high granite peak that can be accessed via a two-kilometer-long moderately challenging hiking trail and offers Instagram-worthy views of Lucky Bay to the east, Thistle Cove to the west, and Wilson Inlet to the north.  Lake Hillier is a unique pink-colored saline lake positioned on the edge of the Middle Island.  The vibrant pink color of the lake is due to the presence of a microorganism called Dunaliella salina and a pink-colored bacteria called Halobacteriaceae.  Visitors can enjoy guided tours from the mainland to explore this natural wonder.  If you are looking for another nearby attraction, Esperance Museum is a small museum that focuses on preserving and showcasing the maritime history, art, and culture of the region through interesting exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and related memorabilia.  In addition, it hosts many interesting educational programs throughout the year that attract visitors of all age groups.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants within a 40-minute drive of Little Hellfire Bay.  Loose Goose Bar & Restaurant is an upscale grillhouse that serves scallops, salads, seafood, steaks, meat, and poultry dishes.    Taylor St. Quarters is a waterfront restaurant that serves amazing salads, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, meat, and poultry dishes.  Fish Face Takeaway and Restaurant serves delicious seafood.    Eljays Restaurant serves burgers, salads, soups, mussels, oysters, steaks, seafood, pork, meat, and poultry dishes.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Emperor's Garden Chinese Restaurant serves amazing soups, noodles, fried rice, Chinese curries, scallops, meat, seafood, and poultry dishes.

If you are looking for a hotel near Little Hellfire Bay, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 4-Star RAC Esperance Holiday Park is 45 minutes away by car and offers many amenities including an outdoor pool, a garden, a restaurant, and a barbecue grill facility.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star The Jetty Resort, which has many amenities, including an outdoor pool, a kid’s playground, a barbecue grill facility, and a whirlpool tub.  Another moderately priced option is the 3-Star Archipelago Apartments Esperance, which has a few amenities including an outdoor pool and a restaurant.  A more reasonably priced option is the 3-Star Hospitality Esperance, which offers several amenities including an outdoor pool,a barbecue grill facility, a lounge, and a restaurant.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Comfort Inn Bay of Isles offers several amenities including an outdoor pool, a terrace with sun loungers, and a restaurant.