Broome to Darwin Outback

10 Days
From CAD 3,065
Best Rate
Guarantee
Trip Type
Small Group
Activity Level
Demanding

Rating


(3 reviews)

Experience Overview

Explore Australia’s North-West – one of the last remaining wilderness regions in the country – on this 10-day 4WD safari trip of the Northern Territory and the vast Kimberly region. Journey along the Gibb River Road, sleep under a blanket of Outback stars, enjoy your nights around the campfire, get back to basics and explore El Questro. Check out the famous Bungle Bungles, walk through national parks, swim in refreshing watering holes and look out for freshwater crocs on the way to Darwin, the Northern Territory’s gorgeous capital.

Highlights

  • Spend your nights camping in the Australian Outback under a star-studded Milky Way sky. There is almost no reception here, so it’s the perfect chance to disconnect, recharge and get back to basics in the heart of nature. 
  • Explore the unique geology of Dimalurru (Tunnel Creek) – a limestone cave system home to bats, stalactites and fascinating First Nations history.  
  • Spend two full days exploring the Bungle Bungles – including magnificent gorges, unique rock formations, hidden waterholes, sandstone towers and Echidna Chasm and Cathedral Gorge. 
  • Cruise Lake Argyle – Western Australia's largest and Australia's second-largest freshwater man-made reservoir – on an optional boat ride on the still waters, looking out for crocodiles, wallabies and rare birds. 
  • Take refreshing swims in waterfalls, rock pools, and watering holes, travel along the Gibb River Road in a 4WD and hike through rivers past towering red cliffs, rocks and spires.  

Trip Details

Product CodeProduct Code: 2312

Tour TypeTour Type: Small Group

AccommodationAccommodation: Basic

TransportTransport: Private 4WD vehicle

Guide LanguageGuide Language: English

Travel StylesTravel Styles: Overland Expedition

Supplier CodeSupplier Code: PKOD

StartStarts: Broome / West Kimberley Gorges, Australia

FinishFinishes: Katherine / Darwin, Australia

DurationDuration: 10 days

DeparturesDepartures: Guaranteed

Physical RatingPhysical rating: Demanding

Includes

Meals: Breakfasts (9), Lunch (10), Dinner (9)
Accommodation: Camping with Shared Facilities (9 nights)

Price

Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD 3065 (CAD 306 /day)

Itinerary

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Day 1: Broome / West Kimberley Gorges

Welcome to Broome! Or Rubibi, in the language of the Yawuru people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which Broome is now located. Start your adventure straight away, setting off into the Australian Outback. After a bit of highway driving, you’ll reach the Fitzroy River, then it’s all off-road to the Napier Range. The main attraction here is Dimalurru (Tunnel Creek) – a vast cave system that extends 750 m underground. It’s from here that the Indigenous warrior Jandamarra waged his rebellion against the colonial authorities – a legacy you’ll learn more about on a walk through the tunnel with your guide. Spend the night camping at Windjana Gorge – once an underwater reef! During the wet season, a river flows through it, but during the dry season, it’s a series of ponds and billabongs. Enjoy a camp dinner with your group and then maybe do a spot of stargazing – the sky in the Outback is something to behold!

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

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Day 2: West Kimberley Gorges

Spend the morning exploring Bandilngan (Windjana Gorge). In the afternoon, journey to Dalmanti (Bell Gorge) – a segment of a 375-million-year-old reef that was once underwater. Take a refreshing swim here, soak up the natural views and then travel further east to Mt Barnett Station. This is where you’ll camp for this evening.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

3
Day 3: West Kimberley Gorges

After breakfast, stretch your legs on a morning hike and be rewarded at the end with a swim in a large rock pool at the base of Manning Falls. After lunch, discover Adcock or Galvins Gorge before returning to camp to relax around the campfire.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

4
Day 4: Gibb River Road / El Questro Station

Ford rivers and weave through gorges as you travel by 4WD along the wild Gibb River Road – a 600 km stretch that winds right through the heart of the Kimberley. You’ve got a fair bit of ground to cover, so there’s a fair bit of drive time, but you’ll be breaking up the journey with lunch and a few stops to stretch your legs along the way. Cross the iconic Pentecost River crossing before arriving at El Questro and your campground for the next 2 nights.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

