After just under 4 weeks exploring Broome, Cape Leveque and the Gibb River road, we pressed on to Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles.
If you want a guide that covers literally everything you’d want to know about the Kimberley, you’ll find it here – the ultimate guide to the Kimberley.
In case you missed the other posts, you can see them here:

Lake Argyle; probably the most scenic place we visited

Lake Argyle Resort and Caravan Park

19 times the water capacity of Sydney harbour is held up by one relatively small wall

Lake Argyle Resort’s infinity pool. A class of its own!

Lake Argyle flowing into the Ord River

Living the dream

Lake Argyle boat tour with Matt

More water than you can imagine. We travelled over 100km by boat over 6 hours

One of the rivers feeding Lake Argyle

The Silver Cobbler 2 – the boat to go on!

You don’t see water this calm very often

At 50km/h its a sight to behold

Feeding some fish at Lake Argyle

An amazing bird of prey

Swimming in the lake as the sun sets; magic

A perfect way to wind the day up

There are around 25,000 freshwater crocodiles in Lake Argyle

The sunsets here are unbelievable

Perfect reflections; its pretty rare!

Words don’t do this place justice

Paradise on a boat!

The last of the sun

Trying our luck fishing off the flood way

We caught a catfish and sooty grunter

The helicopter tour at Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle Hydroelectric power generation. This saves 60 million litres of diesel per year

The sun transforms the rock here

Off to the Bungles

A slightly sick looking Navara at the Bungle Bungles

Walking into the Echidna Chasm

Staggering scenery, as per the Kimberley norm

A short, rewarding walk

It’s much bigger than I realised

The bee hives, in all their beauty

There are some great lookouts here too

Trying to capture the scenery

My shorts blend in!

Well worth the drive in

Cathedral Gorge

There are way more Bee hives than I expected

We splashed out on an 18 minute helicopter ride

Which was a huge highlight of our trip

The view from above is unreal

They might look small from here, but they aren’t!

Nature at its best

We live in an incredible country

Our last sunset at the Bungles

Magic

The more we travel, the more we love our 4WD!

A couple of the minor corrugations on the way in

Bungle Bungle lookout
After 5 weeks, it was a bit of a shock to head back to Perth. Nonetheless, that’s life, and we had a holiday that was so jammed full of amazing experiences. You can’t put a price on a holiday like that, and we now have memories that will last forever.
I love this write up – great work man.
How were the campsites at the Bungles? Crowded? Allowed fires etc? Just trying to work our how many days to stay there.
Hey mate,
Thanks!
When we were there it was late May, and there were very little people camping – there were 3 groups camped in our section, of about 20 spots to camp! There’s 4 places you can stay – the caravan park on the way in (about an hours drive into the Bungles), or the DPAW sites – 2 north and 1 south. We stayed at the northern side, and originally had 3 nights booked (you must book these sites). We ended up only staying 2 nights, and still had time to see the Chasm, Cathedral gorge, the Bee hives and do a 15 minute flight.
We did a couple of smaller walks in the mix too – there’s a good walk in the northern camp ground as the sun goes down – absolutely magic.
When we were there though, there were a few places closed due to damage from the wet season, so possibly 3 nights would be the go if its all open.
I honestly can’t remember about fires – I think you may have been able to have them, but we never did – it was warm enough.
Happy to answer any other questions you have mate
Aaron
Thanks mate! We’ll be going through in August so hopefully it’s the same sort of deal (less crowded being outside of school holidays). Sounds like 2 days is pretty ideal there.
We’ll see how we go with fires – love a bush telly so hopefully we’re all good.
2 days will be fine; it all depends on where you are coming from though, and whether you are able to see at least one of the attractions the day that you arrive. We left from Lake Argyle and had no issues doing the Echidna Chasm upon arrival, then going and setting up camp.
Very jealous – I’d love to be up there right now!