Kalbarri to Carnarvon road trip: Distance, time & best stops
The best stops on a Kalbarri to Carnarvon road trip in Western Australia include Nature’s Window and Monkey Mia. The Kalbarri to Carnarvon drive covers a 444km distance in a driving time of around 4h33m.
The drive from Kalbarri to Carnarvon in Western Australia usually forms part of a longer road trip. It’s a big section on the drive from Perth to Exmouth or Perth to Broome.
Kalbarri offers sunset cliffs cruises, and whale-watching tours. To pick your favourite from a good range of Kalbarri accommodation, hunt here. To investigate a wider range of Kalbarri tour and activity options, go here.
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Kalbarri to Carnarvon distance and driving time
The distance from Kalbarri to Carnarvon travelling by car is 444km. This makes for a driving time of around four hours and 33 minutes. Good road trip stops along the route include Nature’s Window, the Shark Bay stromatolites and Monkey Mia.
6 great Kalbarri experiences to book before you arrive
- See the colours of the giant cliffs change on a sunset cliffs cruise.
- Have fun catching the local lobsters on a lobster pot pulling tour.
- Learn about the area’s history, nature and wildlife on a Murchison River cruise.
- See migrating humpbacks on a seasonal whale-watching experience.
- Take a scenic flight to Monkey Mia for a dolphin-feeding encounter.
- Fly over the infamous Batavia shipwreck on an Abrolhos Islands tour by plane.
Kalbarri to Carnarvon road trip: Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri is an increasingly lovely beach town in its own right, but the top attractions are in the surrounding Kalbarri National Park. You can tackle several of them on the drive out to the North West Coastal Highway.
The Kalbarri Skywalk is cantilevered 100 metres above the Murchison Gorge, while there are also great views from the Nature’s Window lookout on the other side of the gorge.
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