Broome Bird Observatory

The Broome Bird Observatory is a fantastic experience for anyone interested in migratory shorebirds or the natural beauty of the Kimberley. Sebastian is an outstanding guide - incredibly knowledgeable and his enthusiasm is absolutely infectious. The Centre provides easy-to-use binoculars and access to high-powered spotting scopes, making birdwatching accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Highly recommended!

What a fantastic place, we only planned on staying for 2 nights, but ended up staying for over a week. The Wadens are super knowledgeable about birds, and Dave is a weapon when it comes to bird calls. We had a wonderful afternoon on the plains and an epic morning in the mangroves. Highly recommended! There is also 3 self guided walking tracks, there is even a Great Bowerbird bower on one! The camp hosts keep everything immaculate, and the shade house is a great spot to spend the afternoons watching the bird baths. This place is not to be missed!

What a wonderful and soothing place ! Of course you are in nature so there are mozzies, flies and wildlife but that's why we are looking for :) Lovely team, passionate people, beautiful surroundings, lots of birds and clean place. There is a nice vibe out there, more if you are a bird nerd like me. The office is full of interesting books and beautiful t-shirts and other things to bring back and support them. Will be definitely back !

A pearler! If you love birds, nature, learning, hanging with fellow enviro frothers and want to support a worthy not-for-prof, this is it. Not sure words will suffice but I’ll try. I just spent 8 nights at BBO and can say with absolute certainty I’ll be back. I initially booked for the minimum of 2 nights and instantly extended for the week. It’s serene and clean and with great facilities. The team of Wardens make it as magic as it is - their safari style bird tours, generosity of spirit, eagerness for you enjoy yourself all with ease and chilled vibes is so calming if you’ve been touristing in the hustle and bustle. The daily ritual of ‘bird-log’ at 6:30pm closes each day as a community, counting all the species of birds sighted that day. That all happens in the Shadehouse, where you can watch birds at the birdbaths all day, where there’s also a big community kitchen (with everything you could possibly need) where everyone cooks and eats and chats about chats and wrens and shorebirds and all of it all night. It’s special and unique and full of legends. And the birds! I wasn’t a birder and now I’m on the very slippery slope and couldn’t be happier - we watched migratory shorebirds, birds of prey and all the birds I don’t know the names of (yet) but have come to love. It’s such a beautiful experience to see a species for the first time and relish the magic and majesty - the famous little Yellow Chat and Australian Bustards were two highlights on the Plains tour, not to mention a couple of adolescent wedgetail eagles. Brava to Jamie and Sebastian who lead the way and head up their beyond-passionate team of Dave, Cait and Cait. I didn’t want to leave. Go, stay for longer than 2 nights and froth out on feathers.

I didn't stay in this place. I walked around and went to the beach. It's an amazing place for bird watching and walking. If anyone loves nature, they would love this place. It has amazing colours of water and small cliff sides. I loved this place. Next time, I would stay and enjoy the beautiful scenery and peaceful surroundings!

Amazing wild corner of Broome, so full of bird life and other creatures. So peaceful as well, the observatory has camp sites in the middle of the bush that'll make you feel very connected with nature. We took the Mangroves Birdwatching Tour and was great! Olivia our guide was very knowledgeable and brought us through an amazing adventure looking for different bird species. The area is packed with shorebirds, some birds of prey and bush birds, beautiful natural richness. Definitely recommend paying a visit if you're a nature lover.

What an amazing place, so much to see for avid bird watchers. Make sure you time your visit to the incoming tide to get the best view of the shore birds. Then spend some time in the hide and shade area to get a great up close bird experience.

Loved the red sandy unsealed road to the Observatory. You can use campground facilities like flush toilets and shade house ( Camp kitchen). Information Center was air-conditioning and entrance fee is payable but didn't went due to time shortage. Went for 800m beach access walk and there is another 2km walk. Best to go early morning or late afternoon for bird watching.