The 'Best of the West' tour - Darwin to Perth (or vice versa)

The western part of Australia is still untouched by tourism on a large scale. It is only recently that highlights like the incredible Bungle Bungle National Park have been made accessible to the modern traveler.

The magnificent Kimberleys and the Karijini National Park are still waiting to be discovered by the tourist industry and many beautiful beaches in Broome and along the west coast are only known to the locals.

The "Best of the West" covers all these magnificent and spectacular destinations in Western Australia.

The tour stretches 4,900km, including 300km gravel road, which is easily done by the average experienced bike rider.

We start the tour in tropical Darwin, one of the best places to tune yourself into a holiday mood. We do some sightseeing of the city, watch the crocodiles, or just enjoy one of the beaches near the city.

After we visit the Northern Territory Wildlife Park, our first camp will be in Litchfield National Park at Wangi Falls. This has a beautiful waterfall with a fantastic plunge pool for swimming.

The next night will see us at Katherine Gorge National Park, at Edith Falls. This is another outback paradise with a swimming hole and waterfall.

We then head west and cross into Western Australia. After a bush camp we reach Kununurra where we organise a boat trip on the Ord river and a scenic flight over the amazing Bungle Bungles.

On our way to the coast we travel through the southern part of the Kimberleys, with the classically Australian rugged red rocky scenery of the magnificent Geikie Gorge, Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge.

We spend a day in Broome at the spectacular Cable Beach and enjoy the nightlife of this small resort town that used to survive by pearl diving.

Next we follow the coast and turn inland just north of Port Headland. We visit Karijini National Park and a number of beautiful gorges with idyllic billabongs and waterfalls.

In Kalgoorlie we get a bit of a taste of the goldrush days in the old "Wild West". The mines are still working and it is said, that in some pubs you can still pay your bill in nuggets.

On our last leg to Perth we pass Wave Rock, an amazingly shaped rock formation.

Perth, nestled between the Swan River and the Indian Ocean, is our final destination. We party in Fremantle to celebrate an exciting and rewarding tour: "The Best of the West."