The horizontal waterfall

pipes · Senior Member

The horizontal waterfall

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Great tip there pipes. Good on ya.

pricey43 · Guru

The one we did out of Derby had different prices for different times. More expensive when the drop is at it's peak.

We went 6 years ago and they had banned people going through the main gap then.

Absolutely fantastic. A real highlight of our trip.

-- Edited by pricey43 on Wednesday 6th of June 2012 10:33:01 PM

barrie · Guru

We flew out from Derby last year and did the overnite stay and we did the falls on both days on the boat and it was well worth it.

justcruisin01 · Guru

We done this fly in , land & jet boat through the falls back in 08, out of Broome, A little more expensive than out of Derby as the Derby trip runs Derby , falls & Derby.

Out of Broome you fly direct to the falls, The return is via the Archipelago Isl's, Cape Leveque, Lombadina, Middle Lagoon,& along the coast,Cable beach back to Broome.

The trip left Broome at 6.00am, included a BBQ breaky on a house boat moared at the falls, arriving back in Broome at 1.00pm.

The company we flew with planed the flights to coincide with the tides, On days where the tide was the wrong time of day for the trip they DID NOT FLY.

Icing on the cake, I scored the front seat beside the pilot on the return trip, like Clint Eastwood said , go ahead & make my day. Made mine.

JC.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

We did the Horizontal Falls day trip from Derby and loved every minute. From our experience they change the order of activity according to what the tide is doing. When first arrived at the pontoon/houseboat were straight onto the jet-boat to go through the falls... back and forward, several times.. fantastic! Then came feeding the sharks, lunch and the trip around the bay with feeding the parrot-fish lifted out of the water. The flight home was also great.
Others have told us they went through the falls later in the day.

Cruising Granny · Guru

The only way to make sure the falls will be "falling" is if you check the tide charts for that area, and there are tide books all over town, Broome and Derby, because much of what they do at sea is determined by the tides, including the pearling industry and fishing.
The moon is the other big factor in all of this. Big moon, big tide.
If there's staircase to the moon, you can pretty much guarantee there will be a big tide which causes the horizontal falls. It happens when the tide is running our of the bay between the 2 rocks/islands.
As you read there are a few options for seeing this phenomenon, but just make sure your trip coincides with the big tides.
Much of this activity only happens from now until October.
I haven't done the Kimberley falls, but there is another falls at Elcho Island further east of Darwin, but the isolation makes it less likely to be frequented. I experienced this during my prawn fishing days.