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Kimberley Wild Expeditions

Kimberley Wild Expeditions are renowned as the experts in Kimberley adventure tours. Locally owned and operated and based in Broome, Kimberley Wild staff are passionate about the Kimberley. Their professional guides have extensive experience in the Australian outback. Experts in local culture, history, wildlife, bush tucker and native flora, they offer a genuine insight into the Kimberley region. All guests travel in a range of top quality vehicles, including 4WD coaches and ‘off road’ coaches. Kimberley Wild Expeditions recently won Best Major Tour and Transport Operator in 2018 and 2019 and the Sir David Brand Award 2018, in recognition of their ongoing commitment to quality tourism in the region.

2 Day Dampier Peninula Experience Camping: Adult $995/ Child $895 (4-12yrs) Single Supplement on request $160

Departs Broome: Wednesdays and Fridays (May - Sep) Highlights include: • Buccaneer Archipelago Sea Safari • Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm Tour • Beagle Bay Pearl Shell Church One Arm Point Aquaculture Hatchery

5 Day Kimberley Family Safari

Camping: Adult $1,495 / Child $1,395 (4-12yrs)

Departs Broome: Select Wednesdays in Jul, Sep and Oct school holidays Highlights include: • Gibb River Road • Derby Prison Tree • Windjana Gorge • Tunnel Creek • Bell Gorge • Galvans Gorge • Manning Falls • Adcock Gorge • Norval Art Gallery.

11 Day Wild Kimberley Loop

Camping: Adult $3,825 / Child $3725 Camping Plus: Adult $4,525 / Child $4425

Departs Broome: Most Sundays and Fridays from May - Sep Highlights include: • Gibb River Road • Windjana Gorge • Indigenous-guided walk through Tunnel Creek • Dalmanyi (Bell Gorge) • Manning Falls, • El Questro Wilderness Park • Zebedee Springs • Emma Gorge, Lake Argyle • Bungle Bungles • Echidna Chasm • Cathedral Gorge • Danggu Gorge Cruise

13 Day Kimberley Explorer

Camping: $4,960 / Child $4860 Camping Plus: Adult $5,860 / Child $5760

Departs Broome: Most Saturdays and Thursdays from May - Sep Highlights include: • Buccaneer Archipelago Sea Safari • Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm Tour • Beagle Bay Pearl Shell Church Altar • One Arm Point Aquaculture Hatchery • Gibb River Road, Windjana Gorge • Tunnel Creek, Dalmanyi (Bell Gorge) • Manning Falls • El Questro Wilderness Park • Zebedee Springs • Kununurra • Lake Argyle • Bungle Bungles • Echidna Chasm • Cathedral Gorge • Danggu (Geikie Gorge) Cruise

14 Day Kimberley Trail Including Mitchell Plateau

Camping: Adult $4,695 / Child $4595

Departs Broome and Darwin: Select dates from May - Sep Highlights include: • Gibb River Road • Windjana Gorge • Tunnel Creek, Dalmanyi (Bell Gorge) • Galvans Gorge • Mitchell Falls • Mitchell Falls Scenic Transfer Flight • Bradshaw Rock Art • Drysdale River Station • El Questro Wilderness Park • Zebedee Springs, Emma Gorge • Bungle Bungle Range • Echidna Chasm • Cathedral Gorge • Kununurra • Lake Argyle • Danggu Gorge Cruise

Adventure Wild

Adventure Wild Kimberley Tours offer quality, boutique guided camping tours that exceed your expectations. Owned and operating exclusively in the Kimberley region, they explore, experience and appreciate this pristine environment.

With two professional guides on every tour, small groups (max 16) receive a safe, educational and comfortable journey through the remote outback. Your guides are mature, married couples working together with unique compatibility and teamwork. The quality of service is second to none.

Travel in custom-built, all terrain, air conditioned vehicles. Our fleet is well maintained and cared for. Our guides cautious and experienced drivers sharing the responsibilities. Your comfort and safety is our priority.

