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3 Day Dragonfly Dreaming Top End Camping Safari
This 3-day Dragonfly Dreaming Top End Camping Safari adventure tour offers a value for money experience with a touch of style and quality. Travelling with a maximum of 17 people in purpose built 4-wheel drive vehicles, stay in private campsites and get ready to explore the best of the 'Top End'.
This 3-Day Kakadu and Litchfield adventure tour offers a value for money experience with a touch of style and quality.
Travelling with a maximum of 17 people in purpose built 4-wheel drive vehicles, stay in private campsites complete with permanent safari tents with beds and linen.
Swim in plunge pools under waterfalls in Litchfield National Park; learn about Aboriginal Culture from your guide; and explore the landscape and waterfalls of Kakadu National Park. Enjoy all this and more on this unforgettable tour.
Itinerary (subject to change)
Day 1: Darwin to Kakadu National Park via Litchfield National Park
After being collected from your hotel, travel to Litchfield National Park and explore the waterfalls, spring-fed streams and rugged sandstone escarpments. Discover intriguing cathedral and magnetic termite mounds and swim, hike and explore Florence and Wangi Falls and enjoy a picnic lunch.
After lunch leave the highway behind and hit the dirt travelling along the Marrakai Road before joining the Old Jim Jim Road taking you deep into Kakadu National Park. Travel past billabongs and traversing water crossings bringing ample opportunity for wildlife spotting. Arrive at your private campsite complete with comfortable permanent tents at Cooinda, enjoy dinner and some stargazing.
- Meals Included: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 2: Yellow Waters Cruise, Nourlangie and Ubirr Art sites
Awake for breakfast this morning before joining an iconic Yellow Waters Cruise. A must-do activity within Kakadu National Park, the award winning Yellow Waters cruise is Aboriginal owned and centres around a spectacular billabong system that is home to some remarkable and diverse wildlife. Spotting crocodiles is only one of the many wildlife viewing opportunities on this unique water system.
Departing camp, travel to nearby Nourlangie Rock. Here you can see how local Aboriginal people lived in this area through changing times. Environmental and social changes are reflected in the rock art and in the ground, where archaeologists have uncovered over 20,000 years of Aboriginal occupation. After lunch visit the Bowali Visitor Centre, a Gun-djeihmi name for the local area and creek on land owned by the Mirarr clan. See the audio-visual presentations and Marrawuddi Gallery showcasing Aboriginal art by artists from within Kakadu and the wider region.
Later this afternoon arrive at the culturally significant Aboriginal art site of Ubirr, located within the East Alligator region of the park. Here you will view a wide range of ancient Aboriginal art which will be interpreted by your guide. Learn the story of the Rainbow Serpent and climb the Nadab Lookout for panoramic views over the floodplain and beyond into Arnhem Land. After learning about the area, it’s time to pick out a quiet spot to sit while we watch the sun set over the Kakadu escarpment before making the short journey to our private and permanent campsite for the night.
- Meals Included: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Twin and Jim Jim Falls. Return to Darwin
Today the jewels of Kakadu National Park await. Departing early we travel to Twin and Jim Jim Falls. Explore Twin Falls Gorge which is accessed by 4-wheel drive track, a boat shuttle service and a rocky walking track and boardwalk. Once there relax on the sandy banks and admire the falls. There’s more 4-wheel driving as we make our way to Jim Jim Falls where a walk through monsoon forest and over boulders takes us to the waterfall and plunge pool which are surrounded by 150 metre cliffs.
Spend the afternoon taking in the sheer beauty of your spectacular surrounds before we make our way back to Darwin and your accommodation after three magical days of adventure and wildlife, rich in cultural history and natural beauty.
- Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch.
Experience Includes
- 3-Day tour to Kakadu National Park and Litchfield National Park
- See Aboriginal Rock Art at Ubirr, spectacular Mary River Wetlands, Barramundi Gorge, Jim Jim Falls, Twin Falls
- 2 nights in twin-share safari style furnished tented camp with shared facilities
- 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 2 dinners
- Professional Guide
- Travel in an air-conditioned 4WD vehicle
- All camping equipment including swags, sleeping bag and pillows
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Experience Excludes
- Optional gratuities
- Optional touring
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Terms & Conditions
- You will receive a voucher for this experience. Please read it thoroughly.
- This is an active participation-based tour and relies on the good will of all passengers to make them a success. This includes your assistance in the preparation of meals, washing up, gathering firewood and loading/unloading vehicles.
- Itinerary may change due to cultural reasons, seasonal changes, operational logistics and accessibility.
- Tour is not suitable for children under 5 years of age.
- Twin Falls Boat Shuttle Fee ($12.50) is not included and payable direct on day of cruise.
- National Park Fees are not included in the tour price and must be paid directly to the supplier on the day of departure.
- Due to limited space on the vehicle, please restrict luggage to a day pack and one soft overnight bag/backpack (maximum 10kg). Excess luggage should be stored at your Darwin accommodation.
- Access to Twin and Jim Jim Falls cannot be guaranteed during the tropical summer months (approx May to June). At this time they will be substituted with locations such as Gunlom, Maguk (Barramundi Falls), Yurmikmik or Gubara Springs.
- Wangi Falls may not be accessible during the summer period. During this time we will provide an alternative or spend more time in locations visited.
- Travel insurance is highly recommended for all guests travelling on our tours.
- Please note return time to Darwin is approximate and is not guaranteed. Please ensure you have booked a minimum of one night in Darwin after the tour and your departure from Darwin is not until the following day.
- Tour commences in Darwin on day 1 at 6.50am and finishes in Darwin day 3 at approx 6.00pm.
- All tents contain 2 single beds plus 1 pullout stretcher bed. Stretcher bed is suitable for children only.
- This trip requires sturdy walking shoes (ankle high), swimming gear, hat and sunscreen, towel and toiletries, warm clothing in winter, torch, water bottle, insect repellent and a sleeping bag for the dry season (May to October).
- To get the most out of this trip you need to be prepared for walks of between 3-9 km on some days. This may be on rough ground and perhaps getting feet wet in rivers and creeks. From October to March in the Red Centre, West Coast, and South of Australia you will experience temperatures of over 35 degrees Celsius (and sometimes well into the 40’s) so be prepared to endure extra physical stress due to the heat at these times, especially while on walks. In the Top End of Australia (Kimberley and Kakadu) temperatures in the months of April, May and September, October humidity levels can be high and sometimes slightly uncomfortable.
- All travellers need to be in good physical health in order to participate fully on this trip. When selecting your trip, please make sure you have read through the itinerary carefully and assess your ability to cope with the style of travel. Please note that if, in the opinion of the group leader or local guide, any traveller is unable to complete the itinerary without undue risk to themselves and/or the rest of the group, the tour operator reserves the right to exclude them from all or part of a trip without refund.
- Maximum of 17 travellers per group.
- Adult prices are based on 2 sharing. Single passenger prices are available on request.
- Itinerary subject to change without notice.
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