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Transport in an air-conditioned bus with a maximum of 12 passengers per vehicle
Accommodation during the tour 18x in Hotels/Motels/Tented Safari cabins (wooden floor, real beds, ensuite)
Entry fees National Parks, World Heritage Areas, Abrolhos Island Tour by plane, Didgeridoo Dreaming Tour Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Interpretive Centre, Glass-Bottom-Boat Cruise (incl. snorkelling gear), Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Day Tour Flight/4WD Bungle Bungle, Ord River Cruise, Katherine Gorge Cruise, Yellow Water Cruise
Meals (18x B – Breakfast / 2x L – Lunch)
Free Drinking water
Comprehensive information kit in vehicles
English speaking guiding
German speaking guiding
All other languages on request only
24/7 English/German/French emergency assistance
We leave Darwin towards Kakadu National Park, a fantastic World Heritage Protected area of UNESCO. A stop in the Mamukala Wetlands will allow us to observe thousands of magpie-geese. At Ubirr Rock – in the heart of the Kakadu National Park – you will find enough time today to wonder and gaze in caves and at rocks of Aboriginal rock art (the world’s oldest art gallery), and also to enjoy a wonderful panoramic view over Kakadu Park. Nourlangie Rock, a site of impressive Aboriginal galleries, presents a mix of up to 20,000-year old rock art.
Accommodation: Gagudju Lodge Cooinda, Yellow Water (Breakfast)
An impressive boat cruise in Yellow Waters will give you the rare opportunity of viewing the many varieties of wildlife in their natural habitat. As this area is a beloved resting ground during the dry season, you will be both amazed and delighted to see such an abundance of bird types and observe crocodiles within such a close range. After this highlight we continue our drive south on the Kakadu Highway to the historic town of Pine Creek before arriving in Katherine in the early hours of the evening.
Accommodation: Knotts Crossing Resort, Katherine (Breakfast)
After breakfast, we start today’s touring day with a 2-hour cruise through the spectacular Katherine Gorge. A wonderful experience with beautiful views and the opportunity to admire Aboriginal rock art. Leisurely drive along Victoria Highway towards Kununurra. Later today we say goodbye to the Northern Territory and we will pass the border to Western Australia.
Accommodation: Kununurra Country Club Resort, Kununurra (Breakfast)
Early in the morning, we drive to El Questro Wilderness Park, where we will discover one of the many gorges during a short hike. The journey continues along the Great Northern Highway, between the Durack Range and the Carr Boyd Range, heading toward Wyndham. The Five Rivers Lookout in Wyndham, the northernmost town in Western Australia, offers a spectacular view of the Ord, Forrest, King, Durack, and Pentecost Rivers, the Cambridge Gulf, as well as the surrounding mangrove swamps and tidal flats. Depending on the season, we will visit Marglu Billabong in the Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, a bird sanctuary home to over 20,000 birds. “The Grotto” is the name of an idyllic swimming hole located at the beginning of a short but picturesque gorge. Surrounded by steep rock walls, the pool is fed by a 15-meter-high waterfall during the rainy season. Return drive to Kununurra.
Accommodation: Kununurra Country Club, Kununurra (Breakfast)
Today we will be collected from our accommodation just before noon and taken by coach through Durack country to Lake Argyle. We will take a short break at the historic Durack Homestead Museum. This Museum was constructed as a replica of the original family Homestead and uses the original Homestead stone. We are viewing the enormous Lake Argyle from a scenic look-out. On our 55km boat ride back to Kununurra we experience spectacular landscapes as well as a rich flora and fauna. After admiring a colourful sunset at the end of the boat trip, we are brought back to the hotel.
