REGION: Kakadu National Park


This World Heritage-listed national park is internationally famous for the breathtaking natural beauty of its wetlands, escarpments and spectacular waterfalls as well as its more than 50 000-year-old Aboriginal cultural heritage.

Aboriginal people own and co-manage the huge park, which covers almost 20 000km and encompasses a huge variety of Top End habitats. The park has an equally diverse number of plants and animals, including 1600 plant species, 25 frog species, 75 reptile species and 275 species of bird.

There are more than 5000 Aboriginal cultural sites in the park. The ancient rock-art galleries of Kakadu are the oldest in the world and record extinct species like the thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) as well as depicting sacred creation beings like Namarrgon the Lightning Man and Ngalyod the Rainbow Serpent.

Several styles are represented including x-ray paintings showing the internal structure of animals fish and birds.

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Tourism Top End

  • Ph: (08) 8936 2499
 

Parks/Reserves

  • Kakadu NP
  • Litchfield NP

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Main Attractions

  • Gunlom Falls
  • Jim Jim Falls
  • Nourlangie Rock
  • Ubirr Rock
  • Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre
  • Yellow Water

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