BUNGLE BUNGLE – Echidna Chasm & Mini Palm Gorge

Bungle Bungle Trip Report (3) – On the second day in Bungle Bungle (Purnululu National Park), we explored around the northern part of the Bungle Bungle mountain ranges.

I didn’t know until I visited, but the scenery in the northern section of the Bungle Bungle is completely different to the southern section of the Bungle Bungle.

There is no dome-shaped rock formations (the Beehives) in the northern section, and instead you’ll see orange-coloured high cliffs.

In the northern section of Bungle Bungle, we first parked our car in an area called Echidna, then climbed a small hill up to the Osmand Lookout .

You can see the Osmand Ranges in the distance, it’s a magnificent view!

After we enjoyed the views from Osmand Lookout, we followed the walking track known as Echidna Chasm .

We continued deeper into the valley, lined with tall palm trees.

The narrow walking track is sandwitched between the orange-coloured high cliffs.

After walking for a while, the palm trees that had been growing there disappeared. From here, you walk through what seems to be a crevice in the rocks, going deeper and deeper into the valley.

From here on, you have to slip through narrow gaps between cliffs looming on both sides…

Climbing over huge pieces of rubble…

We even went down through what seemed to be a cleft in the rocks…

I felt like an explorer!!!

Once you reach the deepest part of the valley (the dead end), you return the same way you came.

Although there are some places where you have to climb over rocks, it’s not a particularly difficult walking track (about 2km round trip). It was a lot of fun.

After walking through Echidna Chasm, we headed to the Bloodwoods area for a picnic lunch, then continued on to Mini Palms Gorge .

We walked along the flat track for a while …

Then we enter a valley filled with palm trees.

Beautiful orange cliff are soaring above us.

This valley is full of huge rubbles, so you have to climb and jump off rocks to to continue further deep in the valley.

Finally, after climbing the slope, you will arrive at the deepest part of the valley.

The deepest part of the valley is slightly high up, so you can get a panoramic view of the valley you have just walked through.

The Mini Palms Gorge walking track is 4.5km round trip from the Bloodwoods car park. It involves climbing over a number of large boulders and a hill at the end, so it was probably the most difficult walk I did in the Bungle Bungle, but it wasn’t too difficult.

After walking through Mini Palms Gorge, we returned to the lodge and took a short rest before heading to Kungkalanayi Lookout to watch the sunset. I’ll post about the sunset in my next blog!