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The Kimberley region is exactly where you should go if you're looking for great wilderness, great culture and an overall great firsthand experience of remote, Indigenous Australia. In fact, this place is so remote in certain places that it's been dubbed the "last frontier" (unofficially anyway).
Once here on locum tenens assignment you'll see massive gorges combined with vast waterways. You'll also see craggy cliffs and immaculate coastline where incandescent waves roar. All the while classic outback roads connect everything together as if it's some beautifully constructed puzzle.
Believe it or not, the scenery described above is only a small portion of this very large, very diverse landscape – a region so huge that it could fit 75% of the world's countries inside it (the smaller countries of course).
Since it's so massive and you only have so much time to explore, we've gone ahead and listed for you two of the best tours you can experience in the Kimberley. Come learn all about ancient rock art, hear Dreamtime stories (Aboriginal creation stories) and even visit spiritual sites amongst a backdrop of indescribable wonder.
Wandjina Tours
The owners of this tour company, Donny Woolagoodja and Peter Tucker, teamed up to create Wandjina because they firmly believe in spreading cultural knowledge while promoting eco-friendly tourism. And part of that culture- and eco-conscious format involves employing the local Worrorra people. That means you'll get Indigenous tour guides who will forever enlighten you with the Kimberley heritage and history.
You'll go by boat or by foot to explore remote art sites and sacred beaches. You'll relax fireside underneath a billion stars. And to top those uniquely amazing experiences off, you can even humpback whale watch from your cabin's balcony during just the right season.
Faraway Bay Experience
This place truly is an experience all its own. Arrive here and you'll see. Behind you is bushland. In front of you is nothing but a wide open, cliff-lined bay. You can stay all day at the bush camp admiring views like that. Or you can go out and about exploring King George Falls by boat, or learning about ancient rock art or discovering bush tucker (food found in the bush).
Getting here, too, is an adventure all by itself. You'll travel first by light aircraft then by 4-wheel drive.