The Kimberley

Covering 424,500 sq km of remote Western Australia, the Kimberley is one of the world's last great wildernesses, dwarfing #7 Kakadu's 19,804 sq km by more than 20 times. The Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park features beehive-shaped sandstone domes with 350-million-year-old striped patterns visible from 800-meter air tours. Its 13,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art rivals #6 Daintree's cultural age, while tidal movements of 10 meters carve 100-kilometer gorges through horizontal falls. With only 40,000 residents in an area larger than Germany, the Kimberley offers isolation 50% more extreme than the typical Australian outback destination, making it a benchmark for true wilderness travel.