KOT - Kimberley Outback Tours

Day 1 — Overnight in Broome

Day 2 — Broome to Cape Lev­eque — Kool­ja­man Resort

Day 3 — Overnight at Hor­i­zon­tal Falls, via Derby

Day 4 — Dis­cov­er The Gibb Riv­er Road, vis­it the Boab Prison Tree, the King Leopold Ranges Con­ser­va­tion Reserve to the heart of the Kim­ber­ley as we set­tle in Mt Hart Home­stead Ensuit­ed Safari Tents/​Homestead

Day 5 –Take a swim at Bark­ers Pool. Here you will hear the dingo’s howl. Mt Hart Home­stead Ensuit­ed Safari Tents or Home­stead Room

Day 6 –Trav­el deep into the King Leopold Ranges to the mag­i­cal Bell Gorge. Enjoy a swim in the tiered water­holes and vis­it the Imintji Art Cen­tre where you can buy a sou­venir direct­ly from the artist. Mt Hart Home­stead Ensuit­ed Safari Tents/​Homestead

Day 7 –Today we vis­it Gal­vans Gorge and after an ear­ly morn­ing swim we make our way along the Gibb Riv­er Road to Home Val­ley Station

Day 8 ‑This morn­ing we will take a dip in the warm waters of Zebedee Springs on El Que­stro. We vis­it Wyn­d­ham and the Bas­tion Range. Kununur­ra Ivan­hoe Vil­lage Cabin

Day 9 –Today explore Lake Argyle as we cruise, swim and enjoy a unique sun­set on Kim­ber­ley Cat. Ivan­hoe Vil­lage Cabin

Day 10 ‑Pass­ing through the Carr Boyd Ranges we make our way to Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park. Take a walk through the Bee Hive Domes as we make our way to Cathe­dral gorge. Bun­gles Safari Tent

Day 11 –Today we will take a walk to Pic­canin­ny Look­out and the Echid­na Chasm. Head out to Halls Creek for a beau­ti­ful Kim­ber­ley din­ner and overnight stay at Halls Creek Motel

Day 12 –The his­toric Old Halls Creek. Learn of the indige­nous cul­ture and bush tuck­er as we take a cruise on Geikie Gorge which carved through this ancient lime­stone reef cre­at­ing Geikie Gorge. Fitzroy Riv­er Lodge Ensuit­ed Safari Tent Day 13 — Wind­jana Gorge and Tun­nel Creek and back to Broome. Overnight Broome Hotel

Day 14 — Break­fast, farewells and trans­fers to the airport

Day 1 — Dis­cov­er The Gibb Riv­er Road, cross the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er towards Der­by, dis­cov­er World War 2 his­to­ry and vis­it the Boab Prison Tree, the King Leopold Ranges Con­ser­va­tion Reserve to the heart of the Kim­ber­ley as we set­tle in Mt Hart Home­stead Ensuit­ed Safari Tents/​Homestead

Day 2 — Vis­it Bell Gorge and enjoy a refresh­ing swim — Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge

Day 3 — Today we will enjoy Gal­vans Gorge, trav­el along the Gibb Riv­er Road — Home Val­ley Station

Day 4 — Vis­it Zebedee Springs on El Que­stro, enjoy the view at the Fiv­er Rivers Look­out out­side Wyn­d­ham and take a cruise on Lake Argyle

Day 5 — Pass­ing the spec­tac­u­lar Carr Boyd Ranges on our way to the Bun­gle Bun­gle range — Bun­gles Camp

Day 6 — Explore Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park, Echid­na Chasm, Pinc­canin­ny Look­out and the Domes of the Bun­gles — Halls Creek Hotel

Day 7 — Take a cruise at Geikie Gorge — Overnight at Fitzroy Riv­er Lodge

Day 8 — Explore Tun­nel Creek and Wyn­d­jana Gorge and return back to Broome

Day 1 — Dis­cov­er The Gibb Riv­er Road, cross the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er towards Der­by, dis­cov­er World War 2 his­to­ry and vis­it the Boab Prison Tree, the King Leopold Ranges Con­ser­va­tion Reserve to the heart of the Kim­ber­ley as we set­tle in Mt Hart Home­stead Ensuit­ed Safari Tents/​Homestead

