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Welcome to the Kimberley A mind-boggling wilderness that’ll stay with you forever Special, unique, breath-taking. All the superlatives in the world still can’t do justice to the Kimberley. People who’ve been there will tell you this. They might also tell you how it keeps pulling you back; how it imprints something on your soul. A 4WD adventure through the Kimberley is undoubtedly the best way to immerse yourself in this magical region. Around every corner is something to behold; a rock art gallery, a rugged escarpment, a towering gorge teeming with wildlife. Sitting around the campfire in the evening, waking up to the call of exquisite birdlife; they’re all things that make a 4WD land adventure the most rewarding Kimberley experience. Outback Spirit has been operating adventures through the Kimberley for over 20 years. Our unique, hand-crafted itineraries showcase the region in a manner which is simply unequalled. Our exclusive safari camp, Ngauwudu, is the most luxurious tented safari camp in the Kimberley and provides our guests with access to the Mitchell Plateau and stunning Mitchell Falls. Above all however, it’s our guides who make the difference. Expert knowledge, extensive experience and a passion for the Kimberley ensure the adventure of a lifetime is a reality for all our guests. With much of the Kimberley’s fragile environment and precious wildlife under threat, we’re also proud to be major financial sponsors of Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). Travel with us on selected Kimberley adventures and you’ll see first-hand the tremendous work that AWC does in the field with a visit to Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary. We invite you to come aboard and discover the Kimberley with the experts in 2020. Andre & Courtney Ellis Brothers / Founders / Owners
3 Why Choose Outback Spirit? Stay in the Kimberley’s best The most experienced guides wilderness lodges in the Kimberley From luxury tented safari suites to Our guides are seasoned professionals. unique wilderness lodges in spectacular In addition to in-depth local knowledge, locations, the accommodation we use they must have at least 10 years heavy is in a league of its own and far superior vehicle driving experience for added to nearby offerings. safety and peace of mind. Mercedes Benz 4WD Coaches Supporting Conservation - Guaranteed Outback Spirit is a major financial Our touring fleet is made up donor to Australian Wildlife exclusively of 5-star 4WD Mercedes Conservancy, Australia’s pre-eminent Benz vehicles. These units are light- not-for-profit conservation group who years ahead of most other vehicles are leading the way to save our most used in the Kimberley and offer precious wildlife from extinction. unrivalled comfort and safety. All vehicles feature reclining coach All Inclusive Value seats, air-conditioning, ample legroom, When you go on tour with us, you can a quiet velour upholstered interior, truly relax about the price knowing restroom, television & more! that all meals and attractions are included. The only things you’ll need Local operations & fleet base money for are nightly dinner drinks Operational and mechanical backup is or souvenirs! vital in the outback, which is why we have a team of expert technicians and operation managers based locally and just a phone call away. Two scenic Unsurpassed access to spectacular locations heli flights included! No one has greater access to the remote Outback Spirit’s dry season Kimberley Kimberley than we do. Travel with us adventures are fully inclusive of two and you’ll see the most spectacular sensational helicopter flights. At the Mitchell parts of the Kimberley where many Plateau, enjoy a flight over the Mitchell Falls other operators simply can’t get to. and back to the start of the walking trail. In Purnululu National Park, take in the grandeur of the Bungle Bungles on a flight over Cathedral Gorge, the famous striped domes and the Bungle Bungle massif.
Freecall 1800 688 222 5 2020 Pre-release Offers SAVE $1850PP up to * HURRY! STRICTLY LIMITED AVAILABILITY MUST BOOK BY 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 PRE-RELEASE DISCOUNT EARLY PAYMENT INCENTIVE Save up to Save up to an $1500 per person + additional $350pp Book before our official brochure Pay your tour in full by is released to enjoy massive savings. 30 September 2019 and save even more Must book by 30 September 2019 off the price of your adventure + + Past Passenger Travel with friends & Loyalty Rewards Save even more! TRAVELLED DISCOUNT GROUP SIZE DISCOUNT Once Save $150pp 4 travellers Save $150pp 2 – 3 tours Save $250pp 5 – 7 travellers Save $200pp 4 or more tours Save $350pp 8 or more Please Enquire *Conditions Apply. Excludes Kimberley Cruising. Pre-release offers are available for bookings made on or before 30 September 2019 for travel in 2020. Discounts vary between months of travel. $1850 per person saving represents largest Pre-release offer for 2020 combined with Early Payment Incentive. All discounts can be combined. Call 1800 688 222 or visit www.outbackspirittours.com.au
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Exquisite Kimberley Adventure 16 DAYS | 15 NIGHTS BROOME – BROOME TOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Visit the Horizontal Falls by seaplane with exhilarating boat ride • Discover the Mitchell Plateau and spend 2 nights at our luxurious Ngauwudu Safari Camp • Enjoy a guided walk to Mitchell Falls via rarely seen Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries. Includes return scenic helicopter flight • Spend 3 nights at the iconic El Questro Wilderness Park and discover Chamberlain Gorge, Emma Gorge and Zebedee Thermal Springs • Discover the World Heritage Listed Bungles Bungles including Cathedral Gorge and Echidna Chasm. 18–minute scenic helicopter flight included • Cruise Geikie Gorge on the mighty Fitzroy River • Visit spectacular Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek National Parks • Enjoy an Ord River adventure cruise and learn about the Ord Irrigation Scheme • Travel the infamous Gibb River Road and visit Bell Gorge and Galvans Gorge • Enjoy an exclusive 2-night stay at Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary on the upper Fitzroy River, including 4WD sanctuary safari • Discover Kununurra and Wyndham including Five Rivers Lookout • Spend 2 nights in Broome at the 5-star Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa
9 Watch the video for this tour on our website ACCOMMODATION & ITINERARY SNAPSHOT DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION 1 Derby Spinifex Hotel 9 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 2 Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary Mornington Wilderness Camp 10 Kununurra Kununurra Country Club Resort 3 Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary Mornington Wilderness Camp 11 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 4 Drysdale River Station Drysdale River Station 12 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 5 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 13 Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River Lodge 6 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 14 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 7 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 15 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 8 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 16 Tour Concludes
10 outbackspirittours.com.au Two scenic heli-flights included! Exquisite Kimberley Adventure 16 DAYS | FULLY ACCOMMODATED | BROOME – BROOME Your Journey upper Fitzroy River, where we’ll enjoy a swim and a picnic lunch. This afternoon we return to the art galleries, accompanied by a local guide from Kandiwal Community. The walk also takes us past wilderness camp where the remainder of the day Mertens Falls before arriving at the top of the DAY 1 can be spent at your leisure. Tonight, enjoy an breathtaking Mitchell Falls, one of the most Your Adventure Begins in Broome outdoor slide show highlighting how AWC are awe-inspiring wonders of the Kimberley. Today you’ll be met at Broome airport* by your tackling some of the most significant ecological After time to admire the thunderous falls we’ll Outback Spirit Tour Driver. The adventure begins challenges in the Kimberley. Meals: B.L.D take to the skies for a scenic helicopter flight as we depart Broome for Derby, arriving late (included), which returns us to the start of the afternoon. Visit the Boab Prison Tree and Myalls DAY 4 walk. Viewing the falls from the air is a sensational Bore & Cattle Trough before checking in to the Galvans Gorge – Gibb River Rd – Drysdale experience. This afternoon we return to the camp 4-star Spinifex Hotel. Meals: D for a swim and well-earned rest. Meals: B.L.D This morning we return to the Gibb River Road *Please book flights to arrive by midday. before stopping to explore Galvans Gorge. Note: If you do not wish to tackle the walk, there Alternative pickup locations available. After a swim we’ll continue along the Gibb, is the option to fly down by helicopter with an heading past Mount Barnett and on to the Outback Spirit escort (cost approx. $160). DAY 2 Kalumburu Road where we begin heading north. Later this afternoon we arrive at Drysdale River DAY 7 Gibb River Road – Bell Gorge – Durack & Pentecost Rivers – El Questro Station, which runs 9000 head of cattle across Mornington more than 1 million acres. We spend the night Today we follow the Kalumburu Road back to Today we begin our journey along the infamous in top quality station cabins with private ensuite the Gibb. From here we head east and ford the Gibb River Road. Passing through the King bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D Durack River before arriving at the foothills of the Leopold Ranges, we arrive at spectacular Bell Cockburn Range. Admire the stunning vista in Gorge for a guided walk and swim. Then, it’s on DAY 5 the soft late afternoon light before crossing the to Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary, deep in the King Edward River – Mitchell Plateau mighty Pentecost River en route to Emma Gorge heart of the Kimberley on the upper Fitzroy River. Resort, part of El Questro Wilderness Park. Here Continue north this morning along the Once a dominant cattle station, this 800,000-acre we spend the next three nights in unique tented Kalumburu Road before turning off to the sanctuary is owned and operated by Australian safari cabins dotted through the bush. Meals: B.L.D Mitchell Plateau. Ford the King Edward River and Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and is one Australia's visit spectacular Wandjina rock art sites before largest non-government protected areas. passing through an ancient Livistona Palm forest. DAY 8 For the next two nights we stay in unique safari Chamberlain Gorge Cruise – Zebedee This afternoon we arrive on the Mitchell Plateau tents overlooking Annie Creek. Enjoy a few drinks Thermal Springs and check in to our exclusive Ngauwudu Safari around the campfire before dinner. Meals: B.L.D Camp, the most luxurious tented camp in the This morning we head deeper into El Questro Kimberley. Featuring deluxe safari suites with Wilderness Park to Chamberlain Gorge, a DAY 3 ensuite bathrooms, quality furnishings and large beautiful three-kilometre-long fresh waterhole Exploring Mornington balconies, the camp is a magical spot for the next bound by towering escarpment. Enjoy a tranquil Combined with the neighbouring Marion Downs, two nights of our adventure and the ideal base 90-minute cruise and feed some of the cheeky Charnley River/Artesian Range and Tableland from which to discover the Mitchell Plateau and Archerfish before heading to Zebedee Thermal Sanctuaries, AWC owns and/or manages a Mitchell Falls. This afternoon, take a dip in the Springs. Take a dip in the warm, crystal clear staggering 2.6 million acres in the Kimberley, giving camp’s private palm fringed waterhole or simply water surrounded by towering palms before threatened species like the iconic Northern Quoll relax in your safari suite. Enjoy a drink around lunch at the station township, the hub of and Gouldian Finch a fighting chance for survival. the campfire at sunset before retreating to the El Questro. We then return to Emma Gorge This morning, enjoy an informative ecology tour restaurant for dinner. Meals: B.L.D Resort, where the rest of the afternoon can be and discover why AWC is at the forefront of spent at your leisure. Meals: B.L.D protecting threatened species in the Kimberley. DAY 6 Exploring Punamii-Unpuu (Mitchell Falls) DAY 9 Then, head off and explore the sanctuary in our specially built open back safari vehicles. Today we explore the incredible 4-tiered Mitchell Wyndham – Five Rivers Lookout – Your guides will provide commentary on AWC’s Falls on a guided 4km walk, a true highlight Parry Lagoons – Emma Gorge Walk conservation programs, all whilst travelling of your adventure (good level of fitness and After breakfast we head to Wyndham for a visit through some of the most spectacular scenery mobility is required). Along the way we’ll discover to Five Rivers Lookout. At 330 metres high, the in the Kimberley. Visit Cadjeput waterhole on the rarely seen Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock views over Cambridge Gulf are extraordinary and
Freecall 1800 688 222 11 not to be missed! En route we’ll also visit Parry DAY 12 floodplain. We depart for Broome, arriving late Lagoons Nature Reserve, an important breeding Exploring Purnululu afternoon to check in to the iconic Cable Beach area for a vast array of birdlife. We then return Club Resort & Spa for two nights. Meals: B.L.D Today we explore the wonders of Purnululu, to El Questro for lunch, followed by a guided including its unique orange and black beehive DAY 15 walk to Emma Gorge (optional – good fitness shaped domes. First up, enjoy a breathtaking Horizontal Falls Seaplane and level required). Cool off in the serene waterhole 18-minute scenic helicopter flight (included) beneath a droplet waterfall before returning to over the park with a bird’s eye view of its Boat Adventure the resort late afternoon. Meals: B.L.D Our journey is ending on a high with a sensational astounding natural features. Afterwards, enjoy a walk along Piccaninny Creek to the mind boggling half day adventure to the Horizontal Falls. DAY 10 natural amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge. Then, Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of Kununurra – Lake Argyle – Ord River follow the ‘dome trail’ for a closer inspection of the greatest natural wonders of the world’, the Depart El Questro this morning and head to the Park’s unique geological formations. falls are created when the 2nd largest tides in the Kununurra. Enjoy some free time in the town world hurtle through two narrow coastal gorges. This afternoon we’ll head to the northern region centre before continuing up to Lake Argyle via of the Bungle Bungles to visit Echidna Chasm First, enjoy a 50-minute seaplane flight and the Durack Homestead Museum. After lunch, before returning to the lodge. Meals: B.L.D land on the calm waters of Talbot Bay in the we’ll board a sensational 3-hour cruise down Buccaneer Archipelago. Then, board the the Ord River with expert commentary about Please Note: If you’d prefer not to take the fastest boat in the Kimberley, ‘Jet-Stream’ for the river and Ord Irrigation Scheme. We arrive included scenic helicopter flight, you can an exhilarating ride through the Horizontal Falls. back