Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat

The Cave

Enjoy a leisurely 7km return walk along the wide sandy beach towards Cape Villaret, where you will view spectacular rock formations and impressive caves. During July – October there is a very good chance of spotting migrating whales, sometimes only a few hundred metres from the cliffs. The caves are only accessible at low tide.

Kayak Tour - Cape Villaret to the Cave

Location: Beach, Cove south of Eco Beach to the Cave, and back.

Lenght of Time: 3 hours
Tours size: Minimum 2 people and maximum 7.

This tour provides guests with a fun, but challenging sea kayak experience, with the opportunity to view the sea country of Cape Villaret. Guests will learn paddle techniques, entry and exit techniques, rafting techniques and basic safety guidelines while gaining knowledge of the relationship between the land, sea and marine life of Cape Villaret.

Whales at Eco Beach

Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat and Sentosa Charters invite in-house guests to come and experience the world’s largest population of humpback whales aboard the custom built whale watching vessel ‘Observer’, departing Eco Beach July to October.

Cruise the tranquil waters of the Kimberley while watching and listening to these amazing creatures of the deep. Humpback whales are the fifth largest of the great whales and when in a playful mood, these whales may put on spectacular displays: breaching, rolling, slapping their pectoral fins and generally having a whale of a time. These amazing creatures can average up to 15 metres in length and may weigh up to 45 tonnes.

The boat has many features such as:

•On-board hydrophone
•27 fully shaded seats
•Custom built design for whale watching.

So if this sounds like your idea of a great day out, contact the tour desk to book your whale watching experience!

Cost of tour

•Adults – $90 pp
•Children 4-12 yrs – $70pp
•No children under 4yrs
•Departs Eco Beach: 12pm
•Returns to Eco Beach: 2pm
•Days of operation: Tues/Thurs/Sun (weather dependant)
•Packed lunch available by prior arrangement

Mud Crabbing Tour - Jack's Creek Crab Hunt

Location: Jack’s Creek Estuary
Length of time: 2.5 – 3 hours.
Tour Size: Minimum 2 and Maximum 5 guests.

This tour provides a safe and engaging experience within the wonderful mangrove estuary. Guests have the opportunity to learn, observe, and where possible, participate in the catching of mud crabs, while gaining insight into: the rich wildlife and plantlife of creek and estuary ecosystems; the role mangrove and estuary ecosystems play in habitat development; the various types of wildlife in the mangrove and creek systems; and the sustainable practices used by Eco Beach Staff in the process of catching Mudcrabs.

Eco Villas

Designed to complement the natural surroundings, the luxury Eco villas have the latest environmental design features that include:
– solar power that generates 2kw of power from the sun. Excess power generated by the solar panels is diverted into the Eco Beach grid where needed.
– energy monitoring systems allowing guests to monitor and adjust their individual energy consumption throughout their stay;
– energy efficient LED Lights
– thermostatically controlled Chromagen how water systems,
– multi-head split system air-conditioners
– bamboo floor boards
– composite eco decking made from a high grade formula that combines polyethylene and organic rice husks;
– louver windows;
– Toilets sink taps and shower heads are all ‘Lo-flo’.
– spacious open-plan living .
Villas are surrounded by natural bushlands and positioned with full, partial views of the Indian Ocean or views of our native gardens.

Bird Watching

At Eco Beach, we are fortunate enough to have a huge number of local bird species that can been seen at the Retreat year-round, including babblers, honey-eaters, bee-eaters, dollarbirds, shrikes, fairy wrens, finches, parrots, kestrels, sea eagles, ospreys, oyster catchers, plovers, curlews, boobies, terns, frigate birds and seagulls.

We have developed a bird list to assist guests in identifying our feathered friends.

Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat Tour

Location: Eco Beach Retreat grounds.
Length of time: 30 minutes
Tour size: Minimum 2 people and Maximum 12 people.

To provide guests with a tour of the site, information about our eco credentials, and show-casing the types of accommodation on offer. This tour highlights the history and philosophy of Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat.

Guided Bushwalk - Hutton's Trail Bushwalk

Location: Hutton’s Trail and Beach
Length of time and distance: 2 – 2.5 hours and approximately 4km.
Tour size: Min 2 max 10 guests.

Guests are guided through the ancient land of the Yawurru people and the stunning Cape Villaret landscapes, with an emphasis on indigenous plantlife, bushtucker, and medicinal plant use.

Eco Safari Tents

The Eco Safari tents are designed by local Broome company, Eco Structures, based in Western Australia. The tents are made from the highest quality canvas and stylishly outfitted with: king-size bed; 2 bedside tables with reading lamps; luxurious bed linen; 3 shelved wardrobe kit; large storage chest; en-suite shower, sink and toilet and fly-screen ventilation.

Turtles at Eco Beach

For the third year Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) will spend over a month at Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat to conduct comprehensive turtle monitoring activities.

Under the guidance of CVA’s Marine Species Manager, volunteers patrol the beach at night seeking nesting females which are tagged, measured and sampled for DNA analysis. Nest hatching success, beach dynamics, marine debris and climate change impacts are also studied which make this project part of a long-term scientific monitoring program.

The activities form part of CVA’s national Shell EcoVolunteers program, and all of the data collected is presented to the Department of Environment and Conservation and other national and international turtle research databases.