The Loop — Attraction in Kalbarri National Park

Bloody beautiful walk near Nature's Window in the Kalbarri National Park.

Beautiful rock faces of the Tumblagooda Sandstone cut over millions of years, with delightful trace fossils and sedimentary structures to be found!

I visited in early May, after spending the last year in Esperance...safe to say I was not acclimatised or fit for the hike. I made the rookie error of attempting the walk beginning 10am, and was very much terrified of the signs which indicated that I would probably die walking.

So I decided to have a rest 3km in, once I got down to the river. A goat mother was screaming for her kids, and lots of activity was going on in the water too. Lovely lunch spot!

I turned around and headed back up to the carpark after this, instead of completing the 9km loop. That night, a severely dehydrated me (yes, headache and spewing and a little shaken up by being affected so easily), was grateful I didn't do the whole thing!

The walk itself was fairly easy, a few big rocky steps here and there.

TLDR: Take minimum 3-4L of water, and actually drink it all while you're walking, even if you feel like you don't need it. Don't start the walk much later than 7am if the day is going to be sunny (even on milder days). Especially important if you're from any place cooler...

Great hike with amazing views! We started the trail around 9 AM and it took us around 4 hours to complete (including lunch and picture stops). Along the cliffs it was chilly due to the wind but in the gorge it was quite warm, even in winter. Trail is not too hard, especially if you avoid the heat. Nature's window is amazing and if you start the trail early enough you can avoid the queue to make a picture. Most people will just walk to nature's window and for the remaining 9 km of the trail you'll be almost alone, which is fantastic! Would recommend to everyone! O´e of the most beautiful hikes...

Such an epic walk, one of our favourite experiences in Kalbarri was this trail, make sure you do this walk. We had a fair bit of rainfall prior to visiting so the river was actually flooded but it made the whole walk below have a dozen waterfalls flowing everywhere. Allow plenty of time, it took us 3-4 hours taking our time, stopping and taking photos, we walked down to the river first and finished high along the ridge line so we could see the sunset and finished at...