Here, you can sleep under the stars or in a luxury hotel, visit Uluru National Park in the Red Centre of Australia or explore the north coast of Australia and experience Aboriginal Culture.
Kakadu National Park
Over 200,000 visitors from Australia and the rest of the world go to the National Park of Kakadu every year - a very beautiful place with World Heritage listing.
Kakadu is a very ancient landscape. There are wetlands, rocky escarpments and waterfalls to visit and aboriginal rock art that dates back tens of thousands of years.
Kakadu National Park also has a huge variety of wildlife with over 300 bird species, plus wallabies, kangaroos, dingoes and frill-necked lizards. In fact there are more than 60 mammal species, over 100 reptile species and more than 1,700 plant species.
Litchfield National Park
Litchfield National Park, approximately 129kms to the south of Darwin is also a gloriously beautiful place - Stunning landscapes of emerald green with a huge variety of wildlife and birdlife, waterfalls and crocodile free waterholes to swim in.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Another park well worth visiting is the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Sacred to the Aboriginal people, the park has been handed back to the local Anangu people and is now leased by the Australian Federal Government from them.
Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock) located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a natural wonder of the world, a monolith of red colour that dominates the flat desert landscape surrounding it. The colours change depending on the position of the sun during the day, after rain, it becomes a shiny black. Bring your camera.
Explorer Notes
Be aware of Crocodile safety - observe warning signs! Only swim in areas designated safe to do so. Carry and drink plenty of water. You should always obtain reliable advice first, especially if you wish to explore in the summer months.
Aboriginal Culture Tours
Exploring the rich cultural diversity of the Northern Territory Aboriginal nations makes for an intriguing stay. Aboriginals have lived in the Northern Territory for many thousands of years, evidence has been found indicating they have been here for over fifty to sixty thousand years, if not longer.
Aboriginal lands, including Arnhem Land cover almost fifty percent of the state and are controlled under arrangements with them and the Federal government. Permits are usually required to enter these lands, better yet, go with experienced Aboriginal guides on one or more of the many tours and cruises.
Places like Darwin and Alice Springs have a number of Aboriginal culture tours available, where you can learn about the food, the arts and way of life in the Outback from the indigenous perspective. These tours and sometimes cruises, can give you an added appreciation of this ancient land in places that is inaccessible to normal visitors to the NT.
Darwin Australia
Although the Top End of Australia resisted settlement by the Europeans for many years due to its remoteness, Darwin has a lot to offer visitors. See more about Darwin NT Australia.
Bathurst and Melville Islands, off the north coast of Australia near Darwin, has indigenous culture that differs from the mainland. Melville is the second largest island off the coast of Australia, after Tasmania.
The islands are very much a tropical paradise, due to restrictions placed by the traditional owners of these islands, the Tiwi peoples, visitors are only allowed to Bathurst Island and only during the months of May to October.
The Red Centre
The huge desert areas, located in the centre and south of the NT has scenery dating back more than 800 million years and called the Red Centre. The red sand and soils get their colour from the rusting iron oxides.
Alice Springs is the main city in this vast region, from here you can explore the deserts and the other notable places to visit, including Uluru and the Olgas, the Devil’s Marbles and the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve. See more about Alice Springs and the Red Centre Alice Springs Australia NT.
Darwin Hotels and Accommodation
There are many types hotels, motels and resorts and other types of accommodation to suit your budget found in the Northern Territory and of course, Darwin. There are plenty of caravan parks that can make exploring the territory a unique experience. Camping is also available in a number of the National Parks, sites range from good to those with limited facilities.
More about accommodation in The Northern Territory and rest of the country - Hotels in Australia.
