West Cape Howe National Park

West Cape Howe National Park is a coastal national park located about 30 kilometres west of Albany in Western Australia's Great Southern region. Covering 3,517 hectares, it encompasses rugged granite headlands, windswept heathlands and isolated sandy beaches including Shelley Beach. It contains Torbay Head, the southernmost point of Western Australia, and is renowned for dramatic cliffs, wildflower displays, hang-gliding launch sites and four-wheel-drive tracks offering scenic coastal views.

Visitors can expect a rugged, largely undeveloped coastal park with dramatic granite cliffs, windswept coastal heath, and isolated white-sand beaches such as Shelley Beach and Dunsky Beach. The park offers scenic lookouts over the Southern Ocean, unsealed 4WD tracks, walking trails through heathland, and a renowned hang-gliding and paragliding launch area above Shelley Beach. Facilities are basic and the environment is exposed and natural, with strong winds and surf common.