Accommodation: Kununurra Country Club Resort, Kununurra (Breakfast)
Today’s trip into the Bungle Bungle National Park is a highlight at its best. It gives you the great opportunity to experience a breath-taking view on unique rock formations from the air and on foot. From a small airplane you enjoy gorgeous bird’s eye views on Lake Argyle, the Carr Boyd Range and enormous cattle farms. While approaching the airstrip amidst the Bungle Bungle National Park the wonder world of these amazing limestone rocks opens up. By 4WD and on foot you reach Cathedral Gorge. Enjoy a picnic surrounded by fantastic rock sculptures reminding of bee-hives and let this unique atmosphere sink in. On the flight back to Kununurra you get great views of the Argyle Diamante Mine and the rough embankments of the Osmand Range. This day will provide you with unforgettable memories that you will keep all your life.
Accommodation: Kununurra Country Club Resort, Kununurra (Breakfast / Lunch)
Along the Great Northern Highway, between the Durack Range and the Carr Boyd Range, the journey continues to Halls Creek, where a gold rush in 1885 caused quite a stir. A short detour takes us along a dusty track to the so-called China Wall. The vertical wall of light-colored quartz, up to 5 meters high, is the result of erosion and was not built by human hands. The journey continues along the Great Northern Highway to Fitzroy Crossing.
Accommodation: Fitzroy River Lodge, Fitzroy Crossing (Breakfast)
Our journey today begins with a visit to Geikie Gorge National Park. During a boat trip through the 14 km long and up to 30 m deep gorge, there’s a chance to observe freshwater crocodiles and admire the remnants of a dried-up coral reef. Near Derby, the tropical-flavored administrative capital of West Kimberley, we visit its main attraction with a dark past: the Prison Tree. Aborigine prisoners were once locked inside the hollow trunk of this ancient boab tree. Today, the gnarled giant is protected, and out of respect for the site and its history, it should no longer be entered. In the evening, we arrive in Broome. In this lively little town, the sun smiles from the sky and the moon regularly sends a staircase down to Earth.
Accommodation: Cable Beach Club Resort, Broome (Breakfast)
Today, we explore the vibrant town of Broome together. With around 15,000 residents, Broome is the tourist hub of the Kimberley region. Its blend of intellectual and alternative vibes makes it a trendy destination.
At the heart of Broome is Chinatown, a small, uniformly designed town center with a subtle Asian flair. It’s the focal point of local activity, featuring Sun Pictures, the oldest open-air cinema in the world, along with a wide array of street cafés, restaurants, galleries, souvenir shops, and pearl jewelry stores. Broome has a deep-rooted history in the pearl industry—once focused on mother-of-pearl, now centered on cultured pearls. In the early days, pearl diving was extremely dangerous. Today, the Chinese and Japanese cemeteries serve as solemn reminders of Broome’s multicultural past.
At Gantheaume Point, where towering red sandstone cliffs plunge into the deep blue ocean, you can see 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints during low tide. The clean, warm, turquoise waters off the coast nurture pearls that are among the most sought-after in the world. Divers from around the globe once came here in search of fortune, helping establish Broome as Australia’s pearl capital.
A visit to one of the few pearl farms in the Kimberley region open to the public offers fascinating insight into modern pearl cultivation.
In the afternoon, relax at Cable Beach, one of the safest and most stunning beaches in the world. Enjoy your free time at your leisure!
Accommodation: Cable Beach Club Resort, Broome (Breakfast)
On our journey towards Port Hedland we travel along the edge of The Great Sandy Desert with its small and meagre vegetation Most of Australia’s northern coastline is bordered by extensive mangrove forest. One important exemption is Eighty Mile Beach. Enjoy the beauty of this white sandy beach and turquoise water of the Indian Ocean, renowned for fishing and shell collecting. Stingrays, stonefish and sharks are in abundance and good reasons to stay ashore. We reach Port Hedland in the early evening.
Accommodation: Hospitality Motel, Port Hedland (Breakfast)
After breakfast we depart Port Hedland, Australia’s busiest iron-ore shipping port. We might – if lucky – sight an endless iron-ore train wheeling into or out of the port. Driving in a southerly direction across the Pilbara region. The traditional owners called their land „bilypara“, which could be translated with “dry”. No wonder: This area, which is twice as large as Germany, half of it consisting of desert and red coloured crests. Today’s accommodation is to be found in the heart of Karijini National Park. What a fantastic atmosphere and a guaranteed good night sleep!
