Odyssey Tours & Safaris
5 Day Kakadu Discovery
Departs Darwin Day 1 and Finishes in Darwin Day 5.

Mondays from May 7th to November 20th, 2007

In a small bag, due to space limitations:
Hat and sunscreen
Swim gear
Personal requisites
Camera with plenty of film
Comfortable, sturdy, non-slip walking shoes
Insect repellent
Small water bottle

• Accommodation - Comfortable safari tents equipped with two single beds. The 'Safari-Tents' are purpose designed and built for our tropical climate.
  Hot showers and composting toilets (shared facilities) are also available.
• Meals - Freshly prepared and campfire cooked - dinner and breakfast -All meals
• Experienced professional guides
• 4WD touring
• Tented safari accommodation
• Sunset cruise on Yellow Water wetlands
• Entry to Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre
• Witness spectacular Aboriginal rock

The most comprehensive tour of Kakadu available. Visits Koolpin Gorge, Barramundie, Twin and Jim Jim Falls.

This first class safari is a most comprehensive tour of the world heritage listed Kakadu National Park. Kakadu covers an area of almost 20,000 square kilometres. Such a large national park needs more than just a couple of days to explore. Even with a 5 day visit much of the park will go undiscovered.

Our 5 day Kakadu Discovery is just that, it is much more than a sight seeing tour, it is an experience of the cultural landscape known as Kakadu National Park. This safari visits the restricted access areas of Koolpin Gorge, not available to mainstream tourists and only accessible by special permit.

Tours are guided by our experienced professional guides with major emphasis on interpretation of the ecology, Aboriginal rock art as well as just plain having fun.

On safari your accommodation is in our purpose built “Safari Tents”. They are locally designed for our tropical climate. The walls are of canvas and the windows of insect screen. The floors are of wood and are raised above the ground. You’ll enjoy the comfort of this spacious cool design.

Each camping area is serviced with solar heated showers and flushing toilets. In the evenings you will enjoy sumptuous candle lit dinners from the camp fire. Vegetarian and other diets are catered for just let us know on booking.

Itinerary

Day 1

We leave your accommodation around 07:00 and travel south, “Down The Track” to Adelaide River, where we can visit the tranquil Adelaide River War Cemetery or have quiet tea or coffee under the shady trees at the local inn.

Continuing south we travel to Pine Creek, scene of a major gold rush a century, and still a gold mining town today, and then turn east toward Kakadu.

From the park boundary it’s not far to our camp at Gunlom. Here we can swim, explore the forest or climb to the top of the escarpment for a magnificent view of the surrounding country.

Day 2

This morning we travel to Koolpin Gorge (Jarrangbarnmi), a pristine wilderness area of very limited access. Koolpin Creek flows down several hundred feet through a series of waterfalls and spectacular pools often called the Giant's Staircase. You'll have the entire day to explore this area, photograph its grandeur, swim in the crystal clear pools or just relax on the sandy banks of the creek. Late afternoon we return to our camp at Gunlom.

Day 3

We break camp and travel northwards to Barramundi Gorge (Maguk), on the Arnhem Escarpment, where we swim, have lunch by the creek and explore the monsoon rainforest.

Then onward to the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre, an impressive building built in the shape of the local freshwater turtle. Here you will learn about the traditional Aboriginal owners of the park, their culture, beliefs and lifestyles.

Afterwards we enjoy an afternoon cruise on the world renowned Yellow Water wetlands. Here you will have a chance to see the abundant birdlife and perhaps, the awesome saltwater crocodile. We stay overnight at our nearby Mardugal camp.

Day 4

Today we travel along the 4WD track to Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls, where we can explore the gorge at the base of the tallest cascade in the Territory.

Late in the afternoon we return to our camp at Mardugal.

Day 5

The first stop this morning is the Bowali Visitor Centre.

We then head across the Jabiluka floodplains to Ubirr to view Aboriginal rock art spanning some 23,000 years of seasonal occupation.

Our walk around the galleries culminates with a short climb to the highest point in the area. The view from the top of the rock across the floodplains to the north and west and of the Arnhem Escarpment in the east is magnificent.

On our way back to Darwin we cross the floodplains of the mighty South Alligator River, around 6km wide at this point.

We arrive back in Darwin in the late afternoon.

THE ODYSSEY DIFFERENCE

• Scheluded tours operate with a maximum of just 10 or 12.
• Operating 3 permanently established camps - two in Kakadu National Park and one Litchfield National Park. All camps have large "airy tents' with raised wooden floors and 2 standard size single beds. Camps are equiped with flushing toilets and insect proof dining shelters. Our Litchfiled camp 'Minjungari' is on an exclusive license.
• Odyssey Tours and Safaris is a Savannah Guide "Master Operator". Odyssey guides are educated professionals. All are naturalist guides with various interests and knowledge who have a passion for the Top End.
• We operate with a number of licenses that give us special access to restricted area ie: Koolpin Gorge, Graveside Gorge in Kakadu National Park, Minjungari in Litchfield National Park, Manyallaluk Aboriginal Community south of Katherine.
• Our itineraries are set at a slower pace than most as our philosophy is to offer not just a sightseeing tour but a wilderness experience that will enlighten, educate and enrich our guests.
• Dinner time in camp is a candle lit affair with tablecoths, silerware, wine glasses etc. All diets are catered for - prior advised is required.
• Each of our permanent private camps has it's own "Camp Host" ensuring the highest quality safari hospitality. Solar fridges at all camps and Solar fans in the dinning area if dining inside

Personal luggage is limited to an overnight bag and a day pack. Most Darwin accommodation will be happy to store any excess luggage you may have, some do charge a small fee. We recommend that your store valuables in the safety deposit at your Darwin accommodation.

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