EXPERIENCES / KIMBERLEY

Prince Regent National Park

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Overview

  • The only tour that takes you inland in this incredible place
  • Magnificent waterfalls and scenery 
  • This place has clearly been significant for people for thousands of years and it is easy to understand why
During our three weeks here we will visit the Roe River, Moran River and Garimbu Creek. Each is quite different for a number of reasons. 
The Roe is a wide, meandering river. It is has a combination of stunning waterfalls with flat rock ledges to camp on and beautiful sandy sections with paperbark trees and birdlife. The Moran has deep gorges and Garimbu creek is an absolute highlight with stunning Garimbu Falls. The grandeur of this special place created by nature is humbling.
KIMBERLEY
20 June -10 July 2021
This trip is truly a journey back in time. Once the helicopter leaves it is just us and our backpacks immersed in an ancient and magnificent landscape. So many stories are told to us through the evidence of human history as well as the diverse natural features.
There is so much to see in this area that there will be a number of double camps and even one triple camp. This will give us the opportunity to explore some areas with day packs. There are many interesting things to see which are not on our main route. There are also so many beautiful places that warrant time spent swimming and soaking up.
While this trip has a reasonably relaxed pace and two food drops for some people the landscape will be rugged. There is a lot of broken rock to navigate across with a full pack. It is important that you are comfortable walking over broken rock.
One of the many incredibly special things about this area is the evidence of rich wildlife. The sandy beaches are covered with numerous tracks and there is a range of scats. All demonstrating it is home to many different creatures.

Details

DATES
20 June- 10 July
PRICES
Full price: A$7495
*significant discounts available for early bookings
GROUP SIZE
5 - 12 guests
CAMP SITE
Mix of sand and rock ledges. Most sites are excellent. You are unlikely to see anyone else at any of the campsites.
ART
This is one of the richest areas for Aboriginal art in the Kimberley. We visit many sites in a number of different styles. If you are not particularly interested in the art, then you need to be prepared to wait by a pool and relax or go fishing while others go exploring.
SWIMMING
There will be lots of good pools and there should be several opportunities for swimming each day. On the Moran we need to be careful where we swim because of the risk of saltwater crocodiles. This is a very low risk however we will still make sure we only swim where there are definitive barriers.
WILDLIFE
While we do not see a lot of wildlife there is a lot of evidence of wildlife through tracks and scats. It is possible to see a wide selection of birds, both common and rare, due to the range of environments we move through.
CLIMATE
The average daily maximum is about 30ºC. The average night time minimum is about 11ºC . It has been known to drop to near freezing. Generally low humidity 
FIRE
We will have a cooking fire every night. Every morning we will also light a fire to boil water.

WALK RATING - MEDIUM 
Terrain
 
Although much of the walking is relatively easy, the trip does include substantial amounts of rock hopping. Some short sections will be quite rugged. People without bushwalking experience are likely to find it more difficult than those who have had such experience. 

Vegetation 

Can vary from year to year depending on when last burnt. It is likely that you will spend some time pushing through some fairly thick scrub or grass. At this time of year, the spear grass has finished seeding and dried out. It may be necessary to push through thick spinifex in some places. This is mainly when exploring for art sites and there is the option, in many of these situations, to stay by the river swimming if you prefer. 

Distance

4-6 hours per day. Some days will be longer. Some days will be shorter and some days will be with just day packs.

Pack Weight

The most you will need to carry st once is 8 days worth of food in one section.

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20 June- 10 July

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Itinerary

  • DAY 0

    Pre-trip meeting, 6.00p.m., outdoor area, Kimberley Croc Lodge. This meeting is important. If you cannot make the meeting, please advise us well in advance.

  • DAY 1

    Pick up between 7.30 and 8 a.m. Pick up is from your accommodation in Kununurra.

    We begin with an hour and a half light aircraft charter to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip where we meet the helicopters which will take us to the start of our walk on the Roe River. Along the way we will do a food drop. To be absolutely certain that our food is still there when we need it, we plan to leave it in 20-litre metal drums which we will have to collect on our way out.  

    We start our walk close to the site where Bradshaw first saw Gwion Gwion paintings, naming them ‘Bradshaws’. There is some interesting art in this area and lots of beautiful waterfalls.


  • DAY 2-7

    Bush camping carrying full packs some days, day packs on others.

  • DAY 7

    Arrive at food drop for resupply. We will camp near food drop..

  • DAY 8-13

    We leave the Roe River and head over to the Moran. This is the place that people keen to fish are most likely to catch something. The Moran is much harder to explore then the other systems as many of the gorges become narrow and would require swimming to pass through. While it would be unlikely to find a saltwater crocodile here we can not guarantee it so will take all necessary precautions. We will possibly do a combination of double camps and day walks. There will also be the option to take our packs and explore some areas we have not yet visited. We will see what will suit the group the most at the time.

  • DAY 13

    We return back to our food drop on the Roe River and resupply. We will camp near our food drop.

  • DAY 14-20

    We continue down the Roe River camping two more nights along the Roe before cutting across to Garimbu. We finish the trip with a double and then a triple camp as there is so much to explore in the area with daypacks

  • DAY 21

    Helicopter back to Mitchell Plateau airstrip. Fly back to Kununurra. Drop off at your accommodation..

*This itinerary is subject to change