Visit Adelaide River War Cemetery, a place of remembrance for people who died during the Second World War. Walk among the headstones and reflect on the Northern Territory’s role in Australia’s wartime defence.

Adelaide River served a major military base during the conflict. The cemetery gives a human scale to the events that affected Darwin and the surrounding region, offering a quiet, meaningful encounter with its history.

• 11 Dinner (D)
• 19 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Comfortable walking shoes
  Warm layers in cooler months
  Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
  Water bottle
  Camera
  Torch

• Day 1 – flights to arrive prior to 1.30pm into Darwin AirportDay 20 – flights to depart anytime from Perth Airport
  Airport to Hotel transfers are available to purchase on request.
  Flights to and from your tour are not included in the tour price.

• Extreme temperatures can be experienced in this remote region of Australia. Guests should be made aware that this trip is recommended to guests with a moderate level of fitness.
  In addition, the walk to Emma Gorge considered “Difficult” and not all guests will be able to complete the walk. Mimbi Caves have very low light and involves uneven surface, walking over rocks throughout the caves. It is recommended for guests with a good level of fitness only.

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Explore Darwin on a guided city tour that takes in its botanical gardens, tropical streets and views from East Point Reserve. Your guide introduces the distinctive architecture and relaxed character of the Northern Territory capital.

Hear how the 1942 bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy in 1974 reshaped the city. Its rebuilt neighbourhoods and waterfront setting reveal a place shaped by resilience as much as by its balmy climate.

Cruise Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge through towering sandstone walls that shift colour in the sunlight. From the water, take in the scale of a gorge system carved through Nitmiluk National Park and hear about the landscape around you.

This is Jawoyn Country, and the cruise brings the history and culture of its Traditional Owners into focus. River, rock and living heritage make this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience more than a scenic boat ride.

Experience Katherine’s outback culture through songs, stories and demonstrations inspired by life on Northern Territory cattle stations. This hosted encounter offers an entertaining look at the skills and personalities behind the region’s pastoral traditions.

Expect a blend of humour and first-hand perspective rather than a conventional stage show. The experience connects the vast landscapes of the Territory with the people and working practices that have shaped life here.

Visit the Durack Homestead Museum to explore the lives of early pastoral settlers in the East Kimberley. The homestead offers a tangible glimpse of the challenges of establishing a home and working the land in this remote region.

The building was moved and reconstructed before its original site was flooded by the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. Its preservation tells a wider story of how that ambitious project transformed the landscape around Lake Argyle and Kununurra.

Cruise Lake Argyle and take in the broad water and rugged East Kimberley ranges created by the Ord River damming project. Watch the shoreline for birdlife and freshwater crocodiles as you explore this immense inland waterway.

The lake is central to the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, which helped reshape agriculture and settlement around Kununurra. Seeing it by boat reveals both the scale of the engineering project and the wild character of its surroundings.

Go behind the scenes at Hoochery Distillery, a farm-based microdistillery near Kununurra. Learn how its makers turn locally grown sugarcane, rainwater and yeast into handcrafted rum, and discover the methods behind its spirits.

The distillery offers a distinctly East Kimberley perspective on small-scale production. Its connection to the surrounding agricultural country gives the visit a sense of place as well as an insight into the craft of distilling.

Walk through Mirima National Park with your Travel Director and examine the sculpted sandstone formations close to Kununurra. Hear how weathering shaped this compact landscape, often nicknamed the ‘mini Bungles’.

Its layered rock, narrow passages and warm colours offer an accessible introduction to the East Kimberley’s geology. The guided walk encourages a closer look at details that can be missed from a distance, from the contours of the stone to the surrounding vegetation.

Discover Wyndham, one of Western Australia’s northernmost towns, and explore its remote outback setting. Take in the surrounding landforms and wetlands while learning what distinguishes this small Kimberley community.

Wyndham’s location near the meeting of major rivers gives the visit a different perspective on the region: open country and waterways rather than gorge walls. It is an opportunity to appreciate the scale and variety of the northern Kimberley landscape.

Explore Mimbi Caves with a local Indigenous guide, moving through limestone chambers to see delicate formations, vivid rock colours, freshwater pools and ancient paintings. Hear a Gooniyandi Dreaming story and share billy tea and damper.

The caves preserve traces of a reef formed more than 350 million years ago. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience brings together deep geological time and living cultural knowledge. Cave sections are dimly lit and involve walking over uneven rock.

Get your bearings on a tour of Broome, the tropical Indian Ocean town whose story is closely tied to pearling. Discover its character and setting with an introduction that helps you make sense of its coastal streets and cultural heritage.

Broome’s pearling industry drew people from across Asia and beyond, leaving a lasting mark on the town. The orientation provides context for the places you may choose to explore independently, without turning free time into a scheduled excursion.

Explore Karijini National Park in the Hamersley Range, where layered red cliffs frame ancient gorges, waterfalls and clear rock pools. Your park tour brings you into this vast Pilbara landscape to appreciate its changing colours and striking landforms.

Billions of years of geological history are visible in the rock. Against the gorges, gum trees and termite mounds reveal the life supported by this rugged country, making Karijini compelling at both panoramic and intimate scales.

Explore Murujuga National Park with local Traditional Custodian rangers and view petroglyphs etched into the Pilbara’s ancient stone. Hear how the engravings tell stories of Country and express enduring Aboriginal connections to this sacred landscape.

Murujuga holds one of the world’s most significant concentrations of rock art. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed Murujuga Cultural Landscape is remarkable not simply for the number of images, but for the living cultural knowledge that gives them meaning.

Glide over Ningaloo Reef in a glass-bottom boat at Coral Bay marine sanctuary. An onboard guide helps you spot coral formations and reef fish beneath the clear water, with turtles among the marine life that may be seen.

