Start of the Gibb River Road
Typical section of the Gibb River Road
Not long after starting the G.R.R. we came across El Questro Station which I recall reading about at some stage on the internet so I suggested we give it a look. Really glad we did. The road to El Questro station was offroad and had a couple of water crossings which were fun as they were the first we had encountered on the journey. We setup camp and booked into the 'Exploding Gorge' tour which we were told was one of the best tours on offer and had a couple of late cancelations so we were able to book at the last minute. This tour involved an hour long 4wd trip through some of the craziest 4wd territory I had seen inc. driving a long a river, down the side of this gorge with 2-foot drops and then along a 'road' of large river stones to the gorge's edge where a boat was waiting to take us onto the actual water.
Explosion Gorge 4wd Tour at El Questro Station
After a quiet put around the gorge in the boat we loaded back into the 4x4 and drove back up the gorge and then continued up a super steep track to the top of this lookout for champagne and nibbles to watch the sunset. The guide seemed pretty surprised that nothing had gone wrong during the trip and told us tales of blowing tyres in the middle of the river or on the edge of the cliff leading into the gorge. The tour was great and proved to be very valuable knowledge about learning the limits of a 4wd and what kinds of terrain they can handle comfortably. We had a renewed faith in our hire-4wd as it was the same brand land-cruiser that the park used for it's tour vehicles.
Croc warning signs are all over the place.
Boat cruising around Explosion Gorge
Back on the 'road' again.
Montage video of us 4x4ing during the trip.
