Cruise Ships

Offroad Dreaming offers professionally-guided Darwin and Top End tours that are tailored to fit in with your ship’s schedule. We’ll do our best to make sure you have the chance to visit those incredible must-see Territory destinations during your brief stop-off in Darwin.

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Cruise Ship Tours Details

Itineraries

Please see our sample itineraries below. We can also create a customised tour to suit your interests, fitness levels and  your ship’s docking times.

Price

Prices vary depending on your group size and tour itinerary. Please contact us for details.

Fitness requirements

We offer tours suitable for people of all fitness levels. There is some walking, but it is not strenuous. Some tours are suitable for people with walking aids, but unfortunately our vehicles are not wheelchair accessible.

Group size

We cater to a range of group sizes from single travellers to groups of up to 48 guests, please contact us for details.

Availability

All year round – we offer itineraries to suit seasonal conditions throughout the year.

Pick Up & Drop Off

We pick you up right from the Darwin Cruise Ship Terminal at your time of arrival and will drop you back off in time for your ship’s departure.

We provide

Experienced and knowledgeable guides.

Comfortable, air-conditioned, well maintained vehicles.

A freshly prepared picnic lunch (for longer tours).

Iced water and snacks throughout the day.

Lunch

Our buffet picnic lunch generally includes a selection of deli meats, feta and salads with wraps and plant based fillings. Let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements.

Sample Tour Itineraries

Crocs and Spots – Dry Season

 

Highlights

  • Berry Springs Nature Park
  • Monsoon Forest Walk
  • Crocodile Cruise
  • Adelaide River Township
  • 6 hour tour

     

  • Exotic Wildlife In The Monsoon Forest

    We will pick you up from Darwin Cruise Ship Terminal and head straight to Berry Springs Nature Park to spend the morning. Here you can take a dip in the shallows of a natural spring pool or wade into the cooler deep water for a refreshing swim. We will head into the nature park’s monsoon forest, where a wide variety of wildlife and tropical plant species thrive.

    Later in the day we’ll stop at the Adelaide River, for your private Crocodile Cruise with our wildlife expert and skipper Rex. Here you can view these wondrous tropical reptiles up close, as Rex shares with you his knowledge.

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Crocs and Spots – Wet Season

 

Highlights

  • Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
  • Beatrice Hill Lookout
  • Crocodile Cruise
  • Tour of Darwin 
  • 6 hour tour

 

Incredible Nature And Wetland Views

Our first stop for the day is at the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, a wildlife haven with the highest diversity of species in the region. Further along the Arnhem Highway we’ll visit the Wetland View Top Centre, boasting 270 degree views of the wetlands and interactive educational displays. Where the Adelaide River meets the Arnhem Highway, we will meet wildlife expert and Crocodile Cruise skipper Rex. 

You are in safe hands here as he gets you up close (not too close) to his beloved crocs and shares with you his knowledge of the magnificent tropical reptiles. Before returning to the terminal, we’ll take you on a tour of Darwin, showing you the historic, cultural and natural landmarks that make Darwin what it is today.

Litchfield National Park

 

Highlights

  • Florence Falls – optional bush walk
  • Buley Rockhole
  • Wangi Falls
  • Magnetic and Cathedral Termite Mounds
  • 8-10 hour tour

 

Take A Dip Under Magestic Waterfalls

Our first stop of the day is a visit to the site of the magnetic termite mounds, where your guide will teach you about their formation and value to our unique tropical ecosystem. Mid-morning, we will take the boardwalk through the lush monsoon forest to the impressive Wangi Falls. 

 

Here you will hear about the ancient stories of the people and the land and have the chance to swim in the natural pools beneath the impressive falls. A freshly prepared buffet picnic lunch will be served up in a shaded spot in a beautiful bush setting near Wangi Falls. After lunch, we will drive on to Florence Falls with their majestic double flowing waterfalls. 

 

You’ll have the the chance to see the falls from above and swim in the pools below. You will have the chance to take one final dip at the gently stepped pools of Buley Rockhole before we head back to Darwin.