Accommodation: Karijini Eco Retreat, Karijini National Park (Breakfast)
The rock formations of Western Australia’s second biggest National Park belong to the oldest ones in the world, the landscape most impressive and colourful. The plateau which is rich in iron ore and therefore colored intensively red brown, offers spectacular lookouts and many gorges with permanent water pools. We walk down through the changing vegetation of the iron-rich gorge walls to the park’s only permanent waterfall. Just a short distance from Fortescue Falls, you can swim in the refreshing, spring fed Fern Pool. Finally, we visit the spectacular vantage point of the Oxer Lookout with its fantastic view on four gorges joining each other.
Accommodation: Karijini Eco Retreat, Karijini National Park (Breakfast / Lunch)
Today we leave the irone ore area of Tom Price towards the coast. Its gorges cut deep into the rock layers as well as colorful rock formations make up the magic of this rugged landscape. In the evening we arrive in Exmouth, the northern end of the Ningaloo Reef. Experts claim that the marine lifeof this ref is more abundant than that found at the Great Barrier Reef.
Accommodation: Mantarays Ningaloo Beach Resort, Exmouth (Breakfast)
Breathtaking views from Vlaming Head Lighthouse across North West Cape, beautiful Ningaloo Reef and gigantic antennas of the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. During our short stroll in Mandu Mandu Gorge we are looking out for some rare inhabitants, Black Footed Rock Wallabies. Turquoise Bay creates the perfect scenes for some relaxation, contemplation on the many impressions of the past days, and the temptation of the effervescent Indian Ocean for a refreshing swim. Late afternoon we return to our accommodation in Exmouth.
Accommodation: Mantarays Ningaloo Beach Resort, Exmouth (Breakfast)
After enjoying breakfast leisurely drive to Coral Bay. Here, we will encounter the 260 km long natural wonder of the Ningaloo Reef. As the reef is not far from shore it can be readily available to discover with the aid of snorkel and flippers on an outing in a glass-bottom- boat. The shallow water of the reef is the homeland to various sea creatures, such as corals, unusual sea stars, crustaceans and over 500 species of different fishes. In the afternoon leisurely drive from the southern end of Ningaloo Reef to Carnarvon.
Accommodation: Hospitality Motel, Carnarvon (Breakfast)
Typical “Outback Australian impressions” will accompany you on the drive to Monkey Mia today. First Stop at Hamelin Pool where the world best known colony of stromatolites can be admired. After our next stop at Shell Beach we pay homage to this World Natural Heritage area with visit to the Shark Bay Interpretive Centre in Denham. In the afternoon we arrive in Monkey Mia, home of the well-known dolphins. Nearly every day of the year they come to the shore to give you a unique experience that will never be forgotten. After dinner a local Aborigine will introduce us on a walk into the indigenous culture. Enjoy the dreamtime stories and the sound of the didgeridoo under the clear and bright night sky of Australia’s Outback Coast.
Accommodation: Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, Shark Bay (Breakfast)
In the morning you have the opportunity to come face to face with these famous dolphins. Depending upon the season, our drive from the World Heritage area of Shark Bay to Kalbarri National Park will be escorted by the famous wildflowers. We will visit Kalbarri National Park where we enjoy the breathtaking view into the Murchison Gorge. In the evening we will arrive in the “laid back village” of Kalbarri.
Accommodation: Kalbarri Edge Resort, Kalbarri (Breakfast)
After breakfast we drive again to the Kalbarri National Park. The rugged coastal formations here are of impressive beauty. Via coastal road we travel via Port Gregory to Geraldton and experience some of the most picturesque grazing land. A beautiful aerial scenic flight includes overflying the fascinating islands in the Pelsaert Group, the Easter Group and the Wallabi Group. In 1629, this was the scene of the famous mutiny of the Batavia.
