Gibb River Road
Home Valley / Pentecost River to Great Northern Highway junction (near Kununurra) · Kimberley, Western Australia
The Kimberley's legendary outback track, here on its iconic eastern run past the Pentecost River crossing beneath the Cockburn Range.
The Gibb River Road is a 660km mostly-unsealed cattle route across the remote Kimberley between Derby and the Kununurra end, and its most photographed stretch is the eastern run past Home Valley and the Pentecost River crossing, with the red wall of the Cockburn Range looming over the floodplain. This section is corrugated red dirt with a wide, fast tidal river crossing that can hold saltwater crocodiles and rises quickly after rain. It is a true 4WD adventure rather than a sports-car road, rewarded with some of the most spectacular outback scenery in Australia. The road is generally only open and passable in the dry season. Mind the severe corrugations and bulldust, the croc-inhabited Pentecost crossing, and wet-season closures and flooding.
Where it runs
Character
Elevation
133 m rangeKnow before you go
- Severe corrugations and bulldust
- Tidal Pentecost crossing with saltwater crocodiles
- Wet-season closures and flooding
Sources
Nearby roads
The closest great drives to Gibb River Road.