Day 2 — Vis­it Bell Gorge and enjoy a refresh­ing swim — Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge

Day 3 — Today we will enjoy Gal­vans Gorge, trav­el along the Gibb Riv­er Road — Home Val­ley Station

Day 4 — Vis­it Zebedee Springs on El Que­stro, enjoy the view at the Fiv­er Rivers Look­out out­side Wyn­d­ham. Kununurra

Day 5 — Kununur­ra, cruise Ord Riv­er. Day 6 — Pass­ing the spec­tac­u­lar Carr Boyd Ranges on our way to the Bun­gle Bun­gle range — Bun­gles Camp

Day 7- Explore Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park, Echid­na Chasm, Pinc­canin­ny Look­out and the Domes of the Bun­gles — Halls Creek Hotel

Day 8 — Take a cruise at Geikie Gorge — Overnight at Fitzroy Riv­er Lodge

Day 9 — Explore Tun­nel Creek and Wyn­d­jana Gorge and return back to Broome

Day 1: We will gath­er at 7pm today to enjoy a wel­come din­ner where you will meet your crew and fel­low pas­sen­gers and pre­pare for the mem­o­rable adven­ture ahead.
Day 2: Today we head south towards Port Hed­land after vis­it­ing Cape Ker­au­dren Nature Reserve. Day 3: Leav­ing Port Hed­land we dri­ve fur­ther south for our stay at Point Sam­son Day 4:Today we jour­ney to Kar­ri­ji­ni Nation­al Park. We see many won­der­ful sights as we vis­it Dae’s Gorge and have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to take a swim in the emer­ald coloured Fern Pool, and the amaz­ing Cir­cu­lar Pool in the Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park. (Kar­i­ji­ni)
Day 5:Con­tin­ue your explo­ration with a vis­it to Weano Gorge with the oppor­tu­ni­ty of anoth­er swim in a fresh­wa­ter pool amongst the old­est rocks in the world. (Kar­i­ji­ni)
Day 6:We head to Mt Augus­tus via Parabur­doo pass­ing the Ash­bur­ton Riv­er. Day 7:Explore Mt Augus­tus Nation­al Park Days 8 & 9 & 10: Return­ing to the coast we spend 3 nights at Exmouth. Who would like to take a swim with the whale sharks or sight a hump­back whale? 
Day 11: Head­ing south along Coral Bay we arrive at Shark Bay. Here you will encounter the old­est liv­ing fos­sils on earth as we vis­it the stro­ma­to­lites at Hamelin Pool. Enjoy the crys­tal clear waters of Shell Beach. As the name sug­gests this 120 kilo­me­tre beach is made com­plete­ly of small shells. Tonight we set­tle in for 2 nights. 
Day 12: The area around Mon­key Mia was set­tled in the 1890’s. Orig­i­nal­ly it was a pearling and fish­ing area. In the 1960’s one of these fish­er­man and his wife began feed­ing Bot­tlenose Dol­phins in the area. For over 50 years now the dol­phin feed­ing has con­tin­ued, now 3 times per day and today you also will have the chance to take part. As these dol­phins are wild ani­mals, their atten­dance can­not be guaranteed.
Day 13: Fol­low­ing the coastal cliffs south, we pass through the his­tor­i­cal ham­let of Northamp­ton before arriv­ing at the town of Kalbar­ri. We see beau­ti­ful beach­es, rolling hills and break­away ranges.
Day 14: Take a walk to the unique rock for­ma­tion known as the Pin­na­cles before fol­low­ing the coast to Perth. Day 15: After break­fast we say farewell and arrange for drop offs at the airport.

