1 Day Katherine Gorge Deluxe Tour from Darwin $365

1 Day Katherine Gorge Deluxe Tour from Darwin $365

1 Day Katherine Gorge Deluxe Tour from Darwin Itinerary

Get ready for an amazing day exploring some of the Top End’s most incredible natural scenery. We’ll head out from Darwin to uncover the wild landscapes and cultural heritage of Nitmiluk National Park with an engaging local guide.

Having met up with your experienced outback driver and guide you’ll start your Katherine Day Tour by leaving Darwin on the Stuart Highway – a road which snakes its way to Port Augusta in South Australia some 2700 km away.

The first segment of your journey is short by Top End standards at just over an hour, and you’ll soon arrive at Adelaide River War Cemetery. Containing more than 400 marked graves, it is a timely reminder of the burden placed on the region during the Second World War, when Darwin faced air raids from Japanese bombers.

Continuing south, you’ll pass Pine Creek before turning off the highway to enter Nitmiluk National Park. Previously known as Katherine Gorge National Park, its new name means ‘place of the cicada’ in Jawoyn. It preserves the wondrous landscapes of no less than 13 gorges and various waterfalls on the Katherine River, including Leliyn (Edith Falls), where it’s possible to swim during the dry season. To learn more about the culture and heritage of the Jawoyn people you’ll be taken to see ancient rock art sites detailing their creation story and associated mythology.

After a relaxing lunch (included) you’ll have the chance to examine the photographs and cultural displays of the Nitmiluk Visitor Centre, as well as take your own small piece of Jawoyn culture home from the souvenir shop.

Saving the best until last, the tour now heads to Katherine Gorge. Swapping the orange dirt for the decks of a boat, have your camera at the ready as you spend two hours on the river cruising through some of its most extraordinary gorge landscapes. As well as cliffs up to 70 metres high, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the freshwater crocs and colourful birds that call the gorges their home.

The tour concludes with the drive back to central Darwin.