Gibb River Road, Kimberley (Top trail)

This road is epic. There are so many amazing places to see along the way that you really need weeks or better yet months to explore all the side trails and visit all the scenic locations without rushing. If you have come a long way for a once in a lifetime trip along the Gibb then you really should not rush it. Download the route maps and carefully check out everything along the way. anything you miss or decide not to visit you may never get another chance to see so don't live with regrets. Also, be prepared!!. There is a lot more bitumen and a lot more traffic along it these days so the trip is a little kinder to vehicles than it was when I first drove it. That said there are still some significant water crossings to tackle and the road can get quite rough with all the traffic. My best advice is reduce your tyre pressures and reduce your speed, your vehicle will love you for it. Fuel can be very expensive along the way and not up to the same quality as your major city outlets so put a new fuel filter and if possible an extra one inline with a good water trap as that may save your engine if you happen to get some dodgy fuel. If you drive a Toyota then about 90% of the people you meet will have things like spare tyres you can beg or buy if you need a spare. However if like me you drive a vehicle rarely seen on the Gibb (Range Rover Sport) you need to be much better prepared but overloading your vehicle can also bring you unstuck. Keep your speeds down and as an example why a guy in a Jeep blasted past me once when I was doing about 65klm/h and about 5 klms down the road I found him in a culvert with 3 destroyed tyres on 3 bent wheel rims because he hit the hard sharp edge where the dirt road me the cement road over a bridge that had a 6 inch deep washout along the edge and he was probably still doing 100klm/h when he hit it. That both ruined his trip and would have cost him a lot just because he was hurrying. As a hint, El Questro Station alone is worth at least a week.

Loved every minute free camping and stay at the parks. On the Gibb for 6 weeks and done every Gorge and did not have one think brake or any damage on our Kimberly Camper. Will do it again in a couple of years. A Must Do.

Every family should drive the Gibb R R at least once and stop in as many gorges as possible. Every waterfall is so different and so spectacular.