Karijini National Park
Four gorges meet over a 120 m drop into 2.5-billion-year-old banded ironstone: slot-canyon walks up to Class 5, cold permanent pools and bush camping in the Pilbara.
Places · Western Australia
Western Australia's Gorges, Domes and Ranges
Banded-ironstone gorges, sandstone domes, a mountain range and a river canyon, each a long drive from Perth and each worth planning around.
Western Australia is big enough that every wild place is a journey: Karijini's slot canyons are in the Pilbara, Purnululu's domes in the East Kimberley, the Stirling Range in the Great Southern and Kalbarri's Murchison River gorge on the Coral Coast, 590 km north of Perth. What the four have in common is that the geology is the attraction — 2.5-billion-year-old banded ironstone, striped sandstone beehives, quartzite peaks and red-and-white sandstone cliffs — and that getting in takes planning, from a rough 4WD track at Purnululu to campsites that must be booked well ahead. Each Audacia guide covers access, fees, walks, camping and when to go.
Destinations we've guided
Purnululu National Park
The banded orange-and-black sandstone domes of the Bungle Bungles in the East Kimberley, a UNESCO World Heritage landform reached by 53 km of rough, high-clearance 4WD track.
Stirling Range National Park
Sixty-five kilometres of jagged peaks above the Great Southern wheatbelt, with Bluff Knoll at 1,098 m the highest point in southern Western Australia and weather that can turn alpine without warning.
Kalbarri National Park
The Murchison River's 85 km gorge through banded sandstone, with Nature's Window, the Skywalk and the Z Bend, plus Indian Ocean cliffs — all on sealed road 590 km north of Perth.
When bookings open in Western Australia
Purnululu campgrounds and the Stirling Range's Moingup Spring can be booked up to 180 days ahead, Karijini's Dales Campground about six months ahead, and Kalbarri National Park has no campsites to book. Dates differ by park and change, so check the booking-dates page, which links each park authority's own notice.
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