in Kununurra at sunset and make our way remove it from your itinerary and will receive You’ll be awestruck at the power of the Kimberley to the Kununurra Country Club Resort for our a $299 price reduction on the tour fare. tides as your expert skipper gives you an overnight stay. Meals: B.L.D DAY 13 experience you’ll never forget. After returning to Broome, enjoy a town tour or relax and spend the Geikie Gorge and the Fitzroy River DAY 11 rest of the day at your leisure. Tonight, we gather Departing the Bungle Bungles, we pass through for our final dinner together and celebrate our Head to the Bungle Bungles Halls Creek and onto Fitzroy Crossing. Nature and adventure through the Kimberley. Meals: B.L.D This morning we enjoy a tour of Kununurra’s geology lovers will delight as we head into Geikie surrounding farming country. Drive through Gorge National Park for a 1-hour cruise on the Note: Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures parts of the massive Ord River Irrigation Scheme Fitzroy River, winding through ancient limestone operate tours in the morning and afternoon. AM on Ivanhoe Plains, where melons, mangoes, where fossils are embedded in the walls of the passengers are served breakfast. PM passengers sandalwood and other crops are grown. We then gorge. Retire for the night in Fitzroy Crossing at are served lunch. Conditions including a depart for the World Heritage Listed Purnululu the Fitzroy River Lodge. Meals: B.L.D passenger weight restriction of 120kg apply. National Park, arriving late afternoon. DAY 14 DAY 16 We’ll spend the next two nights at the Bungle Ending Where It All Began Bungle Savannah Lodge, owned by Outback Spirit Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge Enjoy breakfast and a leisurely morning at Cable in partnership with Aviair/HeliSpirit. The lodge This morning we visit Tunnel Creek National Beach Club Resort & Spa. We’ll then transfer features comfortable cabins with ensuite Park for a fascinating underground river walk, you to Broome airport for your flight home or bathrooms and a swimming pool. Meals: B.L.D before moving on to the awe-inspiring Windjana elsewhere in Broome. Bon Voyage! Meals: B Gorge. Enjoy a guided walk through the towering gorge, which rises more than 100m above the G HURRY! 2020 PRICING, DATES & PRE-RELEASE OFFERS Must book by 30 September to obtain pre-release offer! 16 DAYS | 15 NIGHTS 2020 DEPARTURE DATES PRE-RELEASE OFFER $11,895 per person twin share Less any discounts APR 27 SAVE $1200 per person $11,145 per person twin share excluding MAY 3 ‘Horizontal Falls Adventure’ MAY 13, 15, 19, 29, 31 Single Supplement: $2,095 Deposit required on booking: $1,500pp JUN 4, 14, 16, 20, 30 TOUR INCLUSIONS JUL 2, 6, 16, 18, 22, 28 SAVE $900 per person Small group size 20 AUG 1, 3, 7, 12, 17 All meals whilst on tour All attraction, entry and cruise fees AUG 19, 23 SAVE $1200 per person Two scenic helicopter flights SEP 2, 8, 16 SAVE $1500 per person 2 nights in Outback Spirit’s luxurious & exclusive Ngauwudu Safari Camp EARLY PAYMENT INCENTIVE 13 nights of exceptional hotel, Pay your tour in full by 30 September 2019 and save an additional $300 per person. resort, safari camp and lodge accommodation; all with ensuite bathroom facilities LOYALTY DISCOUNT GROUP DISCOUNT Travel aboard a state-of-the-art 5 star Travelled Discount Group size Discount 4WD Mercedes Benz vehicle Once Save $150pp 4 travellers Save $150pp Escorted by an experienced and 2-3 tours Save $250pp 5-7 travellers Save $200pp professional Tour Driver/Guide 4 or more tours Save $350pp 8 or more travellers Please enquire
Exquisite Kimberley & Cape Leveque Adventure 18 DAYS | 17 NIGHTS BROOME – BROOME TOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Spend 2 nights in unique Ocean View safari tents at Kooljaman Cape Leveque • Discover Beagle Bay, Ardyaloon & Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm • Visit the Horizontal Falls by seaplane with exhilarating boat ride • Discover the Mitchell Plateau and spend 2 nights at our luxurious Ngauwudu Safari Camp • Enjoy a guided walk to Mitchell Falls via rarely seen Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries. Includes return scenic helicopter flight • Spend 3 nights at the iconic El Questro Wilderness Park and discover Chamberlain Gorge, Emma Gorge and Zebedee Thermal Springs • Discover the World Heritage Listed Bungles Bungles including Cathedral Gorge and Echidna Chasm. 18–minute scenic helicopter flight included • Cruise Geikie Gorge on the mighty Fitzroy River • Visit spectacular Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek National Parks • Enjoy an Ord River adventure cruise and learn about the Ord Irrigation Scheme • Travel the infamous Gibb River Road and visit Bell Gorge and Galvans Gorge • Enjoy an exclusive 2-night stay at Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary on the upper Fitzroy River, including 4WD sanctuary safari • Discover Kununurra and Wyndham including Five Rivers Lookout • Spend 2 nights in Broome at the 5-star Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa
13 Watch the video for this tour on our website ACCOMMODATION & ITINERARY SNAPSHOT DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION 1 Cape Leveque Kooljaman Cape Leveque 10 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 2 Cape Leveque Kooljaman Cape Leveque 11 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 3 Derby Spinifex Hotel 12 Kununurra Kununurra Country Club Resort 4 Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary Mornington Wilderness Camp 13 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 5 Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary Mornington Wilderness Camp 14 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 6 Drysdale River Station Drysdale River Station 15 Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River Lodge 7 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 16 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 8 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 17 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 9 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 18 Tour Concludes
14 outbackspirittours.com.au Two scenic heli-flights included! Exquisite Kimberley & Cape Leveque Adventure 18 DAYS | FULLY ACCOMMODATED | BROOME – BROOME Your Journey sanctuary is owned and operated by Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and is one of Ford the King Edward River and visit spectacular Wandjina rock art sites before passing through Australia's largest non-government protected areas. an ancient Livistona Palm forest. This afternoon DAY 1 For the next two nights we stay in unique safari we arrive on the Mitchell Plateau and check in to Your Adventure Begins in Broome tents overlooking Annie Creek. Enjoy a few drinks our exclusive Ngauwudu Safari Camp, the most Today you’ll be met at the airport* by your Outback around the campfire before dinner. Meals: B.L.D luxurious tented camp in the Kimberley. Featuring Spirit Tour Driver. The adventure begins as we deluxe safari suites with ensuite bathrooms, head up the Dampier Peninsula and arrive at Cape DAY 5 quality furnishings and large balconies, the camp Leveque late this afternoon. Home for the next two Exploring Mornington is a magical spot for the next two nights of our nights will be Kooljaman Cape Leveque in ocean adventure and the ideal base from which to Combined with the neighbouring Marion Downs, view safari tents with ensuite bathrooms. This discover the Mitchell Plateau and Mitchell Falls. This Charnley River/Artesian Range and Tableland evening, get to know your travelling companions afternoon, take a dip in the camp’s private palm Sanctuaries, AWC owns and/or manages a over dinner in the lodge restaurant. Meals: D fringed waterhole