THE KIMBERLEY

Ancient, unexplored wilderness

One of the world’s last wilderness frontiers, Western Australia’s Kimberley is an explorer’s dream come true. In addition to its fascinating offshore islands, this primordial land remains pristine and relatively untouched. Rife with a complex network of dramatic gorges, majestic canyons, limestone cliffs, and intriguing horizontal falls, it’s also home to deep Aboriginal culture and rock art dating back at least 40,000 years. In fact, so old is this land you can also spot fossil footprints formed by dinosaurs over 120 million years ago just off the coast of Broome. Quintessentially Australian, the Kimberley is home to prolific wildlife including rock wallabies, white-bellied sea eagles, mangrove herons and more.

Regional Highlights

• Explore Purnululu National Park, often referred to as the Bungle Bungles, home to uniquely striped mounds resembling beehives

• Witness the natural wonder of the King George Falls, a thundering spectacle of twin cascades amongst the highest in Australia

• The Kimberley’s fiery sunrises and sunsets are without equal, owing to the complex colouration of the landscape

• Spot bottlenose dolphin and humpback whales in Yampi Sound, and look for crocodiles in the Hunter River Region and Mitchell Falls

• The Kimberley is home to about 18,000 Aboriginal people, considered the oldest living culture in the world