Accommodation: Hospitality Motel, Geraldton (Breakfast)
A visit to Mount Scott gives you the opportunity of an outlook over the town of Geraldton and Grey’s Bay. Here is also the memorial for the victims of the sunken warship HMAS Sydney II. Our sightseeing tour concludes by visiting the architecturally interesting St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in the town centre. We are leaving Geraldton, the sunniest town in W.A. , south along the coast via Leeman and Jurien Bay towards Cervantes, the entrance to Nambung National Park. The Pinnacles are among the most visited natural wonders of the state. Thousands of limestone pillars rise out of a stark landscape of yellow sand. There is ample time to explore the area and to take some colourful photos from these amazing formations. These impressions of lights and colours will stay with you for many years to come. The journey continues south via Lancelin to Perth, where this extraordinary journey ends at your hotel.
A Darwin to Perth Overland tour is not simply a holiday connecting famous attractions. It is a genuine 19-day adventure across approximately 7,000 kilometres of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
At WA NT TOURS, we believe that travelling is an art, consisting of many styles and variations. This journey brings those different styles together as you travel by road, air, water and on foot through some of Australia’s most extraordinary landscapes.
Beginning among the tropical wetlands and ancient Aboriginal cultural sites of Kakadu, you travel through Katherine, the Kimberley wilderness and the dramatic landscapes of the Pilbara before reaching the Indian Ocean coastline and Perth. Along the way, you experience four UNESCO World Heritage areas, extraordinary wildlife, remote communities and some of Australia’s most impressive national parks.
The Outback is not simply the backdrop to this journey. Its immense distances, changing conditions, regional communities and unpredictable moments are all part of the adventure.
This adventure is for travellers who want to experience Australia as it truly is: vast, remote, varied and shaped by nature.
This Darwin to Perth tour allows you to experience how dramatically Australia changes as you travel from the tropical Top End towards the Indian Ocean and Western Australia’s capital.
The journey begins in Kakadu National Park before continuing through Katherine and into Kununurra, the Bungle Bungles and the Kimberley. From Broome, remote highways lead through the Pilbara and Karijini National Park to Ningaloo Reef, Shark Bay, Kalbarri and the Pinnacles before the adventure finishes in Perth.
Unlike a resort-based holiday or a collection of unrelated day trips, this is one continuous Australian overland journey. You see the climate, vegetation, geology, coastline and communities gradually transform around you.
The travelling itself is part of the story.
This small-group Australia tour combines many different ways of discovering the country:
Every destination is experienced in the way that suits it best. Some gorges are explored on foot, others from the water or from spectacular viewpoints. A place listed in the itinerary may therefore involve a walk, cruise, swimming stop, cultural experience, scenic drive or shorter visit.
This is a discovery and sightseeing adventure with regular short walks and selected moderate walks. Where time, weather, track conditions and participant fitness allow, additional optional challenges and more demanding walks may also be possible. These opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are undertaken at the driver-guide’s discretion.
Wildlife is observed in its natural environment. While this creates genuine and exciting encounters, individual wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed.
The route, accommodation and major included experiences are carefully organised before departure. A genuine guided Outback tour must also remain responsive to nature and local conditions.
Weather, temperature, road and track conditions, park access, daylight, wildlife activity and local operating conditions can influence the program.
The group shares one carefully designed itinerary, with daily decisions made to create the best possible overall experience for everyone.
This flexibility is not a reduction in your tour.
It is an essential part of travelling safely and responsibly through remote Australia, and it often creates memorable experiences that could never have been planned months in advance.
A Darwin to Perth Overland adventure involves substantial driving distances, early departures, frequent changes of location and several one-night stays.
Some travelling days are longer because the distances between Outback destinations are enormous. These journeys allow you to see remote highways, immense cattle stations, Road Trains, changing landscapes and horizons that seem to have no end.
