KOT - Kimberley Outback Tours

DAY 1 Broome to Mt Hart, via Tun­nel Creek & Wind­jana Gorge Pick up in Broome will start at 6:30am. We com­mence our jour­ney, head­ing west on the Great North­ern High­way cross­ing the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er along the way to our first adven­ture at Tun­nel Creek. 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 (our 2^nd stop for today) and is part of this same ancient Devon­ian great bar­ri­er reef sys­tem. 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. We return to the Gibb Riv­er Road, head­ing deep into the heart of the Kim­ber­ley, pass­ing 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 Wunaamin Mili­wun­di Ranges 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. Mt Hart’s prox­im­i­ty to many of the Kim­ber­ley’s major attrac­tions make it an ide­al base to explore the region. This unique prop­er­ty offers a rich pas­toral his­to­ry, that offers a rus­tic ambiance and excep­tion­al hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge — Safari Tent or Home­stead Room (B,L,D) DAY 2 — Bell Gorge After a glo­ri­ous break­fast at Mt Hart we head to Bell Gorge, one of the most icon­ic gorges and water­falls 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. 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 down­hill 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. After enjoy­ing a pic­nic lunch it will be time to head back to Mt Hart for our 2^nd night stay. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge — Safari Tent or Home­stead Room(B,L,D) DAY 3 — Flight over Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago / Hor­i­zon­tal Falls / Cygnet Bay After break­fast we explore Bak­er Pool and enjoy a swim in the cool water. You will board your flight between 12:45pm and 13:00pm, oper­at­ed by Broome Avi­a­tion, for your return jour­ney. Enjoy the sights of the Isdell Riv­er, the spec­tac­u­lar nat­ur­al world-renowned Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls (fly over) and Cock­a­too Island on your way to Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm. Here you will stop for a Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm tour, after which you will fly over Cape Lev­eque, the Dampi­er Penin­su­la and James Price Point back to Broome for your final farewells. (B,L) Lug­gage: A small, soft, car­ry-on overnight bag only allowed. (5kg weigh restric­tions apply per person)

DAY 1 Flight over Dampi­er Penin­su­la / Cygnet Bay / Hor­i­zon­tal Falls / Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago Hotel pick­up’s com­mence from 6:20 AM in Broome, oper­at­ed by Broome Avi­a­tion, who will fly you over the Dampi­er Penin­su­la and Cape Lev­eque to Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm to enjoy a Pearl Farm tour and break­fast. After­wards you will board the plane for the onward jour­ney to view the nat­ur­al phe­nom­e­non of the world-renowned Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls (scenic fly over) and enjoy the sites of Cock­a­too Island and the Isdell Riv­er on your way to Mt 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 Wunaamin Mili­wun­di Ranges, Mt Hart’s prox­im­i­ty to many of the Kim­ber­ley’s major attrac­tions make it an ide­al base to explore the region. This unique prop­er­ty offers a rich pas­toral his­to­ry, that offers a rus­tic ambiance and excep­tion­al hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Explore Bark­er Pool and enjoy a relaxed swim. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge, Safari Tent or Home­stead Room(B,L,D) DAY 2 Bell Gorge After a glo­ri­ous break­fast at Mt Hart we head to Bell Gorge, one of the most icon­ic gorges and water­falls 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. 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 down­hill 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. 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. After a pic­nic lunch we will head back to Mt Hart. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge, Safari Tent or Home­stead Room(B,L,D) DAY 3 Mt Hart to Broome, via Wind­jana Gorge & Tun­nel Creek We con­tin­ue our jour­ney along the icon­ic Gibb Riv­er Road on a scenic dri­ve through ancient out­back land­scapes 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. The Lennard Riv­er 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. Our sec­ond stop is a 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 riv­er bed as it flows beneath the range. After­wards we head south past the Oscar Range and join the Great North­ern High­way for our jour­ney west back to Broome (B,L) Lug­gage: A small, soft, car­ry-on overnight bag only allowed. (5kg weigh restric­tions apply per person)

Day 1 — Overnight in Broome — meet at 7pm for a wel­come dinner.

Day 2 — Broome to Cape Leveque/​Cygnet Bay

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. 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. 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/​El Questro

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/​El Questro

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 — Wel­come din­ner and Overnight in Broome Guests will be trans­ferred from the air­port to our Broome hotel today. Guests will meet at 7pm at the hotel restau­rant for a wel­come din­ner. Kim­ber­ley Sands Resort. Ensuit­ed Hotel Room(D) Day 2 — Broome to Cape Leveque/​Cygnet Bay This morn­ing we will head North on the Dampi­er Penin­su­la to Cape Lev­eque, the north west­ern most point of West­ern Aus­trali­a’s Kim­ber­ley region. We will be trav­el­ling through the stun­ning red pin­dan savan­nah and Abo­rig­i­nal land with pro­tect­ed grounds, bur­ial sites and oth­er areas of tra­di­tion­al sig­nif­i­cance. Head­ing fur­ther north we will pass One Arm Point Com­mu­ni­ty while enjoy­ing the views of the Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago and the amaz­ing tidal cur­rents cre­at­ed by the twice dai­ly 10 metre tides. The views of the pearl-white sand, turquoise water and red cliffs will take your breath away. Arriv­ing at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, we will do a Pearl Farm tour andl check in for our overnight stay. Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm. En-suit­ed Safari Tent (BLD) Day 3 — Cape Lev­eque to Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls via Der­by Air­port This morn­ing we start ear­ly. Depart­ing Cape Lev­eque we retrace our steps to the Great North­ern High­way. We will have great views of boab trees and the red ter­mite mounds in the Kim­ber­ley savan­nah lands on our way to Der­by, the site of the largest tidal vari­ance in Aus­tralia. We cross the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er for the first time at Willare Bridge, not far from its entrance into King Sound and head for Der­by Air­port, where we will board a sea plane for the flight to Tal­bot Bay the home of the famous and unique Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls. After a spec­tac­u­lar flight you will be land­ing on the incred­i­ble glassy waters of the bay before board­ing a 900hp fast boat for an exhil­a­rat­ing ride through the falls with an expe­ri­enced skippe. For a some­thing dif­fer­ent you may take a swim in the warm trop­i­cal waters in a crocodile/​shark free cage, or just sit back and enjoy the beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings. You will be spoiled with nib­bles at sun­set, fol­lowed by a deli­cious Bar­ra­mun­di din­ner after which you will set­tle in to your house­boat room on a moor­ing not far from the falls. (5kg overnight bag lim­it ??? drinks BYO ??? please take own tow­el, no tow­els pro­vid­ed) Tal­bot Bay — House­boat, Shared bath­room facilites (BLD) Day 4 — Tal­bot Bay to Mount Hart Wilder­ness Lodge After break­fast, we will take a scenic flight over the Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago, back to Der­by. We make a brief stop at the 1500-year-old Boab Prison Tree, and his­toric Myall???s Bore. From here we com­mence our jour­ney along the icon­ic Gibb Riv­er Road on a scenic dri­ve through ancient out­back land­scapes of the Kim­ber­ley. 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. After a deli­cious meal in the restau­rant pre­pared by a top chef, you will set­tle in for the evening in a com­fort­able en-suite safari tent under a star filled Kim­ber­ley sky. