Echidna Chasm — Attraction in Purnululu

The best walk in the park for sure! The best time for the beautiful lit up rock photos is 11am onwards, at the round boulder as you walk in. Even when it lights up keep waiting.. it just gets better and better. The walk in is around 30-40 mins, lots to look at as you walk in, very easy walk. Then as you enter the chasm it’s just stunning, walk all the way till it opens out, looks awesome there and then keep going around the corner till the end, and there’s boulders above your head that are stick in between the rocks! Looks like something out of the movie 127 Hours! I went as far as I could. But you do have to scramble a little. You can’t keep on going unfortunately there’s a sign saying you...

There are so many beautiful places in the Kimberleys and in particular in the Bungle Bungles. But this is one of the most beautiful and is extraordinary. It has a quite unique atmosphere. The chasm is a cleft that narrows to just a few metres wide, with 200-metre-high red rock walls towering above you. When we visited around midday, sunlight filtered directly down into the chasm, making the sandstone walls glow in vibrant orange and gold. Unlike the Bungles beehive-shaped domes, Echidna Chasm features striking vertical walls of conglomerate rock. What I really loved were the Livistona palms grow inside the gorge, adding a splash of coolness and green against...

Echidna Chasm is one of the highlights of the park. The walk begins at the Echidna Chasm car park, 19 km north of the visitor centre. It is a moderately difficult walk with a short challenging climb near the end. The gorge is a spectacular long, narrow chasm. It has striking colour variations, depending on the angle of the sun beaming into the chasm, with Livistonia palms waving from the 200 m high ridges above. This area is understandably popular with photographers. The amazing conglomerate boulders strewn along the path provide a clue to the sedimentary origin of the Bungle Bungle Range. Echidna Gorge car park has shaded picnic areas...