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This trip
takes you off the beaten track into hidden gorges and along a treasured
Australian stock route, the Gibb River Road.

Day
1 - Kununurra (no meals)
Upon
arrival at Kununurra airport you will
be met and transferred to your hotel.
Get aquainted with fellow travellers,
meet for a 6.00 pm drink in the hotel
bar.
Overnight: All Seasons,
Kununurra (ensuite rooms).
Day
2 - Kununurra to El Questro Wilderness
Park (B, L, D)
This morning we
join a fascinating cruise from Kununurra
up the Ord River to the immense Lake
Argyle then take a drive around Kununurra’s
Ord River Irrigation Scheme plantations,
call into a local melon store and visit
Ivanhoe Crossing. Afterwards we set
off down the famous Kimberley stock
route the 'Gibb River Road' to El Questro
Wilderness Park for our overnight stay.
Enjoy an afternoon of optional activities
(arranged by your guide) such as a hike
to Emma Gorge (strenuous) or a peaceful
Chamberlain Gorge cruise.
Dinner & Overnight: El Questro
Wilderness Park, Emma Gorge Resort (Deluxe tented cabin, ensuite). Note: 13 Jul departure will stay at El Questro Township Bungalows (ensuite)
Day
3 - El Questro to Mount Elizabeth Station
(B, L, D) We make an early morning
visit to beautiful Zebedee Hot Springs
(easy walk) before we push on southwest
via the Pentecost Ranges & river
crossing for our overnight stay at Mount
Elizabeth Station (cattle farm). Tonight
enjoy Kimberley style homestead hospitality. Dinner
& Overnight: Mount Elizabeth
Station (share bathroom facilities).
Day
4 - Mount Elizabeth to Mount Hart Wilderness
Lodge (B, L, D) Covering many
miles down the Gibb River Road today,
we enjoy a break en route with a cooling
dip at beautiful Galvans Gorge. We then
take a hike (30 minute partly strenuous)
to spectacular Bells Gorge before pushing
on through the ancient geology of the
King Leopold Ranges to our overnight
stay at the very beautiful and civilized
Mount Hart Wilderness Lodge.
Dinner
& Overnight: Mount Hart Wilderness
Lodge (share bathroom facilities).
Day
5 - Mount Hart to Broome (B, L)
Onwards
through the Napier Ranges and more vast
expanses of Kimberley scrub to Tunnel
Creek, an amazing 750 metre long flooded
tube tunnel. We take an exciting walk
through the tunnel wading through knee
to thigh high water and hear the story
of Jandamarra. We then head to the pre-historic
Windjana Gorge. Return to Broome travelling
through cattle country, en route we
stop at the Prison Boab Tree with arrival
at approximately 7.30 pm.
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Tour
Code:
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5DKB
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Departure
Point:
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Kununurra
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Return:
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Broome
Approx. 7.30 pm
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Duration:
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5
Days 4 Nights
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Distance
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1,410
klms
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