Drapers Gorge & Escarpment Trail, Kennedy Range National Park, WA

Drapers Gorge & Escarpment Trail, Kennedy Range National Park, WA

Part 1-- Honeycomb Gorge & Temple Gorge, Kennedy Range National Park

http://jeffchentramp.blogspot.co.nz/2016/07/honeycomb-gorge-temple-gorge-kennedy.html

Part 2-- Drapers Gorge & Escarpment Trail, Kennedy Range National Park

http://jeffchentramp.blogspot.co.nz/2016/07/drapers-gorge-escarpment-trail-kennedy.html

Kennedy Range National Park

Kennedy Range National Park is an outback national park in Western Australia, approximately 830 km north of Perth and about 150 km east of Carnarvon. Kennedy Range is found on the edge of the Gascoyne River catchment area and is a weathered plateau that extends for a distance of 150 km forming a huge mesa. Spectacular sandstone cliffs can be found on the southern and eastern sides of the range which are dissected by steep canyons which have an elevation of up to 100 m.

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.