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge. En-suit­ed Safari Tent. (BLD) Day 5 — Mount Hart Wilder­ness Lodge and Bell Gorge Todays adven­ture is a return 4WD jour­ney 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 north­west 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 after which we return to Mount Hart Wilder­ness Lodge and you will be able relax and enjoy a drink in the ful­ly licensed bar and per­haps have a close encounter with the friend­ly wild din­goes that are abun­dant in the area. Mt Hart Wilder­ness Lodge. En-suite Safari Tent. (BLD) Day 6 — Wind­jana Gorge & Tun­nel Creek We head back on the Gibb Riv­er Road. One of Aus­tralias clas­sic out­back dri­ves. A region steeped in fron­tier his­to­ry with tales of cat­tle dri­ves, hard­ship and Abo­rig­i­nal cul­ture at points. First stop today is Wind­jana Gorge with its rich nat­ur­al won­ders. The 2134-hectare Wind­jana Gorge Nation­al Park offers a stun­ning nat­ur­al retreat and encom­pass­es a three and a half kilo­me­tre sec­tion of the Lennard Riv­er, which flows in the wet sea­son, but evap­o­rates into a series of pools in the dry. The riv­er pools attract a rich selec­tion of bird life and fresh water croc­o­diles, which are often seen sun­ning them­selves near the water holes. We vis­it the spec­tac­u­lar nat­ur­al won­der of Tun­nel Creek. Tun­nel Creek was formed when lava tubes reced­ed mil­lions of years ago, cre­at­ing a 750-metre tun­nel through which the per­ma­nent fresh water creek flows. The cool, dark tun­nel cre­ates a stun­ning con­trast to the sur­round­ing land­scape and can be explored on foot or by swim­ming. Take a water­proof torch and sand­shoes. Fitzroy Riv­er Lodge. En-suite Safari Tent Day 7 — Fitzroy to Halls Creek, Geikie Gorge and Mim­bi Caves Leav­ing Fitzroy Riv­er Lodge we will have a sec­ond encounter with the mighty Fitzroy Riv­er, where it has carved through an ancient lime­stone bar­ri­er reef cre­at­ing Geikie Gorge. It presents stun­ning pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties with the reflec­tions of the colour­ful lime­stone cliffs and fresh water croc­o­diles sun­ning on the banks and in the placid pools, that lat­er turn into rag­ing tor­rents in the Wet Sea­son. On our includ­ed cruise we will hear from an expert guide and will learn of the indige­nous cul­ture and bush tuck­er of the indige­nous Banu­ba peo­ple and the nat­ur­al his­to­ry of the area we cruise on Geikie Gorge. Our next stop is Mim­bi Caves. Enjoy an amaz­ing jour­ney deep inside Mim­bi Caves, part of the 350 mil­lion year old Devon­ian Reef sys­tem. Hear fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ries as your Gooniyan­di guide takes you back to a time when local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple inhab­it­ed this unique net­work of caves that have been carved out of this ancient fos­silised reef sys­tem over mil­lions of years. Tonight we stay in Halls Creek, home of both Jaru and Kija her­itage com­mu­ni­ties. On the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, Halls Creek is the town clos­est to Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park, the park of the famous Bun­gle Bun­gles. Halls Creek Motel. En-suite Rooms (BLD) Day 8 — Halls Creek to Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park Head­ing north, we take the turn off to Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park, home of the Bun­gle Bun­gle Range. We com­mence the slow, but inter­est­ing 53 kilo­me­tre 4WD trek from Great North­ern High­way into the nation­al park. We will pass through the Osmond Range and cross the Halls Creek Dar­win Fault, the longest con­tin­u­ous fault line in the World. The trek will involve sev­er­al water cross­ings. Arriv­ing at the Park Entrance and Vis­i­tor Cen­tre there will be time for a com­fort stop and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pick up a sou­venir of your vis­it to this icon­ic loca­tion. We will spend the rest of the day explor­ing the south­ern sec­tion of the park with our bus park­ing right next to the amaz­ing band­ed