Kakadu & Top End

Kakadu Highlights No. 7

August 11-24, 2013

Cascades Creek. No trails on any of our walks

Swim, relax and enjoy the natural world around you.
Graveside. This area contains the greatest concentration of permanently flowing creeks in Kakadu.
Surprise. A remote waterfall that cannot be visited on a shorter trip.
Aboriginal art. We visit a variety of art sites that vehicle based visitors can never see.

Section 1: Graveside - Surprise: August 12-20

We begin with the long drive from Darwin to Kakadu where we leave the bitumen and head down the rough Graveside track. We leave the vehicle and enter a wonderland. The Graveside area contains the greatest concentration of permanently flowing creeks we have found in Kakadu. You walk through deep gorges and, if you wish, you can take advantage of the nicest natural waterslide we have found. With the road closed for most of the time we will be there, we should have it all to ourselves.

We gradually work our way around a long loop, stopping at one of the most remote waterfalls in Kakadu along the way. When we get back to the vehicle, we drive to Katherine for the second section of the trip.

Section 2: Manyallaluk to Katherine Gorge: August 20-25

Aboriginal culture. This trip includes the one day Aboriginal cultural tour at the Manyallaluk community.
Aboriginal guide. One of the Aboriginal traditional owners of the area will accompany the group on the walk from Manyallaluk to Katherine Gorge.

Katherine Gorge.. You also get to see the upper reaches of Katherine Gorge, a beautiful area the tour boats don't visit.

Terrain and difficulty. This is a relatively easy trip with plenty of time for swimming and relaxing. There are, however, one or two long days, but these come after you've had a couple of days to get used to the walking. There is a substantial amount of rockhopping along creeks. Those who have never done anything like this before sometimes find it fairly difficult.

Your rewards are waterfalls, wildflowers, an incredible Kakadu wilderness experience and an Aboriginal cultural experience of a kind that no other operator can offer you.

Kakadu Circle No. 7 detailed trip notes.

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Kakadu & Top End

Kakadu Highlights No. 7

August 11-24, 2013

Section 1: Graveside - Surprise: August 12-20

Section 2: Manyallaluk to Katherine Gorge: August 20-25