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Welcome to World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, a tapestry of wetlands, wildlife and Aboriginal rock art ‘galleries’ up to 50,000 years old. This cultural and natural wonder lies a half-day drive from Darwin. See prehistoric art and experience Aboriginal culture with the traditional Bininj/Mungguy owners. Cruise past crocodiles, fish for barramundi and see vast flocks of migratory birds in the wetlands. Experience Kakadu’s magic in six dramatically different seasons, from thundering wet season waterfalls to the dusty dry-season flood plains.
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1. Ancient art and living culture |
See rock crevices cut by Dreamtime ancestors at Nourlangie Rock. Or view a painting of Lightning Man, the Dreamtime ancestor who still controls the violent wet season lightning storms, in the nearby Anbangang Gallery. Check out a painting of the Rainbow Serpent and some of the world’s finest examples of X-ray art at Ubirr Rock. Interact with Kakadu’s living Aboriginal culture on a tour with traditional owners. Learn how to weave a pandanus bracelet, play the didgeridoo or throw a hunting spear. Dine on bush tucker and camp overnight in a deluxe safari tent. |
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2. Thriving nature |
Walk around the Mamukala Wetlands past pelicans, egrets, heron, spoonbills, sea eagles, ducks and dancing brolgas. Of the 280 bird species that live in Kakadu, those which are unique include the wallaroo, chestnut-quilled rock pigeon and white throated grass wren. Cruise East Alligator River past crocodiles and see jacana and jesus birds swapping lily pads. Spot kangaroos, dingoes, possums, bats and dusky rats in the woodlands. A quarter of all Australian freshwater fish species live in Kakadu and you can fish for barramundi from many places, including East Alligator River and Jim Jim Creek. |
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3. Diverse adventure landscapes |
| Swim in the deep pool of Gunlom Falls or climb to the top for views over the Arnhem Land escarpment. Canoe to majestic Twin Falls or fly over Jim Jim Falls during the wet season. Follow the Bubba Walk through wetlands rimmed with paperbarks, pandanus, cycads and lotus lilies. Walk to Gubarra Pools past sandstone cliffs and shady monsoon forests, or ride a bike along the Bowali Track. Four wheel drive to Koolpin Gorge or Barramundi Gorge. Camp here or at Jabiru, Mary River, Yellow Water, Nourlangie or East Alligator River. |
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4. Six dramatically different seasons |
| See thundering waterfalls and dazzling lightening in the Gudjewg monsoon season from January to March. Experience ‘knock em down storms’ in the Banggerreng month of April. Yegge, from May to mid-June, brings dry winds to wetlands covered with water lilies. In the milder Wurrgeng months of June and August, you’ll see fat magpie geese swarming round the shrinking billabongs. During Gurrung, from mid-August to mid-September, the weather is hot and dry. Experience the relief of the first life-giving storms in the Gunumeleng pre-monsoon season from mid-October to late December. |
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