Broome and Kimberley

Broome is on the northwest coast of Western Australia, more than 2,000 km from Perth, at the entrance to the Kimberley region. It grew in the late 19th century with the pearling industry, which attracted divers from Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and China and gave the town a mix of cultures seen in Chinatown and the Japanese cemetery.

Cable Beach stretches for about 22 km of white sand, and the sunset with camel caravans on the sand has become the city’s best-known image. At Gantheaume Point, low tide reveals dinosaur footprints, and in Roebuck Bay, on full-moon nights, the moon’s reflection on the mudflats creates the so-called Staircase to the Moon.

Farther east, Kununurra is the base for Lake Argyle, one of Australia’s largest reservoirs, for the Ord River and for scenic flights over Purnululu National Park, with the striped domes of the Bungle Bungle Range.

The region has two seasons: the dry season, from May to October, with hot days and clear skies, and the wet season, from November to April, with heat, heavy rains, cyclones and roads that can close.

This destination brings together 2 cities: Broome, Kununurra.