Permanent campsites, sunset drinks, nightly camp fires and relaxed itineraries allow more time to enjoy this ancient, spectacular landscape. Your journey culminates at an exclusive Adventure Wild campsite alongside a beautiful billabong on a working cattle station.

Put your diet on hold with an all-inclusive price. Included free Geikie Gorge Cruise, Adventure Wild signature travel bag, water canteen, face mask and sleeping bag, yours to keep. Guaranteed departures. No single supplement. No requirement to share. Vehicle storage available.

12 Day Broome to Broome Kimberley Adventurer Safari 2022 - from $4,300 per person 2023 - from $4,550 per person

Adventure Wild

The ultimate Kimberley experience from tropical Broome to spectacular gorges and beyond, an outback tour that has the lot. Departs: Broome - Wed and every second Fri (4 May - 9 Sep 2022) Highlights include:

• Discovery journey along the Gibb River Road to explore and experience:

Bandilngan (Windjana Gorge); Dimalurru (Tunnel Creek); Galvan’s Gorge;

Mt Barnett Station; Manning Falls; Home Valley Station; Pentecost River;

El Questro Station; Emma Gorge; El Questro Gorge; Zebedee Springs and

Pigeon Lookout.

• Additional options: Horse ride; Champagne Chamberlain Cruise; Scenic flight and/or walk at Mitchell Falls or a coastal flight landing in Kalumburu

Community to explore the war and mission history. Scenic flights from El

Questro and conclude in Kununurra

• Relax and enjoy the east Kimberley town of Kununurra, the Ord River

Scheme, Diversion Dam, Ivanhoe Crossing, local agriculture, art galleries and unique stone craft. Take an optional tour on Lake Argyle, the Ord River or fish for Barramundi in the Lower Ord. Purnululu National Park and the Bungle

Bungles include walking amongst the beehives on the Domes Walk, taking in the view at Piccaninny Creek lookout, Cathedral Gorge and stunning Echidna

Chasm. Take an optional helicopter flight for a bird's eye view. • We explore the Great Northern Highway, Halls Creek, the China Wall and

Fitzroy Crossing. Your final night camped beside a billabong beneath billions of stars in the serenity of the outback at our exclusive site on a working cattle station. Enjoy a complimentary scenic Geikie Gorge cruise along the

Fitzroy River before returning to Broome.

Additional Tours:

9 Day Gibb River Road and Kununurra

Broome to Kununurra - From $3,900 per person (2022 and 2023)

7 Day Gibb River Road Explorer

Broome to Kununurra - From $3,550 per person (2022 and 2023)

4 Day Kununurra Bungle Bungles and Broome

Kununurra to Broome - From $2,150 per person (2022 and 2023)

Kimberley 4WD Accommodated Tours

APT Kimberley Wilderness Adventures

Traverse the rugged Kimberley in safety and style with APT. Awarded ‘Best Domestic Tour Operator’ for seven of the past eight years, and with more than 45 years’ experience touring in the region, APT are truly the experts in the Kimberley. Everything down to the last detail is taken care of, including exceptional dining and accommodation at APT’s exclusive network of wilderness lodges, all-inclusive sightseeing with an expert driver-guide, national park fees, airport transfers and more. Travel aboard APT’s state-of-the-art, custom-built Mercedes Benz 4WD vehicles with a maximum of just 22 guests.

