Horizontal Falls Visitor Guide

Durations, guest scores and starting prices for every trip sit side by side, so comparing your options is quick.

Choosing A Tour

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Broome Tours Compared

Every Broome departure compared by price, duration, rating and boat ride.

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Seaplane Tours

Flight times, pontoon landing, prices and the boat ride: everything about seaplane tours to the Horizontal Falls.

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Tours From Derby

Derby is the closest town to the falls: one seaplane tour, the shortest flight, and the full season calendar.

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Jet Boat Ride

What the Horizontal Falls boat ride is really like, and which tours include it.

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Scenic Flights

All seven Horizontal Falls scenic flights compared by price, duration and rating.

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Tides And Timing

Tide strength decides your day: why neap tides cancel tours and spring tides roar.

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Day Trip Or Overnight

Day trip or sleep near the falls: compare the bookable overnight package with six-hour day tours.

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Falls Safety

Official warnings, the 2022 narrow-gap closure and how licensed operators manage the tides.

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Cape Leveque Combos

Compare Cape Leveque and Horizontal Falls combo tours, scenic flights, day cruises, and self-drive options from Broome.

Comparison

Kimberley Cruises

Every cruise option that reaches the falls: day cruises, the overnight package and the expedition ships.

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Broome Tours

Every bookable day trip from Broome, from falls seaplanes to camel rides, with prices and seasons.

Prices And Logistics

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Tour Costs

What every Horizontal Falls tour really costs, surcharges included.

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Broome To Derby

The 222 km hop that decides whether you book the Derby or Broome seaplane tour.

Planning Your Horizontal Falls Trip

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Best Time To Visit The Falls

Season, month and tide: when Horizontal Falls tours actually run in 2026, across dry-season months and neap-tide pauses.

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What To Bring

The packing list for a Horizontal Falls seaplane, flight or cruise day: heat, spray and sun, covered.

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Best Time To Visit Broome

BoM figures for Broome, dry and wet season windows, and which Horizontal Falls tours run when.

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Buccaneer Archipelago

Islands, reefs, pearl farms and the tours that cross the Buccaneer Archipelago.

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Free Things In Broome

What is genuinely free in Broome, from Cable Beach to Staircase to the Moon, plus safety warnings.

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Staircase To The Moon

Official dates, free viewing spots and how to pair the moon with a falls day trip.

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Talbot Bay Guide

How to reach Talbot Bay by air or sea, and what the tours actually do there.

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Things To Do In Broome

Cable Beach, markets, moon staircases and the Horizontal Falls day trip: Broome's best experiences compared.

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Where Are The Falls

Talbot Bay location, gateway distances and how the tidal gaps formed.

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Where To Stay

Cable Beach, Town Beach or Chinatown: match your Broome base to your falls tour departure.

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