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Exmouth, Western Australia

The road ends where the reef starts.

Pick up a campervan or 4WD in Exmouth and make the Ningaloo coast your own.

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Walkers on a spinifex ridge in Cape Range, with the reef lagoon and surf line behind them.
Cape Range and the Ningaloo coast

A different kind of road trip

The reef is closer than you think.

Here the road runs between the red ranges and the Indian Ocean. Choose a beach, take your time, and the Ningaloo Coast stops being a destination on a map and becomes the reason you came.

Start from Exmouth with a campervan for the sealed coast road, or take a 4WD for the tracks beyond the Yardie Creek crossing.

The depot and the roads
A whale shark swimming near the surface with a snorkeller alongside, over the reef at Ningaloo.

The Ningaloo Coast

From the road to the reef.

Ningaloo is a fringing reef, which means it starts at the beach rather than a boat ride offshore. Cape Range National Park runs behind it, and one sealed road threads between the two.

Exmouth Your starting point
Ningaloo Coast and reef
Cape Range National park

Source: WA Parks and Wildlife Service, access north of Perth. Check current park and road conditions before travelling.

Find your way around

Choose your kind of adventure.

From a campervan for the coast to a 4WD camper for the tracks, check what is available for your dates. The categories below are what one Exmouth search returned, not a standing fleet.

  • A white 4WD ute fitted with a slide-on camper canopy and rooftop tent, driving on a sealed outback highway at sunset.

    Desert Sands 4X4

    4WD · Seats 5 · Sleeps 5

  • A black 4WD van with a bull bar and roof rack, parked on a roadside in golden light.

    D5 4X4 Adventure Camper

    4WD · Seats 2 · Sleeps 2

  • A white dual-cab 4WD with a rooftop tent and rear canopy, parked on grass beside a road.

    Grip 2-5 4X4

    4WD · Seats 5 · Sleeps 5

Availability, specifications and conditions change with the date. Passenger cars are not offered at the Exmouth depot.

The road in

Everything here is measured from the cape.

Exmouth is 1,250 km north of Perth, and the towns either side of it sit on the same highway. Distances below are road distances from Exmouth.

Exmouth, on Maley Street Pick-up Coral Bay, the other end of the reef Drive Perth, where the 1,250 km starts Pick-up Onslow, about 400 km from Exmouth Drive Karratha, 545 km north of Exmouth Drive Broome, at the northern end Pick-up Adelaide, at the edge of the crossing Pick-up Melbourne, on the eastern edge Pick-up Hobart, on the eastern shore of the estuary Pick-up Sydney, where the crossing starts Pick-up Brisbane, two kilometres from the river Pick-up Cairns, between the reef and the rainforest Pick-up Darwin, at the top of the map Pick-up Alice Springs, at the centre Pick-up
Karratha ~545 km Onslow ~400 km Learmonth Airport ~36 km Coral Bay ~150 km Perth 1,250 km
Approximate distances from Exmouth, shown separately rather than as a route map. Onslow is a detour from the highway. Sources: Karratha is Calling (Karratha), Visit Ashburton (Onslow), Australia’s Coral Coast (Learmonth), Shire of Exmouth (Coral Bay), and Australia’s Coral Coast (Perth).

Source: Australia’s Coral Coast for the Perth and Learmonth figures. The northern legs, Coral Bay and Onslow are approximate third-party distances, not official ones.

Your trip starts in Exmouth.

Collect from the depot at 10 Maley Street, inside the town grid rather than out at the airport. Check availability and current conditions before you travel.

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