9 Day Essence of the Kimberley

Departs Broome: Selected dates between May to September 2022 Highlights include: • Enjoy sunset drinks and after exploring the Bungle Bungle Range • Enjoy the spectacular views on a sunset dinner cruise over Lake Kununurra • Stay 4 nights at APT’s wilderness lodges • Soak in the thermal hot pools of Zebedee Springs in El Questro • Visit Home Valley Station

12 Day Iconic Kimberley

Departs Broome: Selected dates between May to September 2022 Highlights include: • Marvel at the 1500-year-old Boab Prison Tree • Wade through the cool waters of Tunnel Creek • Discover Purnululu National Park including the Bungle Bungle Range and Echidna Chasm • Cruise along Geikie Gorge • Stay 2 nights at APT’s Bungle Bungle Wilderness Lodge • Take a breathtaking helicopter flight over Mitchell Falls

15 Day Kimberley Complete

Departs Broome: Selected dates between April to September 2022 Highlights include: • Take a breathtaking helicopter flight over Mitchell Falls • Stay 6 nights at APT’s wilderness lodges • Explore the Bungle Bungle Range in-depth • Discover El Questro • Enjoy a sunset dinner cruise on Lake Kununurra • Journey along the Gibb River Road • Admire impressive Wandjina and Gwion Gwion rock art

5 Day Purnululu Experience

Departs Kununurra: Selected dates between May to September 2022 Highlights include: • Walk along Piccaninny Creek for a closer inspection of the striped beehive domes of the Bungle Bungle Range • Marvel at the natural amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge • Stay 2 nights at APT’s Bungle Bungle Wilderness Lodge • Explore Echidna Chasm and discover the wonder of Mini Palms

from $6,495 per person

GKBR9

from $9,195 per person

GKBK12

from $10,495per person

GKC15

from $2,795 per person

GKBB5

Cygnet Bay Horizontal Waterfalls Charnley River Station

Bell Gorge Wilderness Lodge

Derby Lodge

15-19 Clarendon Street, Derby

We welcome you to our Oasis in the heart of the Kimberley. For that unique holiday or business trip, the Derby Lodge offers quality accommodation set amongst the adventure that is the Kimberley region. Property Features

Derby Lodge offers comfortable studio apartments, budget motel accommodation, and offsite cottages. Some with full kitchens and others with tea/coffee facilities. Catering for both travellers and work crews. There is a BBQ area surrounded by lush tropical gardens. Secure parking is also available. Accommodation

Studio apartments with one Queen bed or one Queen bed and a King single, TV, microwave, toaster, hotplates, fridge and tea/coffee making facilities. Offsite cottages with lush gardens and springing wildlife. Two bedrooms with two Queen beds, 2 ensuite bathrooms, a large deck area, full kitchen and lounge room. Cottages are located just outside of town. Lodge style rooms with a Queen bed, TV, microwave, toaster, fridge and tea/coffee making facilities.

from $175 per room, per night

based on 1 Apr 22 - 31 Mar 23

T A N A M I ROAD

Horizontal Falls Tour - Ex Derby

Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures

Operates: Daily (May to Sep) from Derby Duration: 6 hrs Adult: $825* Child: $725 (4-12yrs)* Horizontal Falls – An adventure like no other! Fly from Derby to the spectacular Horizontal Falls on board a state-of-theart seaplane with the only tour operator based at the falls. On board our fast boats you will experience the incredible tidal power of the Horizontal Falls. Sit back and relax while you cruise through the surrounding bays and creeks. Take a swim in the marine viewing enclosure and feed the friendly fish before a low-level scenic flight of the Buccaneer Archipelago and King Sound back to Derby. Includes Barramundi Lunch (locally sourced) *Additional Marine Park fee of $5.50 per person applies.

Derby Guided Helifishing

KAS Helicopters

Operates: Sep to May Duration: 3 hrs (40mins flight time) Adult: $949 (min 2 passengers) Land yourself a barra! Whether you are an experienced fisho or total beginner, let us take you out of Derby to our secret fishing spot accessible only by helicopter. Our experienced local fishing guide / pilot will supply all the required gear, catch live bait and help you out with all tips and tricks to give you the best chance of landing a big barra! Fly back to Derby across the mud flats with their incredible patterns created by some of the world’s biggest tides to complete your Kimberley helifishing adventure.

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