Kakadu National Park | Northern Territory

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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Aboriginal Culture, Point Stuart - Mary River Region, Northern Territory

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Kakadu escarpment and wetlands, Northern Territory

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Maguk (Barramundi Gorge), Kakadu National Park Region, Northern Territory

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Waterlilies - Lily Pads, Kakadu National Park Region, Northern Territory

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Tourist info

Tourism Top End

Cnr Mitchell and Knuckey sts,
Darwin, NT 08001
www.travelnt.com

Ph: (08) 8936 2499

Parks/Reserves

Kakadu NP
Litchfield NP

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Kakadu National Park

TourismNT | 2009-08-30 | Kakadu National Park covers 19,804 square kilometres within the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory. The park’s southern axis runs 150 kilometres from the coast to the southern hills, and 120 kms east from the Arnhem Land sandstone plateau. It is an unforgettable holiday experience for anyone lucky enough to visit. | read more