Shothole Canyon

Shothole Canyon is a limestone gorge in Cape Range National Park near Exmouth, Western Australia, within the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area. Carved into the Cape Range, it features steep pale walls, dry creek beds and spinifex-covered slopes. Accessed via the unsealed Shothole Canyon Road with a lookout, it offers scenic driving and short walks. It is notable for its geology, arid landscape and views over Exmouth Gulf and the range.

Visitors can expect a rugged arid canyon accessed by an unsealed gravel road suitable for high-clearance and 4WD vehicles. The drive winds through the gorge floor between layered limestone walls to a lookout with panoramic views over the canyon, Cape Range and Exmouth Gulf. The setting is dry and remote with spinifex, acacia and native wildlife. There are no shops or developed walking trails beyond informal creek-bed walks, pull-over bays and an information shelter at the lookout for sightseeing and photography.