Bungle Bungles Helicopter Experience

We woke up this morning at 5:30am and were both feeling a bit groggy from all the wine we had drunk the night before. We got ready for the day and then had breakfast with 2 other couples. I had the chia pudding again with fruit which was delicious.

Jayden organised us lunch and we headed off at 8:30am and drove to the Bellburn Airstrip. We completed our briefing and then met Garry our pilot who took us over to the helicopter. All the helicopters have no doors when flying so we were only allowed to bring our phones and nothing else, in case it fell out the door. We had booked the 42 minute helicopter ride.

I sat in the front of the helicopter and Scott had the back seat. We took off and it was a bit scary with the doors open and we started flying over the Bungles. It was amazing. We could see the beehive-shaped domes and they stretched out for many kilometres before we could see the Tanami Desert stretch off into the distance.

The pilot flew along the Piccaninny Creek and we could see the 5 fingers, our camping spot and the Black Rock Falls. We flew to the north and over the indigenous areas and sacred sites of the Bungle Bungles where tourists are not allowed in to. We passed over a rock formation of a crocodile and a snake before windy our way through the Valley of the Giants.

As we neared the end of our flight we followed the Piccaninny Creek and passed over a “Colosseum” or stockman yard and then back to the Bellburn Airstrip. The flight was an amazing and we were both buzzing with excitement as we landed.Read more