MITCHELL PLATEAU AND KIMBERLEY COAST
TOUR KKIMBERLEY COASTAL ADVENTURE FLIGHT AND HOME VALLEY GROUND TOUR
Duration - Half day
Departs - Kununurra, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun; April to September 9am, returning to Kununurra at 2pm.
Adult: $599 Child: $599
Slingair has taken the best features of the Northeast Kimberley and packed them into one astounding tour.
From Kununurra we will follow the Ord River downstream flying over the Ord Irrigation Area and do some croc spotting and then onto House Roof Hill, the location site of the Faraway Downs homestead used in the film 'Australia'. Track north to the 'Needles', mini Bungle-like formations at Cape Domett, and on the way we will fly over the incredible mangrove colonies of the Ord river 'false mouths'. At Cape Domett we will fly along the beach that is the birth location of thousands of north Kimberley Flatback turtles. We then cross the Cambridge Gulf, Lacrosse Island and follow the edge of the Timor Sea to the mighty King George River. We fly from the sea up the 12km gorge to orbit the King George Falls, then track back to the east and the Berkley River, following one pristine waterhole after another inland. View Oombulgurri Community on the Forrest River and the winding path of the Durack River before landing at Home Valley Station for an 'HV8' Station Tour which includes some locations from the film Australia and gives you an overview of the Station and its Tourism, Cattle and Training facilities. Lunch is at the Dusty Bar & Grill and you can cool off with a swim in the resort pool. After lunch the flight takes in the western escarpment of the Cockburn Range, El Questro Station’s Homestead and the Kununurra Diversion Dam.
TOUR APDDRY
KIMBERLEY PANORAMA WITH LUNCH AT DRYSDALE RIVER STATION
Departs - Kununurra, Tues and Thurs - May to Sep – 9am
Adult: $795 Child: $745
TOUR APDDryELQP - El Questro pick-up, Knx drop off - May to Sep -9am OR
Adult: $920 Child: $870
TOUR APDDryELQD - Knx pick up, El Questro drop off, - May to Sep -9am
Adult: $920 Child: $870
TOUR APDDryELQ - El Questro return flight - May to Sep – 9.00am
Adult: $920 Child: $870
The only way to see the remote northern coastline of Western Australia is by air. Our route to the northern Kimberley and the Mitchell Plateau takes you over tidal mud flats, mangrove systems, waterfalls and deep gorges. Spot crocodiles, manta rays, dugong and other sea creatures. Our flight path takes in the Ord River Irrigation Area, Lower Ord River, Carlton Hill & Ivanhoe Stations, Wyndham, Cambridge Gulf and Adolphus Island before reaching the coast. We then take you over the Berkeley River Gorge, King George Falls, Kalumburu Aboriginal Community and Crystal Head.
We land at the Mitchell Plateau airstrip to stretch our legs and have a drink and snack before becoming airborne again to make sweeping orbits of the Mitchell Falls and Mertens Gorge. Departing the Mitchell Falls we follow the Moran River to Drysdale River Station, a remote cattle station which also welcomes tourists. For lunch try the real Kimberley beef burger! Return to Kununurra via El Questro and Emma Gorge with memorable views of the afternoon sun on the western walls of the Cockburn Range.
*All rates are valid from 1st April 2009 to 31st March 2011.*
