The 'pearl of the north', Broome is the home of South Sea pearls and is the gateway to one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth - the Kimberley.

There is no better place to watch the sun go down than at Broome.

By day, Cable Beach (named after a telegraph undersea cable laid from Broome to Singapore, connecting the West Coast of Australia to England in 1889) is breathtaking, but come sunset it's the place to be while the sun slinks slowly towards Madagascar, whether driving your four-wheel-drive along 22 kilometres of beautiful white sand and turquoise water, sipping a cocktail at a beachside bar or swinging from the back of a camel.

On certain dates from March to October when the full moon coincides with low tide at Roebuck Bay, you can see the most awe-inspiring illusion known as the Staircase to the Moon.

Broome is famous for its pearl museum and pearl farms, galleries with the works of some of the Kimberley's most celebrated contemporary and Aboriginal artists. The town is home to the world's largest quartz crystal Buddha. This pink Buddha is 3.5 metres high and was hand-carved from Philippine crystal.

At Gantheaume Point, not far from Broome, you can find 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints.

The 'pearl of the north' is the perfect place to base yourself for the start of your adventure to the Kimberley, one of the world's last true wilderness areas.