The Kennedy Range doesn’t ask for attention – it commands it. Rising abruptly from the flat Gascoyne plains, this remote plateau feels like something out of another time. Towering cliffs, weathered ridgelines, narrow gorges cut by water over millions of years – this is the kind of place that pulls you into it.
At Proudback, we’ve built our routes around locations like this, where remoteness becomes part of the experience. Our guided self-drive tours to the Kennedy Range aren’t about ticking off lookouts. They’re about earning your way into a landscape that still feels wild, powerful, and entirely uncrowded.
The long way is the right way
You won’t find traffic out here. You’ll find dust. Space. Quiet. Reaching the Kennedy Range takes time and the right vehicle. The tracks in aren’t sealed, and they’re not always straightforward, but that’s where the experience starts to change. You feel the terrain changing beneath your tyres. You begin to read the land differently. And when the range finally rises up on the horizon, it feels earned.
The Kennedy Range is one of those places that draws you in the longer you stay. There’s a quiet strength to the landscape that reveals itself gradually—through the changing light, the stillness, the scale. On our tours, we take the time to really be there, to travel through it at a pace that matches the land.
What it’s like out there
Early mornings come with ochre light spilling across the ridges. Campfires burn low as the cliffs catch the sun. You hike narrow trails into gorges like Temple and Honeycomb, where the rock formations twist and open like puzzles. Nights bring stillness – no lights, no noise, just stars and the echo of dingoes in the distance.
The Kennedy Loop Track challenges you just enough. You’ll navigate dry riverbeds, sandstone ledges, and long, corrugated stretches, but you’ll also stop often to explore, set up camp, and cook under the open sky.
Proudback tours that include the Kennedy Range
We’ve designed our itineraries around places that can’t be reached by convenience alone. The Outback Adventurer and Island Explorer both include extended time at the Kennedy Range, and both offer the kind of access that comes only through experience and preparation.
The Outback Adventurer (11–12 nights)
This small-group tour runs from Perth to Ningaloo, with the Kennedy Range as a key part of the journey. You’ll drive the full Kennedy Loop Track, camp beneath the cliffs, and hike into remote gorges before continuing north to the coast.
The Island Explorer (12 nights)
A broader loop that includes the Coral Coast, Shark Bay, and Dirk Hartog Island, this tour also carves out time for the Kennedy Range. The blend of outback and ocean offers a complete sense of WA’s extremes – red rock one day, turquoise water the next.
Tailor-Made options
For those who want more time in the range or want to combine it with other regions, we offer fully customised self-drive tours. The same vehicles, support, and depth of experience, but shaped entirely around you.
What sets these tours apart?
We don’t run convoys. We guide self-drive expeditions, which means you’re in control – behind the wheel, taking in the details and setting your own pace, but we’re with you, every kilometre. Our team handles the logistics, provides on-ground support, and leads with experience so you can stay immersed in the landscape, not distracted by the planning.
This model gives you the independence of a solo trip with the safety and depth of a guided one. It’s especially valuable in regions like the Kennedy Range, where getting stuck, lost, or underprepared can be dangerous.
Meals are fresh and locally inspired. Campsites are remote and memorable. Vehicles are purpose-built and equipped with everything needed for safe, off-grid travel. You don’t need to bring any off-road experience—you’ll gain it along the way.
Why the Kennedy Range matters
Some places make you stop and pay attention. The Kennedy Range is one of them. It doesn’t have crowds. It doesn’t have reception. What it offers is space – space to hike, to drive, to camp, to think. It’s a part of WA that most visitors never reach, and that’s exactly why we go there.
For us at Proudback, the Kennedy Range is a place we return to again and again because it reminds us why we started this in the first place: to get far from the known, and into something real.
Ready to take the long way in?
Explore our guided self-drive tours to the Kennedy Range and let’s go beyond the obvious. Out where the road gives way to track, and the track leads to something worth remembering.