Hitch a ride on a camel in a special Kimberley location!

A new one-day safari tour from Broome to Mount Anderson and Jarlmadangah Community has recently commenced. This unique tour traverses off the beaten track to traditional country around remote Mt Anderson and the Grant Ranges by a combination of four wheel drive and camel trekking.

The tour allows visitors to gain a unique insight into the history of the station and community life, visit exclusive rock-art sites, enjoy the granduer of the landscape, try traditional bush foods and medicines, as well as sharing in the stories told by traditional owners of the country and learn about local geology, land use, and history.

This tour takes you to places that are not open to the general public. There is an overnight tour also available where you can settle down to sleep in your swag in a ten thousand star hotel!

ant more information? Freecall 1800 450 850 (Australia only) or visit Best of the Kimberley.

El Questro Wilderness Park

If we are starting to whet your appetite for a holiday in the Kununurra region, then consider spending some time at the famous El Questro Wilderness Park.

Here you are surrounded by one million acres of spectacular scenery and awe-inspiring landscapes. Located only 110kms by road from Kununurra, El Questro offers a diverse range of activities, dining options and accommodation amidst the rugged Cockburn Ranges.

Accommodation styles range from the exclusive El Questro Homestead, station township bungalow or the tented cabins at Emma Gorge. Adding a few days to explore or just relax in the thermal Zebedee Springs, El Questro is a must for any Kimberley itinerary!

El Questro operates from April to October each year.

Whether you self-drive in your own vehicle, hire vehicle or via transfers, we can add El Questro to your personalised itinerary.

Fore more information: Freecall 1800 450 850 within Australia or visit our website Best of the Kimberley

Experience Australia as Adventurous or Relaxed as you want

The recent filming of the new movie "Australia" in and around Kununurra has put this special part of the Kimberley well and truly on the map. So what is all the fuss about? Let us explain.....just imagine:

A land of ancient rivers and gorges, of ragged ranges that stretch on and on and on, then disappear into a limitless horizon.

A region of roaring wet season rivers, exploding over cliff faces and chasms, creating spectacular waterfalls that cascade into deep cool waterholes.

A place to maybe catch that barramundi, watch a couple of Brolgas waltzing together in the early evening light, or sneak a glimpse of a big old “croc” sunning himself on the river bank.

A destination called “Purnululu”; a world heritage listed National Park, where you can walk among the 360 million year old “beehive” domes of the Bungle Bungle Range.

A destination where you can take a birds eye view of the waterways of the mighty Ord River. Look in awe over the expanse of Lake Argyle, Australia’s largest man-made lake, and a true testament to the engineering feats of a developing Kimberley back in the 60’s and 70’s.

A place to shop for that exclusive diamond.

A destination for the family.

A place where you can canoe, swim, boat, water-ski, or just laze about and let the world float by.

A great spot to just sit on a rock and watch a truly spectacular Kimberley sunset unfold, then fade away right before your eyes.

The team at Best Of The Kimberley can tailor your Kununurra holiday to be as adventurous or relaxed as you want. View Best of the Kimberley for more details.

The History of Broome's Street Names: "Cable Beach Road"

Cable Beach is named after the telegraph cable that came ashore on the beach from Banjowangie in Java. The original cable laid by the British Eastern Telegraph Company went to Darwin but it was laid on a volcanic seabed and suffered so many breaks, that it was decided to establish another station at Broome as a safety net, when the Darwin link broke.

The submarine cable was finished in 1889 and with it came "Cable House". By 1912 the cable had been transferred to Cottesloe (WA) and Cable House became the Broome Courthouse in 1921 and is still a functioning Courthouse to this day, and the site of the well known Saturday Courhouse Markets.

(Source: "The History of the Street Names of Broome" by Carol Shaw).

Thinkin of visiting Cable Beach? Contact Best of the Kimberley for some great travel deals.