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Adventure South West Monkey Mia 9 Days Combination

Perth – Kalbarri N.P. – Monkey Mia – Dongara – Pinnacles – Perth

4 days, Departures guaranteed with 2 people minimum, max. 6 people, Swiss German/German/English speaking guide in air conditioned 4WD, with hotel accommodation

Departure: every Monday

Day 1, Monday - Geraldton - Kalbarri (D)

Hutt LagoonWe will pick you up from your hotel and head toward Kalbarri along the Wildflower Road (Mount Lesueur National Park's botanical diversity is world-renowned). Then we will follow on towards the holiday destinations of Dongara and Greenough and to Geraldton, the biggest city in the Mid-West famous for their million dollar lobsters industry. Via Port Gregory along the Hutt Lagoon (pink salt lake, farmed for the beta-carotene) to the coastal cliffs lookouts of the Kalbarri National Park, ie. Natural Bridge, Red Bluff.
Accommodation in Kalbarri

Day 2, Tuesday - Kalbarri NP - Shark Bay - Monkey Mia (B,D)

Natures WindowWe will be visiting the Kalbarri National Park with the Loop and Z Bend, Nature‘s Window and Hawks Head. The spectacular gorges, similar to that seen in some northern parts of Australia, are winding for 80km through the National Park. The sandstone is up to 3000m thick and was deposited about 400 million years ago. Following the first rains of the year, wildflowers start to appear in a spectacular array of colours. More than a 1000 species of plants are flowering between May and November each year. We will stop at the Shell Quarry next to the old Telegraph Station. In the vicinity of the extremely salty Hamelin Pool, Stromatolites are thriving. These Stromatolites are the earth's oldest living fossils.
Accommodation in Monkey Mia

Day 3, Wednesday - Monkey Mia - Geraldton (B,D)

DolphinThe Dolphins generally will come in every day and we will be waiting for them. Afterwards we will head south and visit the Shell Beach formed by the accumulation of billions upon billions of tiny shells. We then head back and stay overnight near Geraldton
Accommodation in Dongara

Day 4, Thursday - Cervantes - Perth (B)

PinnaclesToday we will show you the Pinnacles, a group of about 150,000 weird limestone formations ranging from less than a metre to up to five metres high. Formed 15 to 30 thousand years ago from the deposits of shell left behind when the sea receded, time, erosion and the winds have combined to form such formations as the Indian Chief, Milk Bottles and many others. When seen against their background of golden sand, it is reminiscent of a field of ancient ruins.
After our visit to the Pinnacles we will drive along some gravel roads in the hope of encountering wildlife.

 

 

B=Breakfast, D=Dinner

Included are:

Accommodation

You should bring along: a small soft bag (please leave your suitcase at the hotel), comfortable shoes, shorts and t-shirts for during the day and long pants and a jumper for the evenings (usual the temparature is lower down south as in Perth), a hat, sunscream, bath towel and swimwear.