You may have heard about Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. Lots of people have something to say about this interesting location. But just what is it that makes Kakadu Park so unique?
Is it the mysterious Nourlangie Rock, the huge size of the park, or something else. It's certainly one of the world's better known park, with thousands of visitors coming from around the world each year.
Considered the gateway to Arnhem land, this area is beautiful, and covers nearly twenty thousand square kilometers. That's a park so big that the whole country of Denmark or Ireland would fit neatly inside its boundaries.
Kakadu National Park hosts a wide range of environments, from the Stone Country with its resurrection grasses - plants capable of coping with extreme heat and dryness, to the floodplains, which are inundated for several months out of the year. There are tidal flats, hills, monsoon forests and more in Kakadu Park.
Most visits include a trip to the famous Nourlangie Rock, with its amazing examples of Aboriginal artwork. There are some fantastic drawings and carvings there, and most trips to the site require several hours to really take it in.
There are also plenty of great animal watching opportunities here. Crocodiles, goannas, dingoes, wallabies, and others inhabit the park, including twenty-five different species of frogs, one hundred seventeen different reptiles, and almost a third of Australia's bird species. Plan a trip in the summer, between May and November, to see some of the fantastic plant life this park has to offer, too. Kakadu has some of the richest flora in northern Australia - over seventeen hundred plant species have been recorded, and few of them are invasive weeds.
There's spear grass, sedge, eucalyptus, wildflower displays, paper bark trees, water lilies, succulents, kapok trees, mangroves and the spreading banyan fig. Any plant lover will enjoy Kakadu National Park.
The park also holds an entire tropical river, a sandstone plateau and escarpment, mud flats, river banks, open forests, savannah woodlands, flood plains and much more.
The park also has some pretty spectacular waterfalls that you should put on your list. They don't always run all year, but two the most famous are Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls, which are both fantastic during the wet season. Sometimes roads to the falls are closed, causing the falls to be visible from the air only.
Some of the attractions at Kakadu are available to travelers on foot, but others require a ride in a four wheel drive vehicle to reach. That means you'll need to think about what you want to do and see before you leave, so that transportation won't be a problem.
Since the park itself is so big, and there's a lot to see, you might want to think about booking a tour to help you do it right. There are all kinds of trips available, so you'll be able to pick the one that's right for you. Check out companies like Western Xposure to find out more.
Is it the mysterious Nourlangie Rock, the huge size of the park, or something else. It's certainly one of the world's better known park, with thousands of visitors coming from around the world each year.
Considered the gateway to Arnhem land, this area is beautiful, and covers nearly twenty thousand square kilometers. That's a park so big that the whole country of Denmark or Ireland would fit neatly inside its boundaries.
Kakadu National Park hosts a wide range of environments, from the Stone Country with its resurrection grasses - plants capable of coping with extreme heat and dryness, to the floodplains, which are inundated for several months out of the year. There are tidal flats, hills, monsoon forests and more in Kakadu Park.
Most visits include a trip to the famous Nourlangie Rock, with its amazing examples of Aboriginal artwork. There are some fantastic drawings and carvings there, and most trips to the site require several hours to really take it in.
There are also plenty of great animal watching opportunities here. Crocodiles, goannas, dingoes, wallabies, and others inhabit the park, including twenty-five different species of frogs, one hundred seventeen different reptiles, and almost a third of Australia's bird species. Plan a trip in the summer, between May and November, to see some of the fantastic plant life this park has to offer, too. Kakadu has some of the richest flora in northern Australia - over seventeen hundred plant species have been recorded, and few of them are invasive weeds.
There's spear grass, sedge, eucalyptus, wildflower displays, paper bark trees, water lilies, succulents, kapok trees, mangroves and the spreading banyan fig. Any plant lover will enjoy Kakadu National Park.
The park also holds an entire tropical river, a sandstone plateau and escarpment, mud flats, river banks, open forests, savannah woodlands, flood plains and much more.
The park also has some pretty spectacular waterfalls that you should put on your list. They don't always run all year, but two the most famous are Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls, which are both fantastic during the wet season. Sometimes roads to the falls are closed, causing the falls to be visible from the air only.
Some of the attractions at Kakadu are available to travelers on foot, but others require a ride in a four wheel drive vehicle to reach. That means you'll need to think about what you want to do and see before you leave, so that transportation won't be a problem.
Since the park itself is so big, and there's a lot to see, you might want to think about booking a tour to help you do it right. There are all kinds of trips available, so you'll be able to pick the one that's right for you. Check out companies like Western Xposure to find out more.
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