This ultimate road trip winds its way from Perth to Coral Bay and Exmouth to Australia’s Coral Coast. Encounter one of Australia’s most unique landscapes, the Pinnacles Desert, be stunned by the rugged gorges at Kalbarri and drift weightlessly over coral reefs at Ningaloo Marine Park. In Western Australia’s second-largest national park, rock pools inviting you to swim. Discover billions of years of Australian history. A fantastic journey with 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Shark Bay and Ningaloo Coast!
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Kalbarri Palm Resort is located where the majestic Murchison River meets the exotic Indian Ocean. The Resort offers a range of comfortable styles of motel suites and apartments just walking distance from the beach and Kabarri Town Centre. Rooms feature an open plan space, welcome tea & coffee is supplied. TV & all linen included. The bathroom has a shower and toilet. This unit is air conditioned. There are spacious grounds with a swimming pool and BBQ areas.
Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort is situated midway up the West Australian coastline within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, home to one of the world’s best-known dolphin encounters. It offers a unique experience in unspoiled surrounds. With beachfront accommodation situated on the pristine shores of Shark Bay, you won’t have to go far to feel the sand between your toes. The resort has a comprehensive range of facilities and amenities to ensure you have a relaxing and enjoyable stay. The on-site general store and gift shop offers a great range of groceries and souvenirs and also has bait and fishing gear available. Enjoy a meal at the beachfront Boughshed Restaurant or try something a little more casual at the Monkey Bar.
This property is located in the heart of South Carnarvon, steps from Gascoyne River and Fascine Boardwalk. There are 45 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from the garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area. There is also Sails Restaurant offering international cuisine, you can enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge and dine alfresco.
Mantarays Ningaloo, is the only resort on Sunrise Beach, which is the gateway to the world heritage listed Ningaloo Reef and the Cape Range National Park. You can enjoy a relaxing stay while taking part in the many activities the region has to offer. The property has 68 rooms, servicing the growing popularity of the nature based tourist destination. The deluxe development includes a range of hotel rooms and one and two bedroom self contained apartments and bungalows. The complex includes Gold Plate Award winning Mantaray’s restaurant, bar, lounge, resort-style swimming pool and gym with stunning beaches right outside your door.
Karijini Eco Retreat is one of Australia’s leading eco-tourism attractions. Situated 1,500km north of Perth in WA’s second largest national park, the retreat offers safari-style eco tents, cabins and campsites nestled amongst native bushland at the edge of Joffre Gorge, along with an outback restaurant and bar, and access to the park’s walks and guided adventure tours. Stay under the stars in the campground, or in comfortable glamping accommodation at the first and only facility to offer a glamping experience in the Karijini National Park. Explore a wonderland of ancient natural landscapes formed more than two billion years ago – deep gorges, red cliffs, towering waterfalls and emerald green waterholes, while experiencing a taste of genuine mateship and friendly hospitality.
Located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Port Hedland is a dynamic town – one of Australia’s largest ports and the Centre of the iron-ore industry in Western Australia.
Overlooking the blue waters of the Indian Ocean, this accommodation is located just over 3km from the Port Hedland Centre. It offers comfort and country hospitality with spacious, affordable and well-appointed rooms. After a delicious breakfast in the ‘Pilbara Room’, relax around the swimming pool, with playground and BBQ area to enjoy that casual meal, or spend the day exploring the local sights of Port Hedland and surrounding areas.
A multicultural melting pot, Broome is a tropical delight and the gateway to the Kimberley, one of the world’s great wildernesses. Beginning life as a pearling town in the 1880s, Broome was a wild frontier, attracting workers from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Japan and Europe. Along with strong Indigenous cultures, these influences are all here today, giving Broome a vibe unlike anywhere else. Red dirt sits beside aqua ocean, pearl boutiques rub shoulders with laid-back breweries, and activities range from world-class diving to unhurried camel-rides.
Exmouth is a small resort town on Western Australia’s North West Cape. It’s a gateway to nearby Ningaloo Marine Park with its coral reefs, colourful fish and migratory whale sharks. Nearly surrounding Exmouth, Cape Range National Park has kangaroos, sheer cliffs and red, rocky gorges. On the Cape’s northwest coast, Jurabi Coastal Reserve’s tidal rock pools, beaches and seasonal nesting grounds for marine turtles. There are an abundance of aquatic encounters throughout the year with humpback whales visiting between August and October each year, between March and August there are whale sharks and year round a diverse range of marine life.
