The Kimberley is big. It is larger than the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania combined, almost as big as Germany, Italy or California in the USA.
The Kimberley is empty. It is home to less than 40000 people, most of whom are concentrated in a few small communities. Only one sealed road passes through it. Many of the gravel roads are impassable during the wet season. One of these roads, the Gibb River Road, is one of the best known 4WD destinations in Australia.
The Kimberley is spectacular. This is a land of rugged mountains, spectacular waterfalls and mighty rivers that could fill Sydney Harbour in a matter of hours. The Kimberley's incredible cliff-lined coast is one of the most beautiful in the world. As a trekking destination, it is among the best in the world.
The Kimberley is wild, wonderful and full of surprises. It contains an amazing number of Aboriginal rock art sites. There is a variety of vegetation, much relatively unstudied. The animals are less shy and easier to see than in Kakadu. Fishing is excellent.
The Kimberley climate is similar to that in the Top End: a warm, wet season (December-April) when waterfalls appear everywhere and wildflowers carpet the land, a dry season (April-September) when the weather is absolutely perfect and a Build Up (October-December) when it is so hot that we do not offer any treks.
Trekking in the Kimberley.. Unless you are rich enough to pay for a helicopter, the only way to visit most of the Kimberley is on foot, hiking through the wilderness on a bushwalk.