Day 1: After pick up from your accom­mo­da­tion in Broome from 6am, we head off to Der­by cross­ing the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er to col­lect more pas­sen­gers. We will have morn­ing tea in Der­by, out­side the Vis­i­tor Cen­tre, before head­ing east on the Gibb Riv­er Road. From here we com­mence our jour­ney along the icon­ic Gibb Riv­er Road on a scenic dri­ve through ancient out­back land­scapes of the Kim­ber­ley. Today we will vis­it Tun­nel Creek and Wind­jana Gorge. Tun­nel Creek, West­ern Australia’s old­est cave sys­tem was the hid­ing spot for the abo­rig­i­nal out­law ​“Jan­damar­ra”, and we will take a unique torch light walk­ing tour (wad­ing in some places) along the under­ground bed as it flows beneath the range. The Lennard Riv­er also carves its way through the range at Wind­jana Gorge and is part of this same ancient Devon­ian great bar­ri­er reef sys­tem, that was far larg­er than the famous Great Bar­ri­er Reef, but now exposed on the sur­face. It was laid down in an ancient sea that cov­ered a large part of the Kim­ber­ley in Devon­ian times, some 350 mil­lion years ago. The colour­ful and rugged Wind­jana Gorge with its ver­ti­cal lime­stone cliffs, fos­sil fish and deep green pools inhab­it­ed by dozens of fresh­wa­ter croc­o­diles is sure to impress with its dis­tinc­tive primeval feel and you are sure to cap­ture some amaz­ing pho­tographs. Now its time to return to the Gibb Riv­er Road, head­ing deep into the heart of the Kim­ber­ley, we view a star­tling rock for­ma­tion resem­bling a pro­file view of Queen Victoria’s head as we pass through a gap in the jagged and stun­ning 350 mil­lion year old Devon­ian lime­stone cliffs of the Napi­er Range. Short­ly after we enter the ancient rugged King Leopold Ranges with its many creek and gorges on our way to Mount Hart Wilder­ness Lodge. The Lodge is nes­tled in a trop­i­cal oasis on the banks of the Bark­er Riv­er and the area abounds with abun­dant bird and wildlife pop­u­la­tions. Locat­ed in the heart of the King Leopold Ranges Con­ser­va­tion Park, Mt Hart’s prox­im­i­ty to many of the Kimberley’s major attrac­tions make it an ide­al base to explore the region over the next two days. Orig­i­nal­ly a work­ing cat­tle sta­tion, this unique prop­er­ty offers a rich pas­toral his­to­ry, that offers a rus­tic ambiance and excep­tion­al hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Enjoy a spec­tac­u­lar sun­set before head­ing to the bar for a refresh­ing drink (own expense). After a deli­cious 3 course meal pre­pared by a top chef, you will set­tle in for the evening in a com­fort­able safari tent/​homestead room under a star filled Kim­ber­ley sky. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge – Safari Tent/​Homestead Room(L,D) Day 2: After a glo­ri­ous sun­rise at Mt hart we head to Bell Gorge, one of the most icon­ic gorges and water­falls of the Gibb Riv­er Road. Mak­ing our way fur­ther into the King Leopold Ranges that rise to some 950 metres above sea lev­el and pass­ing the old Silent Grove home­stead we will enjoy a day of swim­ming and explor­ing one of the most impres­sive water­falls and gorges of the Gibb Riv­er Road. At its entrance, Bell Gorge has a stun­ning per­ma­nent water­fall. Tor­rents of water flow­ing north west over the mil­len­nia from the King Leopold Range have cut down through the ancient sand­stone rocks to form a spec­tac­u­lar gorge. At 300 metres above sea lev­el it is the begin­ning of a series of water­falls and rapids some 80 kilo­me­tres long descend­ing through the King Leopold and Isdell Ranges to Wal­cott Inlet before enter­ing the Tim­or sea at Yule Entrance. Bell Gorge is a great spot for swim­ming, pho­tog­ra­phy and for enjoy­ing the best of what nature has to offer. After a rel­a­tive­ly mod­er­ate one kilo­me­tre down hill walk, you will be reward­ed with the irre­sistible oppor­tu­ni­ty to take your first swim in a mag­i­cal Kim­ber­ley water­hole at the top of the falls. The more adven­tur­ous may choose to ven­ture fur­ther and climb down to the bot­tom of the water­fall and enjoy a thun­der­ous refresh­ing show­er in the crys­tal clear waters of the plunge pool. You may even spot a ​“Mertens Water Mon­i­tor” sun­ning itself on the rock ledges, or rock wal­la­bies rest­ing in the shade of the over­hang­ing ledges. A pic­nic lunch will be enjoyed adja­cent to the water­fall. Then it will be time to head back to Der­by and drop some pas­sen­gers off before the final leg to Broome for our final farewells. (B,L)