or simply relax in your safari suite. staggering 2.6 million acres in the Kimberley, giving *Please book flights to arrive by midday. Enjoy a drink around the campfire at sunset before threatened species like the iconic Northern Quoll Alternative pickup locations available. retreating to the restaurant for dinner. Meals: B.L.D and Gouldian Finch a fighting chance for survival. This morning, enjoy an informative ecology tour DAY 8 DAY 2 and discover why AWC is at the forefront of Exploring Punamii-Unpuu (Mitchell Falls) Precious Pearls protecting threatened species in the Kimberley. We’re off exploring! First, head to Ardyaloon and Then, head off and explore the sanctuary in Today we explore the incredible 4-tiered Mitchell visit the Trochus Hatchery and Aquaculture Centre our specially built open back safari vehicles. Falls on a guided 4km walk, a true highlight of your to meet some of the incredible marine life of the Your guides will provide commentary on AWC’s adventure (good level of fitness and mobility is Dampier Peninsula. Then, it’s on to Australia’s conservation programs, all whilst travelling required). Along the way we’ll discover rarely seen oldest continuously operating pearl farm at Cygnet through some of the most spectacular scenery Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries, Bay. Enjoy a tour of the pearl farm, followed by in the Kimberley. Visit Cadjeput waterhole on the accompanied by a local guide from Kandiwal a highspeed adventure cruise showcasing the upper Fitzroy River, where we’ll enjoy a swim and Community. The walk also takes us past Mertens amazing Kimberley Coast. This afternoon we a picnic lunch. This afternoon we return to the Falls before arriving at the top of Mitchell Falls, return to Kooljaman and enjoy a magical sunset wilderness camp where the remainder of the day one of the most awe-inspiring wonders of the over Western Beach. Meals: B.L.D can be spent at your leisure. Tonight, enjoy an Kimberley. After time to admire the thunderous falls outdoor slide show highlighting how AWC are we’ll take to the skies for a scenic helicopter flight DAY 3 tackling some of the most significant ecological (included), which returns us to the start of the Beagle Bay – Derby challenges in the Kimberley. Meals: B.L.D walk. Viewing the falls from the air is a sensational Today the pace is a little more relaxed. Head back experience. This afternoon we return to the camp down the Dampier Peninsula and stop off at DAY 6 for a swim and a well-earned rest. Meals: B.L.D Beagle Bay, established in 1895 by Trappist monks. Galvans Gorge – Gibb River Rd – Drysdale Note: If you do not wish to tackle the walk, there Take in the stunning Mother of Pearl altar at the This morning we return to the Gibb River Road is the option to fly down by helicopter with an Sacred Heart Church before continuing on to before stopping to explore Galvans Gorge. Outback Spirit escort (cost approx. $160). Derby. After a visit to the Boab Prison Tree and After a swim we’ll continue along the Gibb, Myall’s Bore & Cattle Trough we’ll check in to the heading past Mount Barnett and on to the DAY 9 4-star Spinifex Hotel. Meals: B.L.D Kalumburu Road where we begin heading north. Durack & Pentecost Rivers – El Questro Later this afternoon we arrive at Drysdale River Today we retreat from the Mitchell Plateau and DAY 4 Station, which runs 9000 head of cattle across follow the Kalumburu Road back to the Gibb. Gibb River Rd – Bell Gorge – Mornington more than 1 million acres. We spend the night From here we head east and ford the Durack River Today we begin our journey along the infamous in top quality station cabins with private ensuite before arriving at the foothills of the Cockburn Gibb River Road. Passing through the King bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D Range. Admire the stunning vista in the soft Leopold Ranges, we arrive at spectacular Bell late afternoon light before crossing the mighty Gorge for a guided walk and swim. Then, it’s on DAY 7 Pentecost River en route to Emma Gorge Resort, to Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary, deep in the King Edward River – Mitchell Plateau part of El Questro Wilderness Park. Here we heart of the Kimberley on the upper Fitzroy River. Continue north this morning along the Kalumburu spend the next three nights in unique tented safari Once a dominant cattle station, this 800,000-acre Road before turning off to the Mitchell Plateau. cabins dotted through the bush. Meals: B.L.D
Freecall 1800 688 222 15 DAY 10 DAY 13 DAY 16 Chamberlain Gorge Cruise – Zebedee Head to the Bungle Bungles Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge Thermal Springs This morning we tour Kununurra’s surrounding This morning we visit Tunnel Creek National Park for This morning we head deeper into El Questro farming country. Drive through parts of the a fascinating underground river walk, before moving Wilderness Park to Chamberlain Gorge, a massive Ord River Irrigation Scheme on Ivanhoe on to the awe-inspiring Windjana Gorge. Enjoy a beautiful three-kilometre-long fresh waterhole Plains, where melons, mangoes, sandalwood and guided walk through the towering gorge, which bound by towering escarpment. Enjoy a tranquil other crops are grown. We then head for the rises more than 100 metres above the floodplain. 90-minute cruise and feed some of the cheeky World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park, We then depart for Broome, arriving late afternoon Archerfish before heading to Zebedee Thermal arriving late afternoon. We’ll spend the next two to check in to the iconic Cable Beach Club Resort Springs. Take a dip in the warm, crystal clear nights at the Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge, & Spa for our two-night stay. Meals: B.L.D water surrounded by towering palms before owned by Outback Spirit in partnership with Aviair/ lunch at the station township, the hub of HeliSpirit. The lodge features comfortable cabins DAY 17 El Questro. We then return to Emma Gorge with ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D Horizontal Falls by Seaplane & Boat Resort, where the rest of the afternoon can be Our journey is ending on a high with a sensational spent at your leisure. Meals: B.L.D DAY 14 half day adventure to the Horizontal Falls. Exploring Purnululu Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of DAY 11 the greatest natural wonders of the world’, the falls Wyndham – Five Rivers Lookout – Today we explore Purnululu, including its unique orange and black beehive shaped domes. are created when the 2nd largest tides in the world Parry Lagoons – Emma Gorge Walk First up, enjoy a breathtaking 18-minute scenic hurtle through two narrow coastal gorges. After breakfast we head to Wyndham for a visit helicopter flight (included) with a bird’s eye view First, enjoy a 50-minute seaplane flight and land to Five Rivers Lookout. At 330 metres high, the of its astounding natural features. Afterwards, on the calm waters of Talbot Bay in the Buccaneer views over Cambridge Gulf are extraordinary and walk along Piccaninny Creek to the mind boggling Archipelago. Then, board the fastest boat in the not to be missed! En route we’ll also visit Parry natural amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge. Then, Kimberley, ‘Jet-Stream’ for an exhilarating ride Lagoons Nature Reserve, an important breeding follow the ‘dome trail’ for a closer inspection through the Horizontal Falls - an experience you’ll area for a vast array of birdlife. We then return of the Park’s unique geological formations. never forget. After returning to Broome, enjoy a to El Questro for lunch, followed by a guided town tour or relax and spend the rest of the day at walk to Emma Gorge (optional – good fitness This afternoon we’ll visit Echidna Chasm