Gorges of ancient rock and cool swimming holes and showering waterfalls make Karijini National Park one of Australia’s most dramatic and spectacular destinations. Located 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) north of Perth, a semi-arid plateau suddenly drops away into cavernous gorges, 100 metres (328 feet) deep. From the lookouts, cliff walls glow a striking red in the late afternoon, contrasting with the trunks of white-barked gumtrees. Descending to explore the gorges from inside is to enter a secret world of fern-lined swimming holes, towering waterfalls, and vertical rock canyons that draw you in. Photos cannot do justice to Karijini National Park – this breathtaking landscape has to be seen to be believed.
At Monkey Mia (850 kilometres or 530 miles north of Perth), wild dolphins have been dropping by for generations, garnering international fame. But Monkey Mia and the wider Shark Bay region have more than friendly mammals to offer. World Heritage-listed for its natural assets, this is a wild, arid landscape of massive skies and stiff ocean breezes. Striking ochre sand dunes dive into turquoise waters, emus splash in the shallows and dugongs raise babies in swaying seagrass. The world’s oldest living culture thrives, as do stromatolites, some of the world’s oldest living lifeforms. There’s European history here too, being the site of Australia’s first European landing in 1616, and even today, modern explorers will find much to discover about Monkey Mia and Shark Bay.
With pristine white-sand beaches and turquoise waters, Coral Bay is an idyllic introduction to the breathtaking beauty of the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef. It’s one of the few places on earth where you can come face-to-face with fascinating marine creatures like whale sharks. Or set off on a fishing charter. Just steps from the world’s largest fringing reef, Coral Bay is a coastal paradise for nature lovers, packed with adventure and relaxed beach holiday vibes. Depending on the season, you’ll be accompanied by whale sharks (March to June) and humpback whales (June to November) as these gentle giants of the ocean glide over the Ningaloo Reef during their seasonal migration. Year-round, spot manta rays, dugongs and turtles. One of Western Australia’s premier fishing destinations offers the chance to catch bream, tuna, marlin, mahi-mahi and sailfish.
Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, in Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef and the popular tourist town of Exmouth lie to the north. It is also a subtropical oasis and referred to as the ‘food bowl’ of Western Australia. The town produces 80% of Western Australia’s total fruit and vegetable crops, and much of the State’s seafood with a thriving prawn, scallop, crab and fishing industry, so you can enjoy an abundance of fresh food between adventures.
One of Western Australia’s best known parks, with its scenic gorges though red and white banded sandstone and its soaring coastal cliffs. the park is over 186,000 hectares in size, and located at the lower reaches of the Murchison River and is one of the best places in the world to find ancient traces of the first life on land. Winter is wildflower season, when you can delight in the myriad of unique wildflowers that grow around the National Park’s inland gorges and coastal cliffs. All roads within the park are sealed and suitable for 2WD vehicles. The major geographical features of the park include the Murchison River gorge which runs for nearly 80 km on the lower reaches of the Murchison River.
Geraldton is a coastal city in the Mid West region of Western Australia, this seaside city is emerging as a trendy beach escape. Base yourself in the city centre (where you’ll find cafés, street art and galleries) and explore the area’s naturally blessed surrounds, which includes beautiful beaches, Aboriginal driving trails and even a pink lake. Geraldton is also the ideal location to access the Coral Coast’s carpets of wildflowers, which are in full bloom in late winter and early spring.
Perth is an urban oasis among the vast nature of Western Australia where you can embrace the best of both worlds. The soft-sand beaches and scenic parks meet a thriving metropolis of small bars, creative restaurants and curated street art. Art galleries, al fresco breweries, relaxed neighbourhood and epic events all live in perfect harmony. There are also nearby wineries and even friendly quokkas in the capital of Western Australia.
On a shallow draft glass bottom boat, cruise over World Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef at famous Coral Bay. Your local guide will show you extraordinary coral formations found in the lagoon gardens of the inner reef.
On this coral cruise you’ll see wonderful fish and bright unspoiled corals without having to get in the water. It’s a fantastic experience!
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