Purnululu National Park – Bungle Bungles Part 2
Today we are exploring the southern part of the park. We can't wait and are curious to see what the Bungle Bungles range looks like more closely.
Today we are exploring the southern part of the park. We can't wait and are curious to see what the Bungle Bungles range looks like more closely.
We can't wait to discover Purnululu National Park, known for its unique geological formations dating back millions of years, its exceptional gorges carved out by the Picaninny River and its many hiking trails offering surreal landscapes.
The car's speedometer starts to go crazy (3000kms) since we left Darwin and we are not at the end of our journey. We intend to take full advantage of the 12 We have a first stop at Tunnel Creek and then Fitzroy Crossing where we will spend the night.
After our morning ride into the heart of Aboriginal art, we continue the Gibb River trail to Manning Gorge. And here we go 280 kms of track!
We continue our journey southwards to reach the Gibb River Road which has not finished enchanting us with its variety of landscapes. We will discover the many rivers, Aboriginal Art, Steep-sided gorges and mountain ranges as far as the eye can see. First stop along the King Edward River…
We continue our expedition in the direction of the “Mitchell Plateau National Park” via the Gibb River Road, which is known to put 4X4s to the test. We are ready to experience one of Australia's most unique adventures that was on our checklist.
The Kimberley Territory (three times the size of England) which stretches across the entire north-west of Australia is one of the wildest and most sparsely populated places in the world, reasons why we put this part of Australia at the top of the list as well as the mythical Gibb River Road which will be our…
We continue the tour of the parks towards the Gregory National Park. Transition zone between the tropical and semi-arid regions of the territory and where we start to see baobab trees . Most of the trails in the park are rugged and only accessible by 4X4. We have two days to explore them.
Nitmiluk Park is only 2h30 from Kakadu National Park, our previous stop. We planned to stay there for three days at two different campsites. The days should be busy, Hiking, swimming at the foot of the waterfalls and canoeing on the Katherine River which may be a bit sporty.