before returning to the lodge. Meals: B.L.D your leisure. Tonight, we gather for our final dinner level required). Cool off in the serene waterhole together and celebrate our adventure through the beneath a droplet waterfall before returning to Please Note: If you’d prefer not to take the Kimberley. Meals: B.L.D the resort late afternoon. Meals: B.L.D included scenic helicopter flight, you can Note: Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures remove it from your itinerary and will receive a DAY 12 $299 price reduction on the tour fare. operate tours in the morning and afternoon. AM Kununurra – Lake Argyle – Ord River passengers are served breakfast. PM passengers DAY 15 are served lunch. Conditions including a Depart El Questro this morning and head to passenger weight restriction of 120kg apply. Kununurra. Enjoy some free time in the town Geikie Gorge and the Fitzroy River centre before continuing up to Lake Argyle via Departing the Bungle Bungles, we pass through DAY 18 the Durack Homestead Museum. After lunch, Halls Creek and onto Fitzroy Crossing. Nature and we’ll board a sensational 3-hour cruise down Ending Where It All Began geology lovers will delight as we head into Geikie the Ord River with expert commentary about Enjoy breakfast and a leisurely morning at Cable Gorge National Park for a 1-hour cruise on the the river and Ord Irrigation Scheme. We arrive Beach Club Resort & Spa. We’ll then transfer Fitzroy River, winding through ancient limestone back in Kununurra at sunset and make our way you to Broome airport for your flight home, or where fossils are embedded in the walls of the to the Kununurra Country Club Resort for our elsewhere in Broome. Bon Voyage! Meals: B gorge. Retire for the night in Fitzroy Crossing at overnight stay. Meals: B.L.D the Fitzroy River Lodge. Meals: B.L.D G HURRY! 2020 PRICING, DATES & PRE-RELEASE OFFERS Must book by 30 September to obtain pre-release offer! 18 DAYS | 17 NIGHTS 2020 DEPARTURE DATES PRE-RELEASE OFFER $12,895 per person twin share Less any discounts APR 27 SAVE $1200 per person $12,145 per person twin share excluding MAY 3 ‘Horizontal Falls Adventure’ MAY 15, 23 Single Supplement: $2,295 JUN 4, 22, 24 Deposit required on booking: $1,750pp JUL 10, 22 SAVE $900 per person TOUR INCLUSIONS Small group size 20 AUG 8 All meals whilst on tour AUG 25, 27 SAVE $1200 per person All attraction, entry and cruise fees SEP 2 SAVE $1500 per person Two scenic helicopter flights 2 nights in Outback Spirit’s luxurious EARLY PAYMENT INCENTIVE & exclusive Ngauwudu Safari Camp Pay your tour in full by 30 September 2019 and save an additional $350 per person. 15 nights of exceptional hotel, resort, safari camp and lodge accommodation; LOYALTY DISCOUNT GROUP DISCOUNT all with ensuite bathroom facilities Travelled Discount Group size Discount Travel aboard a state-of-the-art 5 star Once Save $150pp 4 travellers Save $150pp 4WD Mercedes Benz vehicle 2-3 tours Save $250pp 5-7 travellers Save $200pp Escorted by an experienced and 4 or more tours Save $350pp 8 or more travellers Please enquire professional Tour Driver/Guide
Jewels of the Kimberley 13 DAYS | 12 NIGHTS BROOME – DARWIN (AND VICE VERSA) TOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Take a Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventure with a jet-boat ride through the Falls • Discover the Mitchell Plateau and spend 2 nights at our luxurious Ngauwudu Safari Camp • View ancient Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries on a guided walk to the Mitchell Falls. Return scenic helicopter flight included • Spend 2 nights at the iconic El Questro Wilderness Park and discover Chamberlain Gorge, Emma Gorge and Zebedee Thermal Springs • Cruise the Ord River and learn about the Ord Irrigation Scheme • Discover the World Heritage Listed Bungles Bungles including Cathedral Gorge and Echidna Chasm. 18–minute scenic helicopter flight included • Cruise Geikie Gorge on the Fitzroy River • Visit spectacular Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Creek National Parks • Spend 2 nights in Broome at the 5-star Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa • Explore Kununurra and Wyndham including a visit to Five Rivers Lookout • Travel the infamous Gibb River Road
17 Watch the video for this tour on our website ACCOMMODATION & ITINERARY SNAPSHOT DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION 1 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 8 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 2 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 9 Drysdale River Station Drysdale River Station 3 Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River Lodge 10 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 4 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 11 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 5 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 12 Darwin DoubleTree by Hilton 6 Kununurra Kununurra Country Club Resort 13 Tour Concludes 7 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort
18 outbackspirittours.com.au Two scenic heli-flights included! Jewels of The Kimberley 13 DAYS | FULLY ACCOMMODATED | BROOME – DARWIN (AND VICE VERSA) Your Journey DAY 3 Broome – Derby – Windjana Gorge – natural amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge. Then, follow the ‘dome trail’ for a closer inspection of Fitzroy Crossing the Park’s unique geological formations. DAY 1 Today we depart Broome and head for Derby. This afternoon we’ll head to the northern region Your Adventure Begins in Broome of the Bungle Bungles to visit Echidna Chasm Enjoy a look around town and visit the Boab Today you’ll be met upon your arrival at Broome before returning to the lodge. Meals: B.L.D Prison Tree before joining the start of the airport by your Outback Spirit tour driver. Gibb River Road. From here we travel east before Please Note: If you’d prefer not to take the From here, we’ll head to the iconic Cable Beach turning off the Gibb and heading into Windjana included scenic helicopter flight, you can Club Resort & Spa and check in to our luxurious remove it from your itinerary and will receive a Gorge, one of the most spectacular gorges in the garden view rooms, our home for the next two $299 price reduction on the tour fare. Kimberley. In places, the water-streaked walls of nights. Enjoy a free afternoon to settle in before the gorge rise majestically to stand 100 metres a welcome dinner at the Sunset Bar and Grill. DAY 6 above the floodplain. Your guide will take you on Meals: D a walk through the Gorge and give you an insight North to Wyndham & Kununurra into the history and geology of the area. Today we farewell the Bungle Bungles and DAY 2 This afternoon we visit Tunnel Creek National travel north to Wyndham. Enjoy a visit to the Horizontal Falls Seaplane and spectacular Five Rivers Lookout, with dramatic Park, where you can take a fascinating Boat Adventure underground river walk. We then continue to views over Cambridge Gulf. After a picnic lunch Our journey starts on a high with a sensational Fitzroy Crossing, arriving late-afternoon where we we make our way to Kununurra and check in to half day adventure to the Horizontal Falls. check in to the Fitzroy River Lodge. Meals: B.L.D the centrally located Kununurra Country Club for Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of our overnight stay. The rest of the afternoon can the greatest natural wonders of the world’, the DAY 4 be spent at your leisure. Meals: B.L.D falls are created when the 2nd largest tides in the Geikie Gorge – Halls Creek – DAY 7 world hurtle through two narrow coastal gorges. Bungle Bungles Ord River Cruise – El Questro First, enjoy a 50-minute seaplane flight and Nature and geology lovers will delight as we head This morning we head to the banks