Drapers Gorge & Escarpment Trail, Kennedy Range National Park ,
WA
Part
1-- Honeycomb Gorge & Temple Gorge, Kennedy Range
National Park
Part
2-- Drapers Gorge & Escarpment Trail, Kennedy Range
National Park
Getting to Kennedy
Range : The Temple Gorge campground at Kennedy Range National Park
is about 62 km north of Gascoyne
Junction with unsealed road. Gascoyne Junction is 172 km east of Carnarvon with a sealed road. Carnarvon
is about 900 km from Perth by Indian Ocean .
Some spectacular trails in the national
park are
(a) Sunrise
View
(b) Honeycomb Gorge Trail
(c) Temple Gorge Trail
(d) Escarpment Trail
(e) Drapers Gorge Trail
Escarpment Trail
(3.4 km return, 3 hrs)
Start at either Drapers Gorge car park or Temple Gorge
campground. The trail leads into a narrow gorge that ascends to the top of the
range for spectacular views. This trail is steep with loose rocks and travels
near cliff edges.
Drapers Gorge Trail
(2 km
return, 2 hrs)
A progressively harder route that features
a series of seasonal waterfalls and small rock pools along its length. Walkers
completing the whole walk will have to scramble up escarpment slopes and along
rock ledges in some areas.