 Formerly the Hamersley Ranges, Karijini National Park is located a five to six hour drive south of Roebourne or about three days north of Perth.
Karijini National Park is the second largest National Park in Western Australia. It boasts an abundance of diverse flora and fauna, dramatic gorges, spectacular waterfalls, magnificent mountains, water courses and plateaus. Explore beautiful Karijini and its sights like Circular Pool, Fern Pool and Fortescue Falls, the park's only permanent waterfall.
The Karijini Visitor Centre is located in the park, and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management and run by members of the local Aboriginal community. The Centre offers information on walking, sightseeing, photography, camping, swimming and nature observation.
The park has very good camping facilities at the Fortescue camp site. Toilets, bench seating and gas barbecues are available and a camping fee applies. The park has a system of excellent walk trails of varying levels, for the beginner to the adventurous, which will lead you deep into the subterranean gorges and through waterfalls where you can dive into sparkling rock pools.
The following provides a guide of the distances from nearby towns:
330 kilometres south of Port Hedland via Great Northern Highway
200 kilometres north-west of Newman via Great Northern Highway
350 kilometres east of Nanutarra via sealed road
90 kilometres north-east of Tom Price via sealed road
For those wishing to join a tour group, tours depart from Tom Price, Karratha, and Port Hedland on a regular basis.
Vegetation includes Mulga and Spinifex with some 50 varieties of Acacia, Eucalypts and Melaleuca inside Gorges. Fauna consists of Euro (Rock Wallaby), dingoes, 133 species of birds, and 92 species of amphibians and reptiles. Also, pebble mounds of Pebble-mound Mice may be seen throughout the Park.
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