Karijini National Park
Good to know
- Best time to go
- April to October; gorge swimming is possible year-round but water is cold in winter
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Karijini National Park occupies the Hamersley Plateau in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where ancient banded ironstone formations have been carved by rivers into a network of narrow, deep gorges. Gorges including Dales, Hancock, Weano, and Joffre reach depths of 100 metres and contain tiered waterfalls, rock pools, and passages requiring swimmers to slide between canyon walls. The park covers 627,422 hectares of spinifex plains and mulga scrub above the gorge system, providing habitat for bilby, echidna, and numerous reptile species.
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