By Kimberley Safari Tours·
One of the highlights for guests on our tours are the amazing star-filled nights. Broome has a local astronomer, Greg Quicke, who puts it well: you can embark on your own journey through the heavens without ever leaving the ground. There are two galaxies visible to the naked eye, and the Kimberley has the best and brightest parts of the Milky Way.
One of the loveliest experiences our guests have is to camp with the stars shining down from above. We encourage guests to leave the fly off their tents so they are sleeping directly under the canopy of stars. It is a truly amazing experience, and one of the reasons we chose dome tents you can stand up in.
The Kimberley has world-class viewing of the night sky, because it is such a remote region and the evenings are properly dark, without light from nearby towns or settlements.
Some guests say the best thing about having to get up in the middle of the night is stopping to look at the show above. Guests who want more of it might like to book Greg Quicke’s Astro Tours when they get back to Broome - he has some fantastic telescopes for viewing the night sky.