of the Ord land on the calm waters of Talbot Bay in the into Geikie Gorge National Park for a 1-hour River to board our sensational 3-hour cruise up Buccaneer Archipelago. Then, board the cruise on the Fitzroy River, winding through the Ord River. Enjoy the mesmerising scenery and fastest boat in the Kimberley, ‘Jet-Stream’ for ancient limestone where fossils are embedded diverse wildlife as your skipper takes you upstream an exhilarating ride through the Horizontal in the walls of the gorge. Then, return to Fitzroy to Lake Argyle, with expert commentary along Falls. You’ll be awestruck at the power of the Crossing before heading further east to Halls the way. Once we reach the dam wall we’ll board Kimberley tides as your expert skipper gives you Creek. After lunch we continue along the Great our coach and return to Kununurra by road, an experience you’ll never forget. We’ll also cruise Northern Highway before taking the turnoff in stopping off at the Durack Homestead Museum some of the surrounding bays and creeks and to the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National along the way. have a bite to eat on a commercial houseboat Park (the Bungle Bungles). Enjoy two nights at before returning to Broome. Upon arriving back in Kununurra we’ll enjoy some the Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge, owned by This afternoon, enjoy a Broome town tour or lunch before taking a tour of the surrounding Outback Spirit in partnership with Aviair/HeliSpirit. farming country. Drive through parts of the relax and spend the rest of the day at your leisure. The lodge features comfortable cabins with Tonight, gather for dinner again at the Sunset massive Ord River Irrigation Scheme before ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D departing Kununurra for El Questro Wilderness Bar & Grill. Meals: B.L.D Park. Located at the base of the Cockburn Range, Note: Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures DAY 5 our home for the next two nights is Emma Gorge operate tours in the morning and afternoon. Exploring Purnululu Resort where we stay in unique tented cabins. AM passengers will be served breakfast. Meals: B.L.D Today we explore the wonders of Purnululu, PM passengers will be served lunch. including its unique orange and black beehive Conditions including a passenger weight DAY 8 shaped domes. First up, enjoy a breathtaking restriction of 120kg apply. Exploring El Questro 18-minute scenic helicopter flight (included) over the park with a bird’s eye view of its This morning we head deeper into this iconic astounding natural features. Afterwards, walk Kimberley wilderness park to Chamberlain Gorge, along Piccaninny Creek to the mind boggling a beautiful fresh waterhole bound by towering
Freecall 1800 688 222 19 escarpment. Enjoy a 90-minute cruise and feed Built exclusively for Outback Spirit guests, it’s truly After a picnic lunch and enough time to admire some of the cheeky Archerfish before returning a magical spot to spend the next two nights of the falls we’ll take to the skies for a spectacular to Emma Gorge Resort via the Station township. our adventure and the ideal base from which to helicopter flight (included) back to where the After lunch, enjoy a guided walk up to stunning discover the Mitchell Plateau and Mitchell Falls. walk started. Viewing the falls and surrounding Emma Gorge (Optional – good fitness level This afternoon, take a dip in the camp’s private landscape from the air is an absolute highlight, required). Cool off in the serene waterhole palm fringed waterhole or simply relax in your and a great way to finish off the experience! beneath a droplet waterfall before returning to safari suite. Enjoy a drink around the campfire Once we’re on the ground at the ranger station, the resort late afternoon. Meals: B.L.D at sunset before retreating to the restaurant we return to the camp for a swim and well- for dinner. Meals: B.L.D earned rest. Meals: B.L.D DAY 9 Note: If you do not wish to tackle the walk, there Zebedee Springs – Gibb River Road - DAY 11 is the option to fly down by helicopter with an Drysdale Exploring Punamii-Unpuu (Mitchell Falls) Outback Spirit escort (cost approx. $160). You’d be hard pressed to find a better way to start A big walk today, but a big highlight! After a short drive to the ranger station we’ll set off DAY 12 the day than a swim in the warm, crystal clear waters of Zebedee Thermal Springs. We’ll spend a on a guided 4km walking tour to the incredible Scenic Flight to Darwin relaxing morning here before heading west along 4-tiered Mitchell Falls (good level of fitness and This morning we head to the Mitchell Plateau the Gibb River Road. Cross the mighty Pentecost mobility is required). Along the way we’ll discover airstrip and board our state-of-the-art Cessna and Durack Rivers and continue past Ellenbrae rarely seen Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art Grand Caravan for the scenic flight to Darwin. Station to the ‘Y” junction. From here we follow galleries, accompanied by a local expert guide We’ll fly east to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf before the Kalumburu Road north to Drysdale River from Kandiwal Community. The walk also takes hugging the coastline to Darwin, arriving early Station, which runs 9000 head of cattle across us past Mertens Falls before arriving at the top in the afternoon. We then check in to the more than 1 million acres. We spend the night of Mitchell Falls, one of the most awe-inspiring DoubleTree by Hilton on the Esplanade, here in top quality station cabins with private wonders of the Kimberley. where the rest of the afternoon can be spent ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D at your leisure. Tonight, enjoy our final dinner together at DAY 10 Char Restaurant, the perfect spot to celebrate King Edward River – Mitchell Plateau our Kimberley Adventure. Meals: B.L.D This morning we continue north along the Kalumburu Road before turning onto the Mitchell DAY 13 Plateau track. After fording the King Edward River Tour concludes we’ll visit a series of spectacular Wandjina rock Today your tour concludes. You may wish to join art galleries, known as some of the best in the us for a town tour, including a visit to the Defence Kimberley. After a picnic lunch we drive through of Darwin Experience at East Point. Alternatively, an ancient Livistona Palm forest before arriving on you can spend the morning at your leisure. the Mitchell Plateau mid-afternoon. You will be transferred to the airport in time for Featuring deluxe Safari Suites with ensuite your return flights, or to your accommodation bathrooms, quality furnishings and large if staying on in Darwin. Bon Voyage! Meals: B balconies, Outback Spirit’s Ngauwudu Safari Camp is the most luxurious and spacious accommodation on the Mitchell Plateau. G HURRY! 2020 PRICING, DATES & PRE-RELEASE OFFERS Must book by 30 September to obtain pre-release offer! 13 DAYS | 12 NIGHTS 2020 DEPARTURE DATES PRE-RELEASE OFFER $10,695 per person twin share Less any discounts APR 28* SAVE $1000 per person $9,945 per person twin share excluding MAY 16 ‘Horizontal Falls Adventure’ Single Supplement: $1,595 JUN 3, 13* SAVE $800 per person Deposit required on booking: $1,500pp JUL 3, 13*, 29* TOUR INCLUSIONS AUG 18* SAVE $1000 per person Small group size 20 All meals whilst on tour SEP 1 SAVE $1200 per person All attraction, entry and cruise fees NOTE: Departures with an * next to them operate in the opposite direction. Reverse itinerary available on request. Two scenic helicopter flights EARLY PAYMENT INCENTIVE 2 nights in Outback Spirit’s luxurious & exclusive Ngauwudu Safari Camp Pay your tour in full by 30 September 2019 and save an additional $300 per person. 10 nights of exceptional hotel, resort, safari camp and lodge accommodation; LOYALTY DISCOUNT GROUP DISCOUNT all with ensuite bathroom facilities Travelled Discount Group size Discount Travel aboard a state-of-the-art 5 star Once Save $150pp 4 travellers Save $150pp 4WD Mercedes Benz vehicle 2-3 tours Save $250pp 5-7 travellers Save $200pp Escorted by an experienced and 4 or more tours Save $350pp 8 or more travellers Please enquire professional Tour Driver/Guide
