West Coast & Pilbara Explorer

10 DAY SELF-DRIVE HOLIDAY

PACKAGE INCLUDES

• Car Hire, “no worries” unlimited kms, comprehensive insurance
• 9 nights accommodation, 2 meals
• DISCOVER WEST Explorer Kit (instructions, travelogue, maps etc)
• DISCOVER WEST Bonus Voucher Book

Take a closer look at the exclusive Self Drive Package Inclusions.

DAY 1 Perth - Kalbarri
• Head north hugging the Indian Ocean coast line visit Yanchep National Park, experience the mystique of the Pinnacles Desert & Nambung National Park, visit Waddi Emu and Wildflower Farm.
• The awesome Australian beauty of the Kalbarri National Park and its gorges are waiting to be explored.

Overnight
Best Western Kalbarri Palm Resort (Deluxe Rm)

DAY 2 Kalbarri - Shark Bay / Monkey Mia
• Explore Kalbarri coastal cliffs and the Murchison River’s red gorges, perhaps visit the tropical and exotic parrot habitat, look around the town.
• Arrive at Shark Bay with time to see the unique Shell Beach and Stromatolites.

Overnight
Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort (Garden Villa)

DAY 3 Meet the Dolphins
• Spend the morning greeting the families of wild, but friendly, bottle nose dolphins at Monkey Mia.
• The Shark Bay World Heritage area is yours to discover today with the rich abundance of unique sea life and land forms. The 4WD into Francois Peron National Park is a well rewarded adventure.
• Visit a Pearl Farm or take a sunset cruise.

Overnight
Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort (Garden Villa)

DAY 4 Shark Bay to Ningaloo Reef
• Last goodbye to the dolphins before heading towards Carnarvon and then on to the North West Cape and the brilliant Ningaloo Reef.

Overnight
Novotel Ningaloo Resort

DAY 5 Ningaloo Reef & Cape Range
• Paddle at the edge of the water and let the fish swim around your legs. Step off the beach onto the enormous coral reef. Spend the day snorkelling amongst some of the 460 species of fish.
• Swim with Whale Sharks or interact with other wildlife. Enjoy a cruise on a glass bottom boat.
• The rugged Cape Range National Park is a scenic 4WD adventure playground.

Overnight
Novotel Ningaloo Resort

DAY 6 Exmouth - Tom Price
• Into the red heart of the Australian outback – the Pilbara. Time again to engage 4WD, past Giralia Station, continue overland past Mt Stuart and Mt Edith - red dust ablaze on to the modern mining town of Tom Price.

Overnight
Karijni Eco Retreat

DAY 7 Explore the Pilbara
• Today one of the oldest landscapes on earth is yours to discover. The enormous Hamersley Ranges include the Karijini National Park - renowned for its spectacular mountains, colourful gorges of dramatic folded ribbons of rock, watercourses and plateaux.
• At Oxers Lookout - stand at the junction of four great gorges. Plenty of opportunity to swim in great gorges.
• The perfect location to fully test your vehicles’s 4WD capabilities

Overnight
Karijni Eco Retreat

DAY 8 Tom Price - Newman
• Perhaps experience a tour of the massive mining facility in Tom Price this morning.
• Travel through the Karijini gorge country and see some significant aboriginal sites on route to Newman. Well worth a visit.

Overnight
Seasons Hotel Newman (Deluxe Room)

DAY 9 Newman - Cue
• Head south on the inland route.
• See historic gold mining locations and ghost town.

Overnight
Nallan Station (Share facilities). [D]

DAY 10 Cue - Perth
• Stop off at historic New Norcia, as you travel south back to Perth. [B]

Add Indian Pacific - ask DISCOVER WEST.

Depts. Any Day. Vehicle delivered to city hotel. Operates from Perth to Broome at a surcharge.

Group A - Large 4WD.

Group	Accommodation	Single	Twin Share	Triple Share	2x Twin
2	Deluxe	3456	1799	1400	1290

Starting holiday costs per person. Cost (A$) seasonal surcharges may apply, low season costs shown.     Booking Code S185
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