sand­stone bee­hive domes at Pic­canin­ny Creek car park, where there is easy access into the gorges of the main Bun­gle Bun­gle Range mas­sif. You will have time take an easy walk on the Bee Hive Domes Loop Walk Trail as we make our way into the incred­i­ble Cathe­dral Gorge, with the reward of the incred­i­ble Amphithe­atre with its amaz­ing acoustics and water­fall at its end. Time per­mit­ting, you may fur­ther explore Pic­can­niny Creek Look­out and The Win­dow where you will be reward­ed with astound­ing views over the Bun­gle Bun­gle Range out­liers as Pic­canin­ny Creek winds its way to the Ord Riv­er. Car­ry plen­ty of water today, as all the walks will be com­plet­ed before return­ing to the bus. Heli­copter flights over the Bun­gles are avail­able, but need to be pre-booked and are not includ­ed in tour cost. Please enquire for more infor­ma­tion if inter­est­ed. We can pre-arrange this for our guest for today or ear­ly the next morn­ing. Tonight, we stay in com­fort­able, envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly safari style accom­mo­da­tion at the Savan­nah Lodge locat­ed with­in the Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park on the banks of Bel­burn Creek. Bun­gle Bun­gle Savan­nah Lodge. En-suit­ed Safari Tent (B/​BasketLD) Day 9 — Bun­gles to Home Valley/​El Que­stro Today after break­fast we will trav­el to the north­ern end of the Park with great views of the west­ern walls of the Bun­gles Mas­sif with its star­tling round­ed domes ris­ing sheer above the plain. The area is rich in indige­nous her­itage and has many sites of sig­nif­i­cance to the Kit­ja and Kar­ja­nara Jaru peo­ple that inhab­it­ed the area for thou­sand of years. We will walk through the very spe­cial Echid­na Chasm. A spec­tac­u­lar nar­row, long chasm, your walk fol­lows the chasm deep into the Bun­gle Bun­gle Range. The fur­ther you go, the nar­row­er it gets. At times you can touch both sides that rear 200 metres straight up above you with Livis­tona palms wav­ing from the ridges high above. It has strik­ing colour vari­a­tions, depend­ing on the angle of the sun beam­ing into the chasm. With luck our vis­it will co-inside with the few min­utes each day when the sun pen­e­trates to the bot­tom of the chasm in a spec­tac­u­lar dis­play of colour and light. The amaz­ing round­ed con­glom­er­ate boul­ders strewn along the path pro­vide a clue to the vio­lent geo­log­i­cal past and sed­i­men­ta­ry ori­gins of the Bun­gle Bun­gle Range. This after­noon we will head back out to the Great North­ern High­way and view the spec­tac­u­lar Cock­burn Range. En-suite overnight accom­mo­da­tion (BLD) Day 10 — Trav­el to Kununur­ra El Que­stro Sta­tion is one of the most icon­ic cat­tle sta­tions on the Gibb Riv­er Road, best known for its lux­u­ri­ous Home­stead Accom­mo­da­tion which attracts the rich and famous from around the world. After a short dri­ve we will arrive at Zebedee Springs. This nat­ur­al oasis is a short easy walk along a shady trail, which leads to a series of rocky ther­mal pools. Set at the base of sheer cliffs these ther­mal springs are the per­fect place to relax and restore. Under a canopy of tall lush green Livis­tona Palms and sur­round­ing tow­er­ing red cliffs, we will soak in the nat­ur­al spas of the warm spring waters of Zebedee Springs. Short­ly after leav­ing Zebedee Springs we will com­plete the icon­ic Gibb Riv­er Road and our adven­ture con­tin­ues as we vis­it the orig­i­nal town of the East Kim­ber­ley, Wyn­d­ham where we dri­ve to the top of the Bas­tion Range where we will see the 5 major rivers of the East Kim­ber­ley enter Cam­bridge Gulf. The Five Rivers Look­out sits at the sum­mit of Wyn­d­ham s Bas­tion Range, which at its high­est point of 360 metres above the town­ship We will enjoy lunch with very impres­sive views of the 5 major rivers of the East