Kimberley Tours

WITH  genuine small groups & HIGHLY experienced Guides, WE GUARANTEE AN UNFORGETTABLE KIMBERLEY tour experience!

We offer affordable kimberley tours for families & small groups.

Book early & don’t risk missing out! Most of our tours are booked up to twelve months ahead for the busy season.

Charter North 4WD Kimberley Tours include the Gibb River Road, Lake Argyle, the Bungles, Elquestro, Mitchell Falls, Bell Gorge, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek & more. We showcase the best of the Kimberley while hiking, swimming, camping and exploring this maze of ancient landscapes. With our highly experienced and passionate guides, you will discover Indigenous culture, rock art, billions of years old geology, waterfalls & gorges, while travelling in the comfort of a fully air conditioned, forward- facing luxury 4WD. Choose between our 9 or 10 Day Kimberley Tours, available as camping, fully accommodated or blended programs- or let us tailor a program to your liking.

EXPERIENCE THE KIMBERLEY

The Kimberley, also referred to historically as the Kimberleys, although just as remote and challenging as always, with the right planning and support is now accessible to a variety of people. Charter North have an intimate understanding of the Kimberleys through a long personal and professional relationship with the region. Allow us to create and be part of your unique Kimberley experience.

The Kimberleys are an experience on their own! with at least 50,000 Years of human history and comprising many different periods of exploration. On our Kimberley Tours you will have the opportunity to:

• Travel the Gibb River Road in either direction from Broome or Kununurra and meet the people who live and operate some of Australia’s largest and most remote cattle stations
• Penetrate the region’s more remote wilderness areas and delve deeper into the prehistoric landscapes with a short, extended or even overnight hike
• Discover thousands of years of ancient human lifestyles and survival, evidenced through some of the World’s most intricate and artistic rock art
• Allow yourself to be transported back in time while contemplating some of Australia’s oldest human occupation sites.

Learn more about our Kimberley Tour Highlights below:

Lake Argyle

From Kununurra, the Kimberleys eastern hub, lays The Argyle Diamond Project, the world’s largest single producer of the worlds most expensive diamonds. Lake Argyle is also one of the East Kimberleys major attractions. Recognised as the largest man made fresh water reserve in the Southern Hemisphere, measuring several times larger than Sydney Harbour! Charter North provides the best opportunity to appreciate Lake Argyle for its size, grandeur and history by embarking on a boat cruise with the lakes most reputable and experienced cruise operator.

The Bungle Bungles

From Kununurra we travel by road to the famous Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park). This area lays within the arid zone of the Kimberleys, bordering the Tanami Desert. We explore this amazing area at ground level while hiking among the famous beehive formations and gorges of the Bungle Bungle Range, then arrange a helicopter flight for a greater perspective of this incredible landscape. Aside from the grandeur of the Bungle Bungle Range and other features of the park, the drive into and around the park is one of the most picturesque in the Kimberley. It won’t take you very long to understand and appreciate why this geological masterpiece has become one of the most acclaimed Kimberley Icons.

Gibb River Road, Gorges, Mitchell Falls

After exploring the South East Kimberley, we head towards the Central Plateau regions, with Mitchell Falls in the far tropical North, along with ElQuestro and other stations along the Gibb River Road. The Central Plateau area is renowned for holding some of the most stunning natural and cultural attractions in the Kimberley. Swim, hike or canoe along ancient watercourses and encounter endless gorges and waterfalls that have existed unexplored for millennium. Spend time at Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary and witness the successful balance of sustainable land use in partnerships between Aboriginal land holders, conservation land management and tourism. Mornington also holds many opportunities to explore the dramatic Kimberley land forms of the mighty Fitzroy basin, the largest of all Kimberley basins.

Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Creek

Further west of the King Leopold Ranges the central plateau area gives way to the open plains; Aboriginal people call this “Pindan Country”. Not only will you experience a dramatic change of scenery, you have now also entered a completely different geological and cultural landscape. Reefs from the Devonian period rise sharply from the surrounding plains giving testament to the changing sea levels over the last 375 million years. The Leonard River has cut its path through the ancient reef system to form Windjana Gorge. At Windjana Gorge you can respectfully admire crocodiles bathing in the shallow pools or sun baking on the sandbars. Further south in the Devonian reef, we can set off on an adventure and explore nature at its most powerful in the dark depths of Tunnel Creek. The Pindan country and its stunning natural features are not only of global geological significance, but hold important history and heritage of the local Aboriginal Clans.

Broome

In typical Kimberley contrast, the pearling capital of Broome in the far west is a coastal playground and the gateway to one of the world’s most rugged and isolated coastal marine environments. Broome is a mix of modern commerce and old world charm; with its tropical feel and laid back character, it is acknowledged for its world class pearls and affectionately referred to as the “Pearl of the North”. Broome is perfect for just relaxing and taking in the tropical environs, with Broome’s Cable Beach rated as one of the best beaches in the world. Broome’s culture and economy were born from pearling with its multi-cultural history dating back to the early 19^th century when pearls were discovered in the surrounding shallow tropical waters. Many Australian Aboriginals and immigrants of Malay origin worked in the pioneering industry, some found their fortune, many not. Broome is also the stepping stone to the Dampier Peninsula which is home to several aboriginal coastal communities welcoming visitors to their homelands and sharing their culture and lifestyles.

The Dampier Peninsula

Located further north in the Kimberleys along the peninsula on the magnificent Cygnet Bay is the oldest surviving Australian owned pearl farm “Cygnet Bay Pearls”. Not only is this a brilliant opportunity to learn about the pioneering of this industry, but to be able to visit a working pearl farm and see the farming process is a very rare experience indeed. If you have a passion for pearls, this is your chance to purchase some of the world’s best, and directly from the producer! The pearl farm also offers stylish safari tent accommodation as close to the water as you can get, without actually being in it! Cygnet Bay Pearls is another example of how some Kimberley enterprise are diversifying and embracing tourism. The pearl farm sits right on the picturesque Cygnet Bay and is the gateway to the Buccaneer Archipelago, a mass of around 1000 islands directly to the North. From Cygnet Bay Pearls we can explore the archipelago by sea or air and witness the spectacular horizontal waterfall phenomenon.  When traveling the Dampier Peninsula, Cygnet Bay Pearls is a must and they warmly welcome us as day or overnight visitors.

At Cape Leveque, the northern most point of the Dampier Peninsula, is the award winning “Kooljaman Resort”. This Aboriginal owned and operated resort is situated on what many would regard as “the most stunning coastal real estate you could possibly purchase”. This is a tasteful low key resort in suit with the natural environment and again welcomes Charter North as day or overnight visitors. The resort can be reached by road or air and offers land air and sea adventures, including a chance to swim and cool off in the northern waters of The Kimberley.

The Kimberleys truly are a World Class Destination that is now attracting a huge amount of Global attention and interest. Charter North is eager and waiting to share the secrets of The Kimberley Wilderness with you.

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