Overview
About Karijini Outback Restaurant
Why stop
- A sit-down meal and licensed bar inside the park.
Heads up
- Dinner has limited seating, and day-visitor access is unclear.
Map
Where it is

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Karijini Tour Guide
Your drive to Karijini Outback Restaurant, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Karijini National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Karijini audio tourRecorded for this place
Karijini Eco Retreat and Outback Restaurant“You’re coming up on Karijini Eco Retreat, an Aboriginal-owned bushland base beside Joffre Gorge.”
Plays as you drive up to Karijini Outback Restaurant in the Parkwolf Karijini Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Joffre Falls and Lookout
- How a Kestrel Hangs in the Air
- The Scales in a Moth's Pattern
- Rain Beneath the Surface
- 141 audio storiesacross Karijini’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Dingo, Rock Wallaby, Mulga Snake, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 22 trails, 30 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
Guide
More about Karijini Outback Restaurant
A meal inside the parkKarijini Outback Restaurant is an open-air restaurant and licensed bar at Karijini Eco Retreat,…
Karijini Outback Restaurant is an open-air restaurant and licensed bar at Karijini Eco Retreat, inside Karijini National Park. It offers a sit-down meal in a remote park setting, so it can be useful when you want restaurant food without leaving the park. Don't assume it works as an unplanned stop: the operator's booking information is written for overnight guests, and it doesn't clearly say whether day visitors can dine.
What is servedThe operator describes breakfast with continental or hot cooked options, lunch for dining in or…
The operator describes breakfast with continental or hot cooked options, lunch for dining in or takeaway as a picnic, and à-la-carte dinner. The kitchen highlights native ingredients and Western Australian produce. There is also a licensed bar. Menus can change, so treat those as the broad offer rather than a promise of a particular dish.
Plan dinner aheadDinner seating is limited, and the operator asks eco-tent and cabin guests to reserve before…
Dinner seating is limited, and the operator asks eco-tent and cabin guests to reserve before arrival; campsite dinner bookings may open closer to the stay. If you're not staying at the retreat, confirm that visitors can book before planning a meal here. Food service changes by season, so check the current schedule before relying on it.
A Gumala-owned retreatKarijini Eco Retreat is fully owned by Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, which represents…
Karijini Eco Retreat is fully owned by Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, which represents Niapiali, Bunjima and Innawonga peoples, and operates in collaboration with the park agency. The restaurant is part of that broader retreat, alongside accommodation and campground services.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Karijini
44 sightingsDingoMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
18 sightingsRock WallabyMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
15 sightingsMulga SnakeMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
36 sightingsHamersley Rock MonitorMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
13 sightingsWestern BowerbirdMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
34 sightingsChildren's PythonMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Karijini. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.















