Eagle Bluff

Eagle Bluff is located south of Denham, in the UNESCO Shark Bay World Heritage Area, and features spectacularly high cliffs overlooking the Denham Sound.

If you time your visit with sunset, you'll be in for an incredible experience. A 400 metre boardwalk, perched high above the shallow coastal waters, offers stunning views and provides the opportunity to spot wildlife like ospreys, dugongs, dolphins, sharks and rays. The Useless Loop salt pile can be seen across the other side of the sound.

There is not an official campsite at Eagle Bluff, however if you pre-register (call or email) with the Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery + Visitor Centre you may be able to camp at one of the informal sites at nearby Whalebone Bay.

Fun fact: in 1858, Captain H.M Denham carved an inscription on a rock at Eagle Bluff. This rock is now placed in Pioneer Park in the township of Denham.

How to get here

Eagle Bluff is roughly 8 hours, 45 minutes' drive north of Perth along the Coral Coast Highway, and can be found on the drive in or out of Denham. Eagle Bluff is roughly 20 minutes' drive south of Denham; the turn off to Eagle Bluff Road is 19km south of town, and Eagle Bluff Lookout is 23.4km south of town.

Regional Express Airlines flies from Perth to Monkey Mia Airport. The flight time is approximately 2 hours. Monkey Mia Airport is 10 minutes' drive from Denham and roughly 25 minutes' drive from Eagle Bluff.

Sunset over Eagle Bluff in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia. Image: veekay_journey

A couple look out from Eagle Bluff in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia

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8.5 hours' drive or a 2 hour flight north of Perth, in the UNESCO Shark Bay World Heritage Area, you'll find the seaside town of Denham. Captain Henry Mangles Denham charted this region of Australia