2 Day Guided Tour of Kakadu and Litchfield
Private tours are subject to a quote
This Top End Experience will immerse you in Australia’s spectacular North. On this guided tour, you will travel through the cultural, historical and geographical landmark locations. We will delve into the stories and the natural wonders of the region. Activities include a selection from bushwalking, scenic lookouts, exploring ancient rock art sites, cultural and wildlife cruises, swimming and hearing about the cultural stories and traditions. You will see for miles over Wetlands, Savannah Woodlands, Stone Country and Escarpment. You will witness the uniqueness of our tropical ecosystems and hear how we have worked with the land and elements in the Northern Territory for centuries. Offroad Dreaming share their knowledge of combined decades of experience in the area and we have the opportunity to join specialist activities where specific cultural, geographical and historical information is a valuable addition to your itinerary.
Highlights
Day One
Overnight: Mount Bundy Station for camping or accommodationDay Two
Private multi-day tour details
- National Park entry fees
- Permits
- Chilled drinking water and snacks
- Picnic lunch
- Pick up from your Darwin accommodation at the start of the tour
- Return to your accommodation at the end of the tour
- Transport in a private, fully licensed, and permitted tour vehicle
- Private and public activities as per itinerary
- Guided tour of each location on your itinerary
- Breakfast except for Day One
- Dinners around the fire, except last day
- Tent
- Camping chair
- Bath towel
- Hand torch
- Purpose built off-road camping trailer
- Swag (Australian sleeping canvas covering with mattress included)
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Pillow case
- Sleep sheet
- Cooking equipment
- Serveware for meals
- More spacious tents
- Stretcher to raise the swag mattress off the ground
- Dual layer swag mattress
- Eco sleeping bag
- Eco luxury bed linens
- Eco pillow
- Eco cooking equipment
- Ergonomic camping chair
- Functional and decorative lighting
- Room and breakfast is included
- Restaurant evening meal is at your own expense
- Swimwear
- Swim towel
- Walking shoes
- Refillable water bottle
- Sun hat and Sunscreen 30+
- Insect repellent
- Day pack for walks
- A light warm jumper for cool nights
- Lightweight waterproof clothing during the Shoulder Wet Season months (typically March, April, September and October)
- Luggage approximately 15kg, preferably soft bag
- Transport in well-maintained air-conditioned vehicle, with tinted windows for comfort and UV protection
- Alcoholic beverages
- Breakfast Day One
- Dinner last day
- Restaurant evening meals (unless otherwise stated)Incidentals eg fresh coffee at comfort stops
- Flights to and from Darwin
- Pre and post-tour overnight accommodation
- Travel insurance
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Destination
Our gallery
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Day One
Your Offroad Dreaming Guide will meet you at your Darwin accommodation for a 06:00 departure. Leaving the city behind, we travel towards World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park. Heading East, we make a comfort stop at Corroboree Park Tavern, a typical Territorian Tavern off the side of the Arnhem Highway.
We will make our way into Kakadu, stopping first at the North Eastern Region of Kakadu. We will travel up the multi levels of art galleries through the Ubirr Rock art shelters. The walk at Ubirr takes us through a series of sandstone formations and rock art galleries, which have provided shelter to the traditional owners for thousands of years. As we continue through the levels, it leads us up to Nadab Lookout, offering spectacular 360-degree views over the Nadab Floodplains, Ubirr and into Arnhem Land. The climb can be challenging for some, and for those in your group who prefer to stay on ground level, there is plenty of art to see there and your Guide can point out the best shady spots, to relax and await the return of your party.
After the morning on our feet, we take a well-earned rest as your Guide dresses the benches and tables and prepares and serves a wholesome picnic lunch.
Mid-afternoon we will take the short drive to the East Alligator River, a natural border between Kakadu and Western Arnhem Land. Here we meet a Bininj Guide who takes you on the Guluyambi Cultural Cruise, giving an insight into their culture and local mythology. You will hear how the river is an abundant food chain for traditional plants and wildlife. Your Guide will share the many uses their people have for the plants along the riverside and will spot plants and wildlife as you go. They will share bush survival skills, passed down through the generations. We will make a turn at the infamous Cahills crossing, where the crocodile lazes across the crossway and swim in the deep waters. Your Bininj Guide will invite you onto the banks of Arnhem Land, and show you a demonstration of their cultural skills before your boat will transfer you across the water back to the boat ramp.
On return from your cruise, we set up camp or check in to your accommodation for the night.
Overnight: Mount Bundy Cattle Station
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Day Two
We will enjoy a hearty breakfast before leaving Mount Bundy Station by 08:00. We will head across the Stuart Highway and through Batchelor and enter Litchfield National Park.
Today is spent in Litchfield National Park, which is a lush, Savannah Woodland and Monsoon Forest nature reserve. In Litchfield, we are spoilt for choice, from the many waterfalls, swimming holes and adjacent walking trails available for us to enjoy.
First, we will stop by the impressive Cathedral and Magnetic Termite Mounds. Here we can get up close with the mound structures and hear about the significant role termites play within the unique tropical ecosystem of the Top End.
Heading further into the Park, we travel up onto the Table Top Range and visit Florence Falls. Here you will have the option to swim in the fresh, cool, plunge pool and walk along Shady Creek walk through the monsoon forest. The scenic viewing platform high above Florence Falls provides great photo opportunities of the panoramic views of the falls and the waterhole and plunge pool below. From the viewing platform, we can walk down the steps into the flowing waters below. The twin waterfalls are quite a site to see. They flow steadily all year round and feed into a deep rock pool, which is great for those who love a good swim, whilst also providing shallow rock pools for those who prefer to dip in their feet.
Next is a stop at the cascading waterfalls of Buley Rockhole. Here you can explore each level enjoying dips from a selection of shallow rock pools, deep plunge pools and flowing springs.
After a fresh picnic lunch, prepared and served on location, we make the short drive to Wangi Falls. Here you will see the water from the twin falls, cascade over the rock escarpment into the large pool below. There are various walking tracks, including a Monsoon Forest loop walk that takes you up and over the falls and a less strenuous walk through the monsoon forest to a treetop viewing platform. After taking in the views and cooling off in the crystal clear plunge pool (seasonal restrictions apply), we start to make our way back towards the Tropical City of Darwin via Berry Springs, returning early in the evening.
