Sight · Karijini National Park
The long gorge walk ends at a pool beneath a natural arch.
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Karijini Tour Guide
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.
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Kalamina Gorge and Rock Arch Pool“Kalamina Gorge is coming up, with a short, steep descent to a small waterfall and permanent pool. For a quick visit, allow about half an hour, including the climb back out. Look for fish in the rock pools.”
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Rock Arch Pool is a natural stream pool at the downstream end of Kalamina Gorge in Karijini, known for the rock arch and banded red walls around it. The five-minute descent from the access car park reaches a small upper pool; continue downstream if Rock Arch Pool is your goal.
The route to the pool is about 3 km and takes up to three hours return. It starts with a steep descent, then follows the stream past pools and banded walls, with stream crossings and some ledge walking. If you only have time for the short descent, treat the upper pool as its own stop; the arch is the payoff for going farther.
The gorge's horizontal bands rise above the water along the walk. Karijini's gorge landscape has been carved by erosion from rock more than 2.5 billion years old. At Rock Arch Pool, look for the arch above the water; including the pool in the foreground gives a photo a sense of the walls enclosing it.
Wildlife
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.
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