4 Days / 3 Nights Litchfield & Kakadu

Scheduled Tour
4 Days / 3 Nights Litchfield & Kakadu
Luxury 4WD
Accommodated one night Lake Bennett Resort, Litchfield and two nights Crocodile Hotel, Kakadu
Departs Sundays year round
Minimum 2, maximum 6 passengers
(depart any day with 4 or more passengers)
Code LKDD4

Tour highlights: Wangi, Tolmer and Florence falls in Litchfield. In Kakadu Nanguluwur and Ubirr rock art sites, Warradjan Aboriginal Culture Centre, Bowali Kakadu Park Headquarters Visitor Centre, Maguk waterfall, swimming, Fogg Dam, birds and wildlife, Yellow Waters cruise, Guluyambi Aboriginal guided river Cruise. Accommodation is one night at Lake Bennet Resort and two nights at the Crocodile Hotel.

Family fun on tourDay 1: Depart Darwin accommodation 8.00am in our luxury fully equipped air-conditioned 4WD, travel down the Stuart highway. We then turn off the highway and travel along the 4WD dirt road into Litchfield National Park. Here we can swim in safe, crocodile free, crystal clear natural plunge pools, view magnificent waterfalls, walk in monsoon forests, see both the amazing magnetic and cathedral termite mounds. We spend the day exploring the park before continuing on to our accommodation at Lake Bennett Resort. If time allows there may be the opportunity to enjoy canoeing or perhaps a swim in the lake. (L)

Magnetic Termite mounds - Litchfield National ParkDay 2: Our first stop is Fogg Dam, a vast open wetland area that is home to large numbers of birds during our Top End dry season. Moving on we cross the Marrakai plains, the Adelaide and Mary Rivers before our morning tea stop at the Bark Hut Outback Pub. We then turn off the highway down the old Jim Jim 4WD dirt track into Kakadu with the opportunity for viewing bird and wildlife at waterholes along the way. After lunch we join a cruise on the famous Yellow Waters billabong, abundant with many species of birds and of course the mighty salt water crocodile. Later visit Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre.Tonight our accommodation is at the Gagudju Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru. (BL)

Day 3: After breakfast we visit Bowali Visitor Centre and Park Headquarters and Marrawuddi Gallery before heading to Nanguluwur rock art and occupation sites. This site is less well known and well away from the crowds but has some excellent examples of rock art, including the rare and ancient dynamic figures. There are also the famous x-ray style art and so called contact period art when Aboriginal people had first contact with white man. Your guide will explain the art and culture of the area. After lunch we head south along the 4WD track to Maguk (Barramundie Gorge) spend the afternoon in this picturesque area. At the end of a monsoonal forest walk you can enjoy a swim in the refreshing natural plunge pool below a beautiful perennial waterfall. Tonight our accommodation is at the Gagudju Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru. (BL)

Florence Falls - Litchfield National ParkDay 4: After an early breakfast we head further north along the Magela wetlands following the escarpment to the Ubirr rock art sites dated in excess of 20,000 years. Your guide will explain the art and its importance to local Aboriginal culture. There are excellent views overlooking Arnhem Land. Later join an Aboriginal guided cruise on East Alligator River. After lunch we begin our journey back to Darwin viewing wetlands and billabongs along the way. We take a break at the Bark Hut Outback Pub arriving in Darwin late afternoon. (BL)

Includes all morning teas, breakfasts and lunches. Excludes evening meals and alcohol.

NOTE: We reserve the right to amend this program as we deem necessary due to weather, seasonal road conditions, logistics, or for Aboriginal cultural reasons.

 

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