Kim­ber­ley enter­ing the man­grove lined and dan­ger­ous tidal waters of Cam­bridge Gulf, the home of a very large pop­u­la­tion of salt-water croc­o­diles. After­wards we head to Kununur­ra, the newest town in West­ern Aus­tralia. You will check into com­fort­able en-suite cab­ins, at our very own Ivan­hoe Vil­lage Resort, and retir­ing to a com­fort­able nights sleep. Ivan­hoe Vil­lage Resort (BLD) Day 11 — Lake Argyle & Ord Riv­er Cruise After a pic­turesque dri­ve though the Carr Boyd Ranges we join the boat at the top of the Ord at Lake Argyle as we take a cruise on the Ord back to Kununur­ra. Lake Argyle is West­ern Aus­tralias largest and Aus­tralias sec­ond largest fresh­wa­ter man-made reser­voir by vol­ume. The reser­voir is part of the Ord Riv­er Irri­ga­tion Scheme. The pri­ma­ry inflow is the Ord Riv­er, while the Bow Riv­er and many oth­er small­er creeks also flow into the dam. The lake was named after the his­toric cat­tle sta­tion Argyle Downs set­tled by the famous Durack fam­i­ly in the 1880???s. The home­stead and most of the sta­tion are now sub­merged beneath the lake. The islands and wet­lands have become the home of a thriv­ing habi­tat of migrat­ing water birds and an esti­mat­ed pop­u­la­tion of 25,000 harm­less fresh water croc­o­diles. It is now an inter­na­tion­al­ly recog­nised Wet­land. After our return to Kununur­ra you will enjoy a deli­cious din­ner. Ivan­hoe Vil­lage Resort (BLD) Day 12 — Kununur­ra to Kather­ine (Kather­ine Gorge) As you pass into the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, the ter­rain becomes a lit­tle gen­tler and the rugged rock for­ma­tions give way to lush veg­e­ta­tion. We pass Tim­ber Creek and stop for a pic­nic lunch at Vic­to­ria Riv­er Downs. When you cross the bridge at Vic­to­ria Riv­er, stop for a look because in the wet sea­son, the riv­er reg­u­lar­ly flows over the bridge. Enjoy a short dri­ve up to Kather­ine Gorge. The Kather­ine Riv­er flows through 13 sep­a­rate gorges that carve their way through the Arn­hem Land Plateau Enjoy a boat cruise on Kather­ine Riv­er. Knotts Cross­ing Resort, En-suite room (BLD) Day 13 — Kather­ine to Kakadu Leave Kather­ine, we trav­el along the Stu­art High­way via Pine Creek known for it???s his­toric gold min­ing. Pine Creek is full of unusu­al build­ings and mem­o­ries of the old rail­way and tele­graph lines. It was named after the local creek, which was crossed, in Decem­ber 1870 by the teams con­struct­ing the Over­land Tele­graph Line. We turn off onto the Kakadu High­way and head north to Jabiru. Cooin­da Lodge. En-suite rooms (BLD) Day 14 — Kakadu We explore Kakadu today. Kakadu cov­ers more than 20,000 square kilo­me­tres and is World Her­itage list­ed. The com­bi­na­tion of man­grove fringed coastal areas, low­land hills, flood plains, open wood­land and for­est habi­tats, make Kakadu one of the most diverse land­scapes to expe­ri­ence. It???s home to hun­dreds of bird species, a myr­i­ad of ani­mals and thou­sands of dif­fer­ent plants and insects. Enjoy a vis­it to the Bowali Vis­i­tor Cen­tre. Also relax and enjoy a Yel­low Water cruise today. Cooin­da Lodge ??? en suite room (BLD) Day 15 — Kakadu to Litch­field and Dar­win Today we head out on the Arn­hem High­way, then the Stu­art High­way towards Litch­field Nation­al Park. Litch­field Nation­al Park is a huge sand­stone plateau with dozens of water­falls. We explore Flo­rence Falls, Wan­gi Falls and the Buley Rock­holes. Take a stroll through steamy rain­forests and cool off with a dip in one of Litchfield???s pic­turesque swim­ming holes. After explor­ing this mag­nif­i­cent park, we head north on the Stu­art High­way again to Dar­win for our last night stay. Dou­ble­tree Hilton Dar­win, Ensuite Room (BLD) Day 16 — Farewells and trans­fers This morn­ing we say our farewells and will do the required air­port trans­fers. (B)