Rock Art Tour - Nganjarli
Tours operate May - September season
If you've decided to 'Wander out Yonder' and head north towards Broome then stop off at Karratha, and join one of Ngurrangga Tours traditional experiences through the eyes of a traditional owner - Clinton Walker. You will see some of the most and hear the stories of this region.
Ngurrangga Tours is a fully Aboriginal owned and operated tourism company delivering tours to the coastal and inland areas within the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi traditional country. Take a guided tour with Clinton through the Murujuga National Park, which has the highest concentration of rock art in the world and rediscover the petroglyphs (rock art) created by the Yaburrara (Northern Ngarluma) people. The rock art has been dated back to before the ice age ended and is approx. over 40,000 years old and there is up to 1 million rock art images scattered across the entire Burrup Peninsula and Dampier Archipelago.
What to bring:
Closed in shoes, hat, water, sunscreen and camera
What’s included:
National Park entry
Tour Highlights:
- Traditional Welcome to Country
- Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art (highest concentration in the world)
- Sacred Sites
- Traditional Stories
- Flying Foam Massacre Site
- Hearson Cove Beach
- Shell Middens
- Bush Medicine
Tour Duration:
2 hrs
Meeting Location:
Murujuga National Park Time: 3.00PM – 5.00pm. read more...Tours operate May - September season
If you've decided to 'Wander out Yonder' and head north towards Broome then stop off at Karratha, and join one of Ngurrangga Tours traditional experiences through the eyes of a traditional owner - Clinton Walker. You will see some of the most and hear the stories of this region.
Ngurrangga Tours is a fully Aboriginal owned and operated tourism company delivering tours to the coastal and inland areas within the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi traditional country. Take a guided tour with Clinton through the Murujuga National Park, which has the highest concentration of rock art in the world and rediscover the petroglyphs (rock art) created by the Yaburrara (Northern Ngarluma) people. The rock art has been dated back to before the ice age ended and is approx. over 40,000 years old and there is up to 1 million rock art images scattered across the entire Burrup Peninsula and Dampier Archipelago.
What to bring:
Closed in shoes, hat, water, sunscreen and camera
What’s included:
National Park entry
Tour Highlights:
- Traditional Welcome to Country
- Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art (highest concentration in the world)
- Sacred Sites
- Traditional Stories
- Flying Foam Massacre Site
- Hearson Cove Beach
- Shell Middens
- Bush Medicine
Tour Duration:
2 hrs
Meeting Location:
Murujuga National Park Time: 3.00PM – 5.00pm. Click here for meeting point directions and instructions.NOTE: Children under 5yrs free
About your guide
CLINTON WALKER is a descendant of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, who are the Traditional Owners of the coastal and inland areas of the West Pilbara region encompassing areas such as the City of Karratha, Dampier Archipelago, Murujuga National Park and Millstream-Chichester National Park. Clinton has spent his entire life learning from his Elder’s and family about the traditional ways of his people including speaking Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi languages, he has also been initiated in his people’s Aboriginal Law Ceremony (Birdarra) and is an active member in his cultural responsibilities of looking after his ngurra (country)