The tour is carefully planned to connect Australia’s major northern and western highlights within 19 days. This is a cross-continent journey rather than an extended stay in each national park.
Travellers who appreciate the scale of the country often find that these long-distance sections become an unforgettable part of their Australian experience.
With a maximum of 12 passengers, this Darwin to Perth small-group tour offers personal attention and a friendly atmosphere. Our philosophy is to make the experience feel less like a conventional coach tour and more like a road trip with friends.
You share the adventure with like-minded travellers while benefiting from the knowledge and practical support of an experienced driver-guide. The small-group format creates more opportunities for questions, personal interaction and flexible breaks or photo stops when conditions and the schedule allow.
The touring vehicle is air-conditioned and selected for long-distance travel. Road surfaces and travelling conditions vary across remote Australia and form part of the authentic overland experience.
Great experiences. Small groups. Personal journeys. That is smarTravel with WA NT TOURS.
The tour includes 18 nights in selected hotels, motels, resorts and permanent tented safari cabins. All accommodation provides real beds and ensuite facilities. This is not a camping tour, and you do not need to carry camping equipment.
Accommodation reflects the character and availability of each destination. Larger coastal centres may provide resort-style facilities, while accommodation inside national parks or small Outback communities may be simpler and more practical. Standards, facilities and service levels therefore vary along the route.
After longer touring days, your accommodation provides a welcome opportunity to enjoy dinner, relax and recharge for the next stage of the adventure. On some one-night stops, there may not always be enough time to use every facility offered by the property.
The variety of accommodation is part of experiencing regional and remote Australia.
Your Darwin to Perth Overland tour includes 18 breakfasts and two lunches. Other lunches and dinners are purchased locally at your own expense, giving you the freedom to choose according to your preferences and appetite.
Breakfast styles vary according to the property and the local options available. Your driver-guide will provide practical information and recommend the best available choices for other meals.
In remote communities, the selection of restaurants, shops and services naturally reflects the location. Opening hours, menus and availability may change due to staffing, seasonal demand and the challenge of transporting supplies across vast distances.
Several included flights, cruises and cultural experiences are provided by specialist local operators who bring valuable knowledge and a close connection to their regions. Their schedules may also be adapted according to weather, access and local operating conditions.
Meeting these local operators and experiencing regional businesses and communities is part of the adventure—and part of discovering the real Australia beyond its major tourism centres.
The Australian Outback rewards those who know how to listen to it. Weather, heat, water, road conditions and wildlife all provide important signals about what is possible on a particular day. Our experienced driver-guides understand how to read these conditions and when the program needs to adapt.
Travelling with WA NT TOURS means you can explore remote Australia with confidence, knowing that each decision is made with the conditions, the group and everyone’s wellbeing in mind. Your driver-guide coordinates the journey, shares local knowledge and chooses the most suitable way to experience each destination.
We invite you to listen to nature with us. This also means listening carefully to your driver-guide and following their directions. Instructions concerning departure times, water, sun protection, footwear, walking routes, swimming locations and remaining with the group are an essential part of travelling safely through remote Australia.
The driver-guide makes the final decision about which walks, swimming locations and activities are suitable under the conditions on that day. Guests are expected to respect and follow this guidance for their own wellbeing and that of the entire group.
By trusting your guide, remaining flexible and adapting together, the group can experience the Outback at its best: confidently, responsibly and with a true sense of adventure.
This 19-day Darwin to Perth tour is best enjoyed by travellers who:
WA NT TOURS provides the planning, transport, accommodation, included experiences and professional leadership. You bring flexibility, cooperation and a willingness to experience Australia as it truly is.
In return, this Darwin to Perth Overland adventure takes you far beyond a conventional holiday—across vast landscapes, through remote communities and into some of the most extraordinary environments on the Australian continent.
If you are curious and ready to experience the true scale of Australia, this could be your journey of a lifetime.
Join a small group of like-minded travellers, be touched by nature and begin your Darwin to Perth Overland adventure with WA NT TOURS.
