Hiking Three Gorges - Emma, Galvans & Adcock, Gibb River Road, Kimberley, WA

Each of the small gorge walks along the Gibb River Road are different and unique; Emma Gorge is the more difficult hike due to the rocky terrain. Foot placement is the key to a safe journey...we hike to hike again another day. Emma Gorge Trail: Grade 4 moderate, 3.2km return, allow 2 hrs Rough and rocky path requiring constant rock-hopping over loose, sharp boulders, creek crossings, and short steep sections. Trail ends at a cool plunge pool, with a thermal spring hiding behind a rock on the right-hand side of the pool. Galvans Gorge Trail: Grade 3 easy, 2 km return, ascend about 20m, allow 30min-1hr Natural rock ledge under the waterfall where the water can be warmer than the pool. Look out for a water monitor sitting on a rock, and a wandjina watching over the site from the right hand side. Adcock Gorge Trail: Grade 4, 1.2 km return, allow 1hr Rocky uneven walk trail with some boulder clambering to the swimming pool. 0:00 Road into El Questro; Sign: Be Crocwise-Croc danger is real. Don't risk your life. 0:23 Sign El Questro Station 0:32 Sign: Emma Gorge; Fresh water crocodiles inhabit swimming holes 0:43 On the track, small rocky obstacles right from the start 0:53 And bigger rocky obstacles 1:03 Fossilised wave-formed ripple patterns preserved in sedimentary rock 2:00 Cuboid rock by the path 2:12 Walking along a rocky dry creek bed 2:23 Foreground White Bush Apple or Flaky-barked Satinash (Syzygium forte) with large glossy opposite green leaves 2:34 Emma Gorge waterfall, plunge pool with 65m sandstone cliff circling it 2:43 Large rock to right in the pool has the thermal spring behind it 2:55 Waterfall provides constant moisture allowing ferns and mosses to grow in the steep sandstone cliff making a vertical garden 3:07 Under the waterfall, looking up 3:22 Hike back out of Emma Gorge, over the rocky path 3:34 One of the pools the path passes following the creek bed 4:19 Blue Argus butterfly (Junonia orithya) 4:31 Cylindrical rods of wattle (Acacia), leaves yummy to something 4:42 Young dingo pup hanging around Emma Gorge Resort; tap in Boab tree 5:05 Galvans Gorge, sign Park and Walk; easy path 5:19 Boab tree (Adansonia gregorii), then a crooked boab 5:30 Path along the creek; Golden or Fern-leaved Grevillea or Golden Toothbrush (Grevillea pteridifolia) 5:41 Waterfall at Galvans Gorge; sentinel boab stands above Galvans Gorge 6:06 Wanjina looking over the water behind Pandanus palm (Pandanus spiralis) corkscrew-twisted palm tree 6:28 Path back out from Galvans Gorge, past the water lilies in the creek 6:39 Broad-leaved native water lily or bush tucker lily (Nymphaea violacea) 6:52 Adcock Gorge track; some water over the path, stepping stones around it 7:41 Walking along beside a waterhole in the creek 7:59 Clambering up rock ledge, along to the Adcock Gorge 8:18 Waterfall into the swimming hole 8:50 Overhanging ledges under the waterfall 8:59 Back along the path out of Adcock Gorge, along the flat rock ledge of dark orange-red sandstone blocks Disclaimer: While we are continually curious about what we see, we are not botanists or specialists in species names so please comment if you can improve on our best guesses. Share the experience as we capture the essence of hiking trails and travel as we camp around Australia, non-narrated. Recorded July 2025. #WeHikeAustralia