This dry-footed cruise offers a close look at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Coast. More than 500 fish species inhabit its reef, making the view through the boat’s glass a window into a richly varied marine ecosystem.

Visit the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum to discover an unexpected chapter of Western Australia’s space history. Explore displays that explain how this coastal town supported major space missions, including the 1969 Moon landing.

Carnarvon’s tracking and communications work connected a remote Australian community to events watched around the world. The museum’s collection makes that technological story tangible and offers a contrast to the natural wonders of the surrounding coast.

See the stromatolites at Hamelin Pool in the Shark Bay region. Observe these layered structures formed by microbial communities and consider why they are often described as a window into Earth’s earliest life.

Stromatolite-forming microbes have an ancient lineage reaching back billions of years. Hamelin Pool’s unusual conditions help sustain a remarkable modern example, giving this quiet coastal setting scientific importance far beyond its shores.

Walk on Shell Beach in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Shark Bay region, where the pale shoreline is made not of sand but of countless tiny coquina shells. Take in the contrast between the brilliant white beach and the clear coastal water.

In places, the shell deposits reach several metres deep. This unusual accumulation makes Shell Beach a vivid example of Shark Bay’s distinctive marine environment and an experience best appreciated close up, underfoot.

Watch for wild dolphins at Monkey Mia as resident animals visit the shallows near the shore. Observe their movements against the clear water and pale sand while experiencing one of Shark Bay’s best-known wildlife encounters.

These are free-ranging dolphins, so their appearances and behaviour remain their own. That independence is central to the experience: it offers a chance to appreciate wildlife in its coastal habitat, rather than in a staged performance.

Step onto the Kalbarri Skywalk for a view across the gorges and layered rock of Kalbarri National Park. From its elevated platforms, take in the scale of the Murchison River landscape and look for details in the terrain below.

The park is also known for its coastal cliffs, wildlife and seasonal wildflowers. The skywalk’s sweeping perspective makes it a distinctive place to appreciate the forces that carved this rugged part of Western Australia.

Visit Geraldton’s HMAS Sydney Memorial to honour the 645 Australian sailors lost when the warship sank off the Western Australian coast during the Second World War. Spend time among the memorial’s commemorative elements and reflect on those who did not return.

The site connects a national wartime tragedy to the coast near which it occurred. Its setting and symbolism provide space for remembrance, making this a thoughtful cultural stop rather than a conventional sightseeing visit.

Explore the Pinnacles in Nambung National Park, where limestone pillars rise from pale desert sand in clusters of changing shapes and heights. Walk among the formations and see how the light defines their textured surfaces.

Formed over many thousands of years through processes involving ancient shell-rich deposits and erosion, this landscape feels unlike the nearby Indian Ocean coast. Its sparse vegetation and sculptural stone make the visit especially rewarding for close observation and photography.

Join an Indigenous guide in Yanchep National Park to learn about native plants and hear Dreaming stories connected to the land. Examine traditional tools and experience dance and the sound of the didgeridoo as part of this hosted cultural encounter.

This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience shares perspectives that deepen an appreciation of the park beyond its scenery. Listening to the guide’s knowledge brings cultural meaning to the plants, stories and practices presented.

Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a farewell dinner in Perth. Share a hosted evening around the table, with time to exchange favourite moments from the Kimberley, Pilbara and Western Australian coast.

Unlike a routine meal, this gathering marks the close of a journey shaped by remote landscapes and shared discoveries. Its appeal lies in the company and conversation: a relaxed chance to reflect together before heading home.

Fly over Purnululu National Park for an aerial view of the Bungle Bungle Range and its distinctive banded sandstone domes. From above, appreciate the scale and patterns of this remote East Kimberley landscape.

The UNESCO World Heritage-listed park protects formations shaped by immense spans of geological time. This optional flight is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability and operating conditions; it is an alternative to the optional 4WD visit.

Explore Purnululu National Park by 4WD for a ground-level encounter with the rugged country surrounding the Bungle Bungle Range. See the banded sandstone formations within the vast setting of this remote East Kimberley park.

Its striking domes and long geological history have earned Purnululu UNESCO World Heritage recognition. This optional 4WD experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability and local conditions; it is an alternative to the optional scenic flight.

Visit a pearl farm near Broome to learn how pearls are cultivated and why pearling became central to the town’s identity. Discover the care and time involved in producing these prized gems and examine the craftsmanship associated with them.

Broome’s pearling heritage reflects generations of work and a richly multicultural coastal history. This optional farm visit offers a closer look at that industry and is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability.

Snorkel with whale sharks in the waters off the Ningaloo Coast when seasonal conditions allow. With an operator’s guidance, enter the water for the chance to observe the world’s largest fish moving through its natural ocean habitat.

Ningaloo is renowned for seasonal whale shark encounters conducted under wildlife-focused operating rules. Sightings depend on the animals and cannot be guaranteed. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to season, availability and conditions.

Join a guided humpback whale swim off the Ningaloo Coast during the appropriate season. Travel with an operator for the chance to enter the water and observe these immense marine mammals while following the crew’s instructions.

Humpbacks migrate along Western Australia’s coast, but encounters depend on their behaviour and sea conditions; an in-water sighting is never guaranteed. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to season, availability and wildlife regulations.

Cruise the Exmouth coastline at sunset and watch the light change over the Indian Ocean and North West Cape. Keep an eye on the water for dolphins or, in season, signs of passing humpback whales.

The experience offers a way to take in the Ningaloo Coast from the water without snorkelling. Wildlife sightings are possible rather than assured. This optional cruise is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability and weather conditions.