Some of the Activities at Faraway Bay

Bird Watching

Faraway Bay is a paradise for birdwatchers.

Everyone thrills to the daily experience of breakfast with the resident sea eagles and brahminy kites.

Over 140 varieties of birds have been recorded to date with exciting sightings made by avid birdwatchers and regular visitors alike.

Rainbow bee-eaters escort your 4WD as you make the initial journey from the airstrip to the Bush Camp, Jabiru patrol the beaches, blue-winged kookaburras flash past the kapok trees as you cool off under your alfresco shower and tiny double barred finches take communal baths in a clam shell.

Open an extensive list of birds seen locally

Fishing

Faraway Bay is home to some of the best and most diverse fishing grounds in Australia.

You'll find a countless variety of challenges with reef, bottom, bait-casting, ocean sport and estuary fishing.

A full range of equipment is available and regular fishing tours are conducted with our experienced guides.

Once we have caught one for the table we release the rest.

Open a list of fish caught in these waters

Ancient Rock Art

The Faraway Bay area appears to have been a Mecca for Ice Age painters and offers some of the most diverse examples of the mysterious Bradshaw rock art in Australia.

Renowned archaeologist Lee Scott-Virtue and Traditional Owner Ju Ju Wilson are working together to resolve the fascinating riddle of this intriguing art.

Our experienced guides have accompanied some of Australia's top archaeologists and scientists to significant sites across the region.

They have also revealed Faraway Bay's Ice Age and aboriginal artwork to Ian Wilson author of Lost World of the Kimberley - Extraordinary glimpses of Australia's Ice Age Ancestors (2006)

Bushwalking, Picnicking, Four Wheel Driving

Our experienced guides will help you explore this pristine slice of wilderness.

Regular bush walking trips take you up close to rare plants, flowers and animals.

Maybe you will spot a dingo, a family of brolgas or one of the other 140 species of birds that have been identified locally.

Take a picnic lunch to a secluded beach where you can wander marvelling at the shells and coral or just lay back and soak up the solitude.

Head overland by 4WD to bathe in lily-lined billabongs, while birds and butterflies flit overhead.

Explore Faraway Bay

At Faraway Bay you'll encounter nature at her most immaculate. 

It's refreshingly real, larger than life and with kilometres of coastline and seemingly endless horizons, the beach and the bush implore you to explore. 

From the safety of your boat watch crocodiles, sea turtles, Irrawaddy dolphins, whales, dugongs, manta rays and milk fish.

Since we share the marine environment with saltwater crocodiles, swimming in the ocean and rivers is definitely off limits. 

Occasionally, far more friendly creatures venture close to Eagles Lodge, to steal a drink at sunset.

Star Gazing

Faraway Bay is simply one of the best places in the world for stargazing.

Laze beneath the brilliance of the Milky Way - and enjoy the sky show of shooting stars and satellites.

Our pure night skies aren't impacted by artificial light of any kind, and our high quality telescope lets you explore the infinite depths and beauty of the Southern Hemisphere well into the night.

As the moon rises over the bay, there is surely no better place to contemplate its mystery, its pull on the Earth's oceans, our significance, the universe…

“The rock art is very important. It's a living thing. When I go, I hear things like people laughing and crying, people dancing. Spiritual things. It's very sacred.”

Ju Ju Wilson

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