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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


Main Attractions

Aboriginal rock art

Bowali Visitor Centre

Gunlom Falls (Waterfall Creek)

Jabiru

Jim Jim Falls

Maguk (Barramundi Gorge)

Mamukala

Nourlangie Rock

Twin Falls

Ubirr

Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre

Yellow Water

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Kakadu secrets

Gunlom Falls, Top Pool, Kakadu National Park (Image: Tourism NT) TourismNT | 2008-12-09 | This weekend we're exploring the secrets of Kakadu and are getting off the well-beaten track in search of an Australian icon less-explored. | read more

Hiking in Kakadu NP

Jim Jim Falls, Kakadu Escarpment (Image: Tourism NT) TourismNT | 2008-12-09 | For a hike you'll never forget take the road along the Arnhem and Kakadu highways; then take the turn off to Jim Jim Falls. This is where the real off-the-beaten track experience begins. | read more

 

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Aboriginal Culture, Point Stuart - Mary River Region, Northern Territory
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There are more than 5000 Aboriginal cultural sites in the park. The ancient rock-art galleries of Kakadu National Park 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. 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. more

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National Park Head Office

Parks and Wildlife Commission

Goyder Centre, 25 Chung Wah Terrace, Palmerston, NT 0830

Ph: (08) 8999 5511

www.nt.gov.au/paw

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Hiking in Kakadu NP

Jim Jim Falls, Kakadu Escarpment (Image: Tourism NT) TourismNT | 2008-12-09 | For a hike you'll never forget take the road along the Arnhem and Kakadu highways; then take the turn off to Jim Jim Falls. This is where the real off-the-beaten track experience begins. | read more

Kakadu secrets

Gunlom Falls, Top Pool, Kakadu National Park (Image: Tourism NT) TourismNT | 2008-12-09 | This weekend we're exploring the secrets of Kakadu and are getting off the well-beaten track in search of an Australian icon less-explored. | read more

 

 
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