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Gorgeous Gorges (BGG)
Departing Broome, track over Roebuck Bay before heading to Windjana Gorge.
Fly over the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges & explore Windjana Gorge taking in the fossilised marine life and freshwater crocodiles.
After a quick flight to Silent Grove, take a one-kilometre hike into Bell Gorge where you can enjoy a refreshing swim and take in the spectacular pools at Bell Gorge.
Land at the Historic Mt Hart Station for a delicious lunch.
Fly over the ‘8th Wonder of the World’ and witness astonishing rapid tidal movements unique to this region at the Horizontal Waterfalls.
Marvel at the hundreds of islands that make up the Buccaneer Archipelago including Cockatoo and Koolan Island.
Land at Australia’s oldest family-owned and operated pearl farm at Cygnet Bay where you will have a relaxing afternoon tea.
Return to Broome via the coast flying over Pender Bay, Beagle Bay, Carnot Bay, James Price Point, Willie Creek and Cable Beach.
*The Horizontal Falls is a natural tidal phenomenon. They cannot guarantee the amount or level of water flowing through the falls at any given time.
*The walk to the top of Bell Gorge is a short but steep one-kiloemtre walk. A moderate level of fitness is required.
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King Leopold Ranges
Departing Broome, you head over the township of Broome passing Chinatown, Roebuck Bay and surrounds. Your flight path takes you over Malcolm Douglas Crocodile farm and the Broome Road before you head towards the open landscape of the Kimberley.
As you fly past the millions of hectares of station land, rich in Aboriginal Heritage, your pilot will entertain you with stories and the history of the area, before entering the area known as the King Leopold Ranges on your descent into Windjana Gorge. The King Leopold Ranges extend for three hundred kilometres from Walcott Inlet in the West to approximately one hundred kilometres from Halls Creek in the East. The ranges consist of long, rugged, spinifex-covered ridges and escarpments. Mount Ord at nine hundred and forty-seven metres above sea level and Mount Broome at nine hundred and thirty-five metres are the highest peaks in the range.
Windjana Gorge
After landing at Windjana Gorge Airstrip you will take a short drive through the amazing Windjana Gorge where you will see a myriad of natural wildlife and view the amazing and ever present stares of Windjana’s most revered occupant, the Johnson River Crocodile. The walls of Windjana Gorge rise abruptly from the wide alluvial floodplain of the Lennard River, reaching approximately one hundred metres high in some places. The three and a half kilometre long gorge cuts through the limestone of the Napier Range, part of an ancient barrier reef which can also be seen at Geikie Gorge and Tunnel Creek National Parks.
After an hour spent at Windjana you take to the skies again for a short flight over the King Leopold Range to the remote Silent Grove airstrip for another quick drive through the Kimberley outback, dotted with many native boab trees to Bell Gorge.
Bells Gorge
Once at Bell Gorge there will be a short, steep one kilometre walk to the top of the waterfall. This walk is not for the faint-hearted but is well worth-it once you meet the refreshing pool that feeds the waterfall. Once at the top of the waterfall there is a chance for swimming, relaxing and amazing photo opportunities. For the daring, there is another one kilometre harsh walk to the base of the waterfall where an amazing fresh water pool is awaiting your arrival.
Once you are feeling relaxed and refreshed from your swim at Bell Gorge, you then take off for a another flight over the King Leopold Ranges into Mount Hart Station.
Mount Hart Station
Landing at Mount Hart Station for a gourmet lunch at the Homestead and a tour of the grounds. The history of this amazing homestead is not to be missed.
Refreshed and re-energized you then depart Mount Hart and the inland Kimberley landscape and head to the coastal areas. You descend over King Sound past the township of Derby the exit point of the mighty Fitzroy River.
Horizontal Falls
The thousands of islands that form the Buccaneer Archipelago become distinct. You are now over pearling waters where the many pearl farms of the archipelago become visible.
The Horizontal Waterfalls soon come into sight as the aircraft is positioned, to get the perfect view from the window. This magnificent example of Mother Nature’s power is closely aligned between the gorges of the McLarty Range, located in Talbot Bay. The Horizontal Falls are a fast-moving tidal flow through two narrow fingers, the direction of the flow reverses with each change of tide. As tides in the Kimberley can reach ten metres, a peak tide gives rise to a significant difference in the sea level on either side of each gorge, which creates the rushing water of the Horizontal Falls.
Flying over Talbot Bay, the home of the famous Paspaley Pearling Empire, you can see the hundreds of long lines each housing the valuable creatures that cultivate the pearl. Your Pilot weaves through the islands of Cockatoo and Koolan (mining empires) and heads to Cape Leveque where the red rock cliffs meet the white sandy beaches to the pristine blue waters.
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Broome Aviation
Broome Aviation is the most experienced aviation company operating throughout the Kimberley region.
The pilots are trained to the highest standards, both in safety and local knowledge and we would love the opportunity to introduce you to the spectacular Kimberley region.
From the spectacular and ancient Bungle Bungles to the wonders of the horizontal falls and the Buccaneer Archipelago, the choice of tours is endless. Be entertained by stories of William Dampier and the early explorers, or dive into the history of Broome’s early pearling days through to Japanese Air raids and millions of dollars in missing diamonds.
Some of our tours will land on the red dirt of the outback, where you can explore further by four-wheel drive or listen to the Dreamtime stories told by Indigenous guides over a cup of tea.
Whatever you are looking for, Broome Aviation will be happy to provide a day you will never forget and memories that last a lifetime.
If one of the regular tours doesn’t do everything you want to do, they are more than happy to quote on customised tours. (Minimum numbers apply).
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