Compare Darwin to Broome 4WD Overland by Adventure Tours Australia

Day 1: Darwin to the Katherine Region
This overland adventure kicks off from the Northern Territory’s tropical capital with a drive south to Nitmiluk National Park. Depending on the season, your adventure will get underway with a swim in the natural pool by the base of Edith Falls or an optional cruise through the croc-filled waters of Katherine Gorge. After lunch it’s on to our private campsite on the edge of Nitmiluk, where you have the option of spending the night in a permanent tent or snuggled up in a swag (an Aussie bedroll).

Note: Total driving time today is around four hours. Total walking distance is approximately two kilometers.

Accommodation
Permanent tented camp (with shared facilities) (1 night)

Meals Included
Lunch
Dinner

Day 2: Lake Angle
The Outback of the Kimberley region, which spreads across the northern region of Western Australia, is not as flat, dry and barren as many first expect. Today we’ll visit enormous Lake Argyle, which looks perfectly at home despite being entirely man- made. You have the option of taking a cruise and looking for native fauna have settled here in huge numbers – try to spy crocs, wallabies and rare birds. Soak up the backdrop of mountains-turned-islands as we explore some of the 700 square kilometer surface of the lake, then turn into camp under some seriously starry skies.

Note: Total driving time today is around six-and-a-half hours. Total walking distance
is approximately 2-4 kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with facilities) (1 night)

Optional Activities
Lake Argyle Cruise - AUD90

Included Activities
Lake Argyle

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 3: Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle Ranges)
The distinctive sandstone towers of the Bungle Bungle Range only became known to wide Australia when a group of documentary filmmakers stumbled across them in 1982. Traveling by both foot and vehicle, we’ll take you through the craggy gorges, past unique rock formations, and to hidden waterholes. The day closes with a stunning Kimberley sunset witnessed from this evening’s bush camp.

Note: Total driving today is around five-and-a-half hours. Total walking distance is approximately five kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with basic facilities) (1 night)

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 4: The Bungle Bungles
Today’s all about getting to know the Bungle Bungles proper. First stop for the day is the ever-narrowing gap of Echidna Chasm. Formed over millions of years by water flowing through an opening in the sandstone, the path winds through palm-filled gorges up to 200 meters high though in parts only 1-2 meters wide. Next, trade the tight spaces of Echidna Chasm for the wide-open natural amphitheater of Cathedral Gorge. From feeling dwarfed by these giant rock structures, get a very different perspective with a helicopter flight over the Bungle Bungles. Though an optional activity at extra cost, this is definitely an experience worth shelling out for.

Note: Total driving time today is around one hour. Total walking distance is approximately five kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with basic facilities) (1 night)

Optional Activities
Helicopter Flight - Bungle Bungles - from - AUD350

Included Activities
Cathedral Gorge Walk (Bungle Bungle)
Echidna Chasm Walk

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 5: Bungle Bungles and El Questro
Hit the road again, this time passing Warmun (Turkey Creek) and the Durack Ranges on the way to El Questro. Not too long ago, it was mostly cattle that got to enjoy the million-acre sprawl of El Questro. Thankfully for the rest of us, the owners recognized the beauty they had on their hands and turned it into a wilderness park in 1991. Arriving at our campsite, there’ll be time for a beer or two at the Swinging Arm Bar before dinner.

Note: Total driving time today is around three hours. Total walking distance is approximately six kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with facilities) (1 night)

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 6: El Questro Station
At more than one and a half times the size of the UK, there are plenty of scenic spots to explore in El Questro. On the drive in you will have got some clue as to the huge cliffs, deep gorges, waterfalls and swimming holes contained in the Cockburn Ranges, but now you’ll be exploring them on foot. Walk to Emma Gorge, cool off in a waterfall-fed subtropical pool and bliss out in the thermal springs of Zebedee.

Note: Total driving time today is around 45 minutes. Total walking distance is up to seven kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with facilities) (1 night)

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 7: Gibb River Road
Fording rivers and weaving through gorges, travel by 4WD along the wild Gibb River Road – a 600-kilometre stretch that winds right through the heart of the Kimberley. We’ve got a fair bit of ground to cover today, so there is a fair bit of drive time, but we’ll be breaking the journey up with lunch and at a few stop-offs along the way. Tonight’s camp is at Mt Barnett station located very close to Manning Gorge.

Note: Total driving time today is around five hours. Total walking distance is approximately two kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with basic facilities) (1 night)

Included Activities
Gibb River Road

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 8: Manning Gorge and Windjana Gorge
We spend the morning exploring the stunning Manning Gorge and enjoy a swim in the pools under Manning Falls. Depending on the season, post-lunch we spend the afternoon exploring Adcock or Galvans gorge before making our way to Silent Grove and setting up camp for the night.

Note: Total driving time today is around two hours. Total walking distance is approximately 6-8 kilometers.

Accommodation
Camping (with basic facilities) (1 night)

Included Activities
Manning Gorge
Galvans Gorge
Adcock Gorge

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 9: Bell Gorge
The western Kimberley region is full of endless stunning gorges that have to be explored and this morning is no exception. After breakfast we adventure to Bell Gorge home to a stunning cascade of water flowing from the previous wet season rains that fall in the King Leopold Ranges. The afternoon sees us head to Windjana Gorge, a segment of 375 million-year-old reef that was once underwater. Cut through by the Lennard River, which runs during the wet season then breaks up into little billabongs during the dry, this gorge attracts many species of bird and bat and is a great spot to see wild freshwater crocodiles.

Note: Total driving time today is around 2.5 hours. Total walking distance is approximately four to six kilometers.

Included Activities
Windjana Gorge
Bell Gorge

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 10: Broome
Begin the day exploring the Napier Range. The major attraction here is Tunnel Creek, an extensive limestone cave system that extends 750 m underground. Inside, shards of sunlight stream in through crevices, little bats flutter about and enormous stalactites rear down from the ceiling. In the late 1800s, an indigenous man called Jandamarra waged a one-man uprising against European settlers, becoming a hero to his people. You’ll hear a bit about his legacy during a tour through Tunnel Creek, then make the final drive on to Broome, hopefully arriving in time for a stunning Cable Beach sunset.

Note: Total driving time today is around four hours. Total walking distance is approximately four kilometers.

Included Activities
Tunnel Creek exploration walk

Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch