Let Exmouth’s knowledgeable tour operators lead you on an adventure. Or pack a picnic and take a self-guided tour of Ningaloo Marine Park, heading around the cape to spend your day exploring the snorkel trails, swimming in clear lagoons and relaxing on white-sand beaches. Following good winter rains, your drive through the coastal plain will be dotted with everlastings, native fuchsia, fan flowers, dampiera, wattles and purple mulla mulla. On your return to Exmouth, stop at the historic Vlamingh Head Lighthouse to take in sweeping ocean vistas and spot migrating humpback whales (June to November). This scenic vantage point is also a top spot to enjoy a Ningaloo sunset and is scattered with Ashby’s Banksia, feather flowers, starflowers, broom bushes, pituri, silky pimelea and green birdflowers after good winter rains.