Spend 5 days in Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks in the Top End of Australia. With a maximum of 6 people in a luxury 4WD, enjoy the sights with a local experienced guide and in small group comfort.
Highlights include:
• Wangi, Florence & Tolmer falls in Litchfield National Park
• Magnetic Termite Mounds
• Buley Rockhole
• Katherine Gorge 2 Hour Cultural Cruise and spectacular 13 gorge helicopter flight with remote landing
• Gunlom (Waterfall Creek)
• Maguk (Barramundi Falls)
• 2 Hour Sunset Yellow Waters Cruise
• Nourlangie Rock
• Warradjan Cultural Centre
• Ubirr
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: You will be collected from your accommodation at 7.30am this morning for your 5 day 4WD safari of the Top End National Parks.
Today is spent exploring Litchfield National Park, which is around 1 ½ hours south of Darwin and we enter the park on the unsealed dirt road.
Enjoy swimming at Wangi Falls, Florence Falls and Buley Rockhole, which are a series of small waterfalls that are a great place to simply sit and relax. Your guide will also lead a walk through the monsoon vineforest to the top of Wangi Falls.
View Tolmer Falls, which has several colonies of the rare Ghost and Orange Horseshoe Bats and visit the amazing magnetic termite mounds.
Late this afternoon, we leave Litchfield to head to this evenings camp at Mt Bundy Station. The station has an interesting history and is set in a picturesque bush setting, attracting a multitude of wildlife.
There may be time this evening for a walk around the station or you can visit the station animals, have a fish in the Adelaide River or take a sunset horse ride (subject to time and availability).
Overnight riverside camp - Mt Bundy Station
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Day 2: This morning, we will make our way to Katherine Township and out to the Hot Springs. Enjoy a soothing dip in the thermal pools or sit under the small waterfall.
After lunch, we make our way to Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge), where you get to view the Gorge from 2 different perpectives- from the air and by boat.
Firstly take a spectacular helicopter flight ! The 13 Gorge Helicopter tour gives an aerial perspective of the breathtaking gorge, a maze of waterways sculpted from the sandstone over countless millennia by the Katherine River. The flight is enhanced with a remote landing in the rugged rock country. This is a fabulous opportunity to capture some truly amazing photographs.
This epic air adventure is all about remoteness and beauty that will give an appreciation for Outback Australia that will stay with you forever !
Now you’ve seen the gorge from the air, it’s time to see it on ground level, as you cruise for 2 hours viewing the beautiful scenery and discovering the customs of the traditional owners, the Jawoyn people.
There is some free time late this afternoon for you to take a walk into the gorge or enjoy a swim at the campground resort- style pool.
Overnight camp - Nitmiluk Gorge
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Day 3: After breakfast, we will make our way north towards Kakadu National Park.
We spend this afternoon enjoying Gunlom (waterfall Creek), where we have a swim in the large plungepool at the base of the falls, followed by lunch. There is an optional hike to the top of Gunlom, where pristine rockpools and a fantastic view await you.
Late this afternoon, board the sunset Yellow Waters billabong cruise, with it’s prolific birdlife and wonderful variety of plants. Estuarine crocodiles are often spotted here.
Overnight camp - Mardugal campground (2 night stay)
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Day 4: This morning our day will begin with a visit to Maguk (Barramundi Falls), where a walk through a paperbark forest leads to the gorge. There’s a lovely plungepool at the gorge which is great for a swim.
We’ll have a look around the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre and then back to camp for lunch.
We then head to the Nourlangie area for the afternoon and firstly to Anbangbang billabong. Then onto Nourlangie Rock, which is an ancient Aboriginal shelter. We’ll explore the area and the rock art and your guide will lead you on an interpretive walk around the site.
Overnight camp - Mardugal campground
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Day 5: We have a later start this morning and after breakfast, we head to the north of the park and visit the Bowali Information Centre.
Onto Ubirr, which has some outstanding examples of Aboriginal rock art and panoramic views over the Arnhemland escarpment and floodplain. Your guide will interpret the art sites for you.
A picnic lunch will be served on the banks of the East Alligator River.
Then it’s time to begin our journey back to Darwin. We visit Fog Dam Conservation Reserve en-route, where we crack open the champagne and enjoy a glass at our last stop together before reaching Darwin.
You will be dropped off at your accommodation at approximately 5.30pm.
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End Itinerary.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Inclusions:
- GXL Landcruiser 4WD with professional driver guide & purpose built heavy duty trailer
- All meals as stated
- Camping fees & Equipment
- Yellow Waters Cruise
- 2 hour cruise and 13 gorge helicopter flight at Katherine Gorge
Exclusions:
- Pre & Post tour accommodation
- Travel Insurance
- Alcohol
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