Tour West Coast & Ningaloo Reef Adventure (Southbound)

Guide

All group trips are accompanied by one of our group leaders. The aim of the group leader is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. Intrepid endeavours to provide the services of an experienced leader however, due to the seasonality of travel, rare situations may arise where your leader is new to a particular region or training other group leaders. Your leader will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense, you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the places visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious, and social aspects. At Intrepid we aim to support local guides who have specialised knowledge of the regions we visit. If you are interested in delving deeper into the local culture at a specific site or location then your leader can recommend a local guide service in most of the main destinations of your trip.

Meals

6 breakfasts

Others

Cape Range National Park - Guided Hike & Milyering Visitor Centre Cape Range National Park - Vlamingh Head Lighthouse Ningaloo Reef - Glass Bottom Boat Cruise & Snorkelling Experience Carnarvon - Gwoonwardu Mia (Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre) Carnarvon - Quobba Blowholes Monkey Mia - Didgeridoo Dreaming Night Tour with Bush Tucker Shark Bay - Eagle Bluff Lookout & Denham Shark Bay - Shell Beach Shark Bay - Hamelin Pool Stromatolites Monkey Mia - Dolphin Spotting with Local Ranger Kalbarri National Park - Z Bend, Natures Window & Kalbarri Skywalk Kalbarri - Rock Lobster Pot Pull Boat Trip West Coast - Hutt Lagoon (Pink Lake) Northampton - Keepers Dreaming Indigenous Art Gallery Visit Geraldton - Orientation Walk with Leader West Coast - Cervantes & Jurien Bay West Coast - Lancelin Sand Dunes Visit Nambung National Park - Pinnacles Desert

Accommodation

Motel (2 nights),Resort (2 nights),Cabin (1 night),Lodge (1 night)

Transport

Private vehicle,Boat

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Others

Other activities and services are not included.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Insurance

Insurance is not included.

Flights

Flights are not included.

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Day 1 Day 1: Exmouth
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Exmouth

Welcome to Western Australia! Your adventure begins in Exmouth, a seaside town boasting white sand beaches and turquoise waters. A meeting will take place around 3pm where you’ll meet up with your local leader and fellow travellers before heading off to the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse from where you can take in views of the famous Ningaloo Reef. Enjoy an evening at leisure in Exmouth.
Accommodation: Lodge
Day 2 Day 2: Coral Bay / Ningaloo Reef / Carnarvon
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Coral Bay / Ningaloo Reef / Carnarvon

Get ready for an experience you won’t soon forget, first driving to picturesque Coral Bay, home to the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef. Join your group for a glass-bottom boat tour where you can see up to 250 species of coral and more than 500 species of colourful fish. Take to the waters with a snorkel. This afternoon, check out the Carnarvon Cactus Farm, have the opportunity to check out some of the delicious produce along the Gascoyne Food Trail and snap a photo at the Carnarvon Space and Technology Centre which was created to support NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs. Stop at the Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre and learn about the region’s culture and country from its First Nations custodians.
Accommodation: Motel
Day 3 Day 3: Shark Bay / Monkey Mia
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Shark Bay / Monkey Mia

This morning, visit the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve and see marine stromatolites, or ‘living fossils’, which are widely regarded as the best of their kind in the world. Then enjoy a stop at beautiful Shell Beach, one of only two beaches in the world composed entirely of shells. Continue towards Denham where you can stroll along the Eagle Bluff boardwalk and enjoy the view from the lookout. This afternoon is yours to relax on the pristine shores of Monkey Mia until later on when you’ll join an evening First Nations experience where you will learn about Gutharraguda (Shark Bay) from the Nhanda and Malgana people. Try your hand at playing the didgeridoo or traditional conch shell and taste some bush tucker prepared by your hosts over the open fire. Tonight you’ll stay at a beachfront resort overlooking Shark Bay.
Accommodation: Cabin
Day 4 Day 4: Shark Bay / Kalbarri National Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Shark Bay / Kalbarri National Park

After breakfast, watch Parks and Wildlife rangers feed the resident bottlenose dolphins at Monkey Mia and learn about these animals and other local marine life – this is a memory that is sure to stick with you long after your adventure is over! Then it’s time to hit the road once more and drive on to Kalbarri National Park, where you can appreciate the park’s diverse scenery including Nature’s Window, Z-Bend Gorge and the amazing Kalbarri Skywalk. You’ll spend tonight at a well-located resort within the park.
Accommodation: Resort
Day 5 Day 5: Kalbarri National Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Kalbarri National Park

Jump on a boat at the Kalbarri Marina this morning and set sail for the open ocean where you’ll learn about the local rock lobster industry and help pull up some lobster pots and re-bait them, ready to catch more delicious rock lobster before you return to the marina. The rest of the day in Kalbarri is yours to enjoy your way. Opt for a relaxing day at the beach or sign up for one of the many optional activities that are available in Kalbarri such as scenic flights, quad bike tours, canoe hire, or abseiling the Z-Bend at the national park.
Accommodation: Resort
Day 6 Day 6: Northampton / Geraldton
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Northampton / Geraldton

Kick off the day with a visit to the photogenic Pink Lake at Hutt Lagoon before carrying on to historical Northampton. Join your leader for a walk around Northampton, one of the oldest towns in Western Australia, and admire dozens of historically significant buildings dating back to the 1800s. You’ll also visit a First Nations art gallery to see some beautiful pieces being made, and if you are lucky have the chance to meet the artists. Travel to Geraldton in the afternoon. Join your leader for a walk around town to learn about the region’s maritime history, see St Francis Xavier Cathedral, and perhaps spot some seals as you stroll along the waterfront at sunset.
Accommodation: Motel
Day 7 Day 7: Pinnacles / Perth
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Pinnacles / Perth

This morning’s scenic journey along the Indian Ocean Drive will take you through Cervantes and to the Leaning Trees of Greenough. Along the way, you’ll also stop at the largest dunes in Western Australia and The Pinnacles at Nambung National Park where natural limestone pillars tower above the sand to create an otherworldly landscape. Arrive into Perth (Boorloo in the language of the local Whadjuk Nyoongar people, who are the traditional owners of the land on which Perth is now located), the capital of Western Australia at which point your adventure will come to an end.

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West Coast & Ningaloo Reef Adventure (Southbound)

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Itinerary of your trip West Coast & Ningaloo Reef Adventure (Southbound)

Day 1: Exmouth

Day 2: Coral Bay / Ningaloo Reef / Carnarvon

Day 3: Shark Bay / Monkey Mia

Day 4: Shark Bay / Kalbarri National Park

Day 5: Kalbarri National Park

Day 6: Northampton / Geraldton

Day 7: Pinnacles / Perth

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