Jewels of the Kimberley & Faraway Bay 15 DAYS | 14 NIGHTS BROOME – DARWIN (AND VICE VERSA) TOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Enjoy a marine adventure to the spectacular King George Falls • Spend 2 nights at the exclusive Faraway Bay on the North Kimberley Coast • Take a Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventure with a jet-boat ride through the Falls • Discover the Mitchell Plateau and spend 2 nights at our luxurious Ngauwudu Safari Camp • View ancient Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries on a guided walk to the Mitchell Falls. Return scenic helicopter flight included • Spend 2 nights at the iconic El Questro Wilderness Park and discover Chamberlain Gorge, Emma Gorge and Zebedee Thermal Springs • Cruise the Ord River and learn about the Ord Irrigation Scheme • Spend 2 nights in the World Heritage Listed Bungles Bungles including Cathedral Gorge and Echidna Chasm. 18–minute scenic helicopter flight included • Cruise Geikie Gorge on the Fitzroy River • Visit spectacular Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Creek National Parks • Spend 2 nights in Broome at the 5-star Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa • Explore Kununurra and Wyndham including a visit to Five Rivers Lookout • Travel the infamous Gibb River Road
21 Watch the video for this tour on our website ACCOMMODATION & ITINERARY SNAPSHOT DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION 1 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 9 Drysdale River Station Drysdale River Station 2 Broome Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa 10 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 3 Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River Lodge 11 Mitchell Plateau Ngauwudu Safari Camp 4 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 12 Faraway Bay Faraway Bay 5 The Bungle Bungles Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge 13 Faraway Bay Faraway Bay 6 Kununurra Kununurra Country Club Resort 14 Darwin DoubleTree by Hilton 7 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort 15 Tour Concludes 8 El Questro Wilderness Park Emma Gorge Resort
22 outbackspirittours.com.au Two scenic heli-flights included! Jewels of The Kimberley & Faraway Bay 15 DAYS | FULLY ACCOMMODATED | BROOME – DARWIN (AND VICE VERSA) Your Journey you an insight into the history and geology of the area. This afternoon we visit Tunnel Creek DAY 7 Ord River Cruise – El Questro National Park, where you can take a fascinating DAY 1 This morning we head to the banks of the Ord underground river walk. We then continue to Your Adventure Begins in Broome River to board our sensational 3-hour cruise up Fitzroy Crossing, arriving late-afternoon where we the Ord River. Enjoy the mesmerising scenery and Today you’ll be met upon your arrival at Broome check in to the Fitzroy River Lodge. Meals: B.L.D diverse wildlife as your skipper takes you upstream airport by your Outback Spirit tour driver. DAY 4 to Lake Argyle, with expert commentary along From here, we’ll head to the iconic Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa and check in to our luxurious Geikie Gorge – Halls Creek – Purnululu the way. Once we reach the dam wall we’ll board garden view rooms - home for the next two our coach and return to Kununurra by road, Nature and geology lovers will delight as we head nights. Enjoy a free afternoon to settle in before a stopping off at the Durack Homestead Museum into Geikie Gorge National Park for a 1-hour welcome dinner at the Sunset Bar & Grill. Meals: D along the way. Upon arriving back in Kununurra cruise on the Fitzroy River, winding through we’ll enjoy some lunch before taking a tour of the ancient limestone where fossils are embedded DAY 2 in the walls of the gorge. Then, return to Fitzroy surrounding farming country. Drive through parts Horizontal Falls by Seaplane & Boat of the massive Ord River Irrigation Scheme before Crossing before heading further east to Halls Our journey starts on a high with a sensational half departing Kununurra for El Questro Wilderness Creek. After lunch we continue along the Great day adventure to the Horizontal Falls. Described Northern Highway to the World Heritage Listed Park. Located at the base of the Cockburn Range, by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of the greatest Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles). Enjoy our home for the next two nights is Emma Gorge natural wonders of the world’, the falls are created two nights at the Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge, Resort where we stay in unique tented cabins. when the 2nd largest tides in the world hurtle Meals: B.L.D owned by Outback Spirit in partnership with through two narrow coastal gorges. Aviair/HeliSpirit. The lodge features comfortable DAY 8 First, enjoy a 50-minute seaplane flight and land cabins with ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D Exploring El Questro on the calm waters of Talbot Bay in the Buccaneer Archipelago. Then, board the fastest boat in the DAY 5 This morning we head deeper into this iconic Exploring Purnululu Kimberley wilderness park to Chamberlain Gorge, Kimberley, ‘Jet-Stream’ for an exhilarating ride Today we explore the wonders of Purnululu. a beautiful fresh waterhole bound by towering through the Horizontal Falls. You’ll be awestruck First up, enjoy a breathtaking 18-minute scenic escarpment. Enjoy a 90-minute cruise and feed at the power of the Kimberley tides as your expert skipper gives you an experience you’ll never forget. heli-flight (included) over the park with a bird’s eye some of the cheeky Archerfish before returning After returning to Broome, enjoy a town tour or view of its astounding natural features. Afterwards, to Emma Gorge Resort via the Station township. relax and spend the rest of the day at your leisure. walk along Piccaninny Creek to the mind boggling After lunch, enjoy a guided walk up to stunning Tonight, gather for dinner again at the Sunset natural amphitheatre of Cathedral Gorge. Then, Emma Gorge (Optional – good fitness level Bar & Grill. Meals: B.L.D follow the ‘dome trail’ for a closer inspection of required). Cool off in the serene waterhole the Park’s unique geological formations. beneath a droplet waterfall before returning to Note: Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures the resort late afternoon. Meals: B.L.D operate tours in the morning and afternoon. AM This afternoon we’ll head to the northern region passengers are served breakfast. PM passengers of the Bungle Bungles to visit Echidna Chasm DAY 9 are served lunch. Conditions including a before returning to the lodge. Meals: B.L.D Zebedee – Gibb River Road – Drysdale passenger weight restriction of 120kg apply. Please Note: Your scenic helicopter flight can be You’d be hard pressed to find a better way to start removed from your itinerary and you will receive DAY 3 the day than a swim in the warm, crystal clear a $299 price reduction on the tour fare. Broome – Derby – Windjana Gorge – waters of Zebedee Thermal Springs. We’ll spend a DAY 6 relaxing morning here before heading west along Fitzroy Crossing North to Wyndham & Kununurra the Gibb River Road. Cross the mighty Pentecost Today we depart Broome and head for Derby. and Durack Rivers and continue past Ellenbrae Enjoy a look around town and visit the Boab Prison Today we farewell the Bungle Bungles and Station to the ‘Y” junction. From here we follow Tree before joining the start of the Gibb River Road. travel north to Wyndham. Enjoy a visit to the the Kalumburu Road north to Drysdale River From here we travel east before turning off the spectacular Five Rivers Lookout, with dramatic Station, which runs 9000 head of cattle across Gibb and heading into Windjana Gorge, one of views over Cambridge Gulf. After a picnic lunch more than 1 million acres. We spend the night the most spectacular gorges in the Kimberley. In we make our way to Kununurra and check in to here in top quality station cabins with private places, the water-streaked walls rise majestically to the centrally located Kununurra Country Club for ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D stand 100 metres above the floodplain. Your guide our overnight stay. The rest of the afternoon can will take you on a walk through the Gorge and give be spent at your leisure. Meals: B.L.D
