If Karijini National Park wasn’t in such a remote part of Australia it would be firmly on top highlights list for the country. Breathtaking gorges and hidden waterfalls giving an otherworldly feeling of descending to the centre of the earth . . . or at least to the next beautiful rock pool area.
The remoteness means that there are far fewer visitors than many of the other parks and it’s very much worth the 3-4 hour drive inland from the more traditional sites of Western Australia.
Top tip – be sure to camp, or at least stay overnight. Because it is so far inland, dry and lacks human light pollution, the stars are perhaps the best I’ve seen anywhere in the world. Right up there with the Atacama Desert, which is widely seen as the best in the world. Camping under them was magical.