5
Day 5: El Questro Station

Originally established as an enormous cattle station, El Questro is now a vast wilderness reserve sprawled over more than one million acres. Camping out here, you’ll really feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere – albeit an extremely beautiful middle of nowhere. The ochre-coloured massifs of the Cockburn Ranges frame the landscape whichever way you turn and numerous natural springs offer plenty of opportunities for a refreshing cool-off. Following a soak in Zebedee Springs, enjoy a short trek to either El Questro or Emma Gorge (where there’s a very pretty waterfall). Then it’s another night camped out in El Questro.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

6
Day 6-7: Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles)

Say so long to El Questro and hello Bungle Bungles! Today, you’ll drive through the rugged landscape of Carr Boyd and the Durack Ranges into Purnululu National Park – home to the Bungle Bungles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dominated by massive sandstone karsts that rear hundreds of metres above the surrounding grasslands. You’ll spend the next two days and nights exploring this region. Arrive at your bush camp in time to sit back and watch the sunset over the Osmond Ranges. If you’ve had enough tent camping, you might want to spend tonight sleeping out beneath the stars, snuggled up in a swag. Unbelievably, only the locals knew this place existed until the early 1980s when they were ‘discovered’ by a film team. You’ll go on a walk through Echidna Chasm – a long and narrow ravine banked on either side by 200 m-high rock walls – and enter the massive natural Amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 2)

7
Day 8: Kununurra / Lake Argyle

Today, you’ll leave the Bungle Bungles behind and head for Kununurra – the largest town between Broome and Darwin. Tonight’s campsite is on the shores of Lake Argyle, which you have plenty of free time to explore. Maybe head out on a sunset cruise on the lake – this is highly recommended, as the best way to witness the immensity of this lake is on the water!

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

8
Day 9: Lake Argyle / Victoria River Region

Lake Argyle is a man-made lake, though you’d never have guessed it by looking! For a body of water situated in the centre of the world’s second driest continent, it looks pretty at home. Barramundi, birds and freshwater crocodiles thrive in these waters, and the islands that look like they’ve always been there (they used to be mountains). In the afternoon, push on across the state border into the Northern Territory.

Accommodation:

  • Camping with shared facilities (Number of Nights: 1)

9
Day 10: Katherine / Darwin

Today, you’ll head to Darwin, stopping at either Katherine Gorge or Edith Falls along the way for a quick swim and a last opportunity to soak in the natural wild views of rural Western Australia. Take in the gorgeous scenery and then arrive in Darwin, where your trip comes to an end.

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Tour Operator

Intrepid Travel

Intrepid Travel is a global adventure travel company, dedicated to providing sustainable, experience-rich travel opportunities. They’ve been the leader in ethical, small-group travel since 1989 - taking people around the world for more than 30 years. They’re the world’s largest travel B Corporation - dedicated to being the best travel company for the world. In 2002, they established The Intrepid Foundation so their travellers could make a lasting impact on the communities they had visited. Although Intrepid Travel absorbs all administrative costs of The Intrepid Foundation, they are separate legal entities, allowing The Intrepid Foundation to grow independently. Intrepid Travel is made up of a collection of tour operator brands and 28 destination management companies all united by one vision: To change the way we all see the world.

In Business Since 1989

Reviews

 

June   -  Traveled, May 2025

Fabulous trip with great guide - Iam Love. When many roads closed due to rain, the company went out of it's way to arrange alternative itinerary.

Source: Tour operator   Submitted: 06/06/2025

 

Ralph   -  Traveled, April 2025

We had a fabulous trip in an extraordinary part of the world. Everyone in our group gelled and pulled together, and our tour leader Iam Love was absolutely fabulous. Her knowledge, leadership and harmony with nature and indigenous culture were truly remarkable. I would certainly go Intrepid again.

Source: Tour operator   Submitted: 05/11/2025

 

Judith   -  Traveled, June 2024

I will write a public review once Intrepid Travel have addressed the accommodation situation with me personally.

Source: Tour operator   Submitted: 07/07/2024

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