Freecall 1800 688 222 23 DAY 10 Note: If you do not wish to tackle the walk, there Along the coast to the King George River we King Edward River – Mitchell Plateau is the option to fly down by helicopter with an travel past Koolama Bay where the merchant Outback Spirit escort (cost approx. $160). vessel ‘Koolama’ was bombed by the Japanese This morning we continue north along the during World War II. Hear about the amazing Kalumburu Road before turning onto the Mitchell DAY 12 story of survival and mutiny, and the untimely Plateau track. After fording the King Edward River Mitchell Plateau – Faraway Bay and unfortunate end to the ‘Koolama’. we’ll visit a series of spectacular Wandjina rock This morning we head to the airstrip and board When we get to the entrance of the King art galleries, known as some of the best in the Outback Spirit’s state-of-the-art Cessna Grand George River, you can’t help but feel dwarfed by Kimberley. After a picnic lunch we drive through Caravan for the scenic flight to Faraway Bay. the towering red rocky cliffs rising high above an ancient Livistona Palm forest before arriving on Viewing the Kimberley coast from the air is a us. From here, we’ll meander up-river to the the Mitchell Plateau mid-afternoon. highlight, and this morning’s flight will take us incredible Falls, and if conditions permit you’ll be Featuring deluxe Safari Suites with ensuite over Admiralty Gulf and Vansittart Bay. We then able to take an invigorating waterfall shower as bathrooms, quality furnishings and large balconies, land at Faraway Bay, the northernmost lodge in the boat edges to within metres of the rock face. Outback Spirit’s Ngauwudu Safari Camp is the Western Australia. We spend the next two nights After some time to soak up the spellbinding Falls, most luxurious and spacious accommodation in rustic yet comfortable cabins featuring ensuite we’ll start heading back to the lodge. Enjoy some on the Mitchell Plateau. Built exclusively for bathrooms and stunning views of the bay. fishing on the way and keep an eye out for other Outback Spirit guests, it’s truly a magical spot to Faraway Bay is an award-winning coastal lodge marine life including crocodiles, dolphins, dugong spend the next two nights of our adventure and nestled on a rocky hilltop overlooking the and manta rays to name just a few. Meals: B.L.D the ideal base from which to discover the Mitchell turquoise Timor Sea. Located 280 kilometres Plateau and Mitchell Falls. This afternoon, take a north-west of Kununurra, this far north area of DAY 14 dip in the camp’s private palm fringed waterhole Western Australia is a remote and spellbinding Scenic Flight to Darwin or simply relax in your safari suite. Enjoy a drink part of the Kimberley. With King George Falls just a Today we farewell the Kimberley and board our around the campfire at sunset before retreating to short boat trip away, this unique wilderness retreat aircraft for the scenic flight to Darwin. See King the restaurant for dinner. Meals: B.L.D offers an experience you will never forget. George Falls from the air before heading east to This afternoon we’ll head out barramundi Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. From here we’ll hug the DAY 11 coastline to Darwin, arriving early in the afternoon. Exploring Punamii-Unpuu (Mitchell Falls) fishing and sightseeing in this sensational coastal environment. We then return for sunset drinks We then check in to the DoubleTree by Hilton on Today we explore the incredible 4-tiered Mitchell and dinner in Eagle Lodge. Meals: B.L.D the Esplanade, where the rest of the afternoon can Falls on a guided 4km walk, a true highlight of your be spent at your leisure. Tonight, enjoy our final adventure (good level of fitness and mobility is DAY 13 dinner together at Char Restaurant, the perfect spot required). Along the way we’ll discover rarely seen King George Falls Marine Adventure to celebrate our Kimberley Adventure. Meals: B.L.D Gwion Gwion and Wandjina rock art galleries, It's now time for one of the major highlights of accompanied by a local guide from Kandiwal your adventure: King George Falls. After breakfast DAY 15 Community. The walk also takes us past Mertens made with produce from the Ord River region, Tour concludes Falls before arriving at the top of the breathtaking we’ll head off with the lodge’s expert skipper for Today your tour concludes. You may wish to join Mitchell Falls, one of the most awe-inspiring an unforgettable marine adventure. The King us for a town tour, including a visit to the Defence wonders of the Kimberley. After time to admire George River is one of WA’s most magnificent of Darwin Experience at East Point. Alternatively, the thunderous falls we’ll take to the skies for a treasures, famous for its enormous twin waterfalls you can spend the morning at your leisure. scenic helicopter flight (included), which returns that stand over 70m high and descend into the You will be transferred to the airport in time for us to the start of the walk. Viewing the falls from Timor Sea. From a cultural point of view, the river your return flights, or to your accommodation the air is a sensational experience. This afternoon is highly significant to the Balanggarra people. if staying on in Darwin. Bon Voyage! Meals: B we return to the camp for a swim and a well- To them the twin falls are the male and female earned rest. Meals: B.L.D Wunkurr (Rainbow Serpents). G HURRY! 2020 PRICING, DATES & PRE-RELEASE OFFERS Must book by 30 September to obtain pre-release offer! 15 DAYS | 14 NIGHTS 2020 DEPARTURE DATES PRE-RELEASE OFFER $12,595 per person twin share Less any discounts APR 26* SAVE $1200 per person $11,845 per person twin share excluding MAY 16 ‘Horizontal Falls Adventure’ Single Supplement: $2,095 JUN 3, 11* SAVE $900 per person Deposit required on booking: $1,750pp JUL 3, 11*, 27* TOUR INCLUSIONS AUG 16* SAVE $1200 per person Small group size 20 All meals whilst on tour SEP 1 SAVE $1400 per person NOTE: Departures with an * next to them operate in the opposite direction. Reverse itinerary available on request. All attraction, entry and cruise fees Two scenic helicopter flights EARLY PAYMENT INCENTIVE 2 nights in Outback Spirit’s luxurious & exclusive Ngauwudu Safari Camp Pay your tour in full by 30 September 2019 and save an additional $350 per person. 12 nights of exceptional hotel, resort, safari camp and lodge accommodation; LOYALTY DISCOUNT GROUP DISCOUNT all with ensuite bathroom facilities Travelled Discount Group size Discount Travel aboard a state-of-the-art 5 star 4WD Mercedes Benz vehicle Once Save $150pp 4 travellers Save $150pp 2-3 tours Save $250pp 5-7 travellers Save $200pp Escorted by an experienced and 4 or more tours Save $350pp 8 or more travellers Please enquire professional Tour Driver/Guide
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