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Brookes Australia Tours 3 Days Kakadu & Arnhem Tour Drive/Fly

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Travelling in the comfort of a luxurious fully equipped air-conditioned 4WD vehicle, with a maximum of just 6 passengers this drive/fly tour combines the best of the famous Kakadu National Park with the unique opportunity to visit a very restricted area of Aboriginal owned Arnhem Land.

Day 1: Depart Darwin accommodation at around 8am. Our first stop is Fogg Dam, a vast open wetland area that is home to large numbers of birds during our Top End dry season. Moving on we cross the Marrakai plains, the Adelaide and Mary Rivers before our morning tea stop at the Bark Hut Outback Pub. We then turn off the highway down the old Jim Jim dirt track into Kakadu with the opportunity for viewing bird and wildlife at waterholes along the way. Enjoy a gourmet picnic lunch with billy tea/coffee overlooking a pristine billabong. Then travel on to the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre before checking into Gagudju Cooinda Lodge our accommodation for the next two nights. Join a sunset cruise on the famous Yellow Waters, abundant with many species of birds and of course the mighty salt water crocodile. (L)

Day 2: After breakfast we head north to the Nanguluwur rock art and occupation sites. This site is less well known and well away from the crowds but has some excellent examples of rock art, including the rare and ancient dynamic figures. There are also the famous x-ray style art and so called contact period art when Aboriginal people had first contact with white man. Your guide will explain the art and culture of the area. We then visit Bowali Visitor Centre and Park Headquarters. After lunch we head south along the 4WD track to Maguk (Barramundie Gorge) spend the afternoon in this picturesque area. At the end of a monsoonal forest walk you can enjoy a swim in the refreshing natural plunge pool below a beautiful perennial waterfall. Late afternoon return to Cooinda Lodge overnight. (BL)

Day 3: Early morning join your light aircraft at Cooinda airstrip for a 30 minute scenic flight into a private bush airstrip in remote Western Arnhem Land at Mt Borradaile. Met by your bush guide and with the special permission of the traditional owners you travel in an open air African style 4WD to one of the many ancient Aboriginal rock art sites. The art is colourful and prolific, from a culture dating back more than 60,000 years and regarded as some of the oldest and finest to be found anywhere in the world. Recorded on rock walls and inside caves which were once occupation sites and situated in an area very sensitive to local Aboriginal folklore, these art sites are a fascinating insight into one of the worlds oldest cultures. Remote with spectacular scenery, pristine wetlands, billabongs, birdlife and wildlife. Learn about traditional foods and medicine. Depart by light aircraft late afternoon to Darwin. Eta 5.30pm. (BL)

Includes: all morning teas, breakfasts and lunches.

Excludes: evening meals in Kakadu and alcohol

Departs: Monday and Thursday (Any day with 4 or more passengers) - Year round.
Minimum 2, maximum 6 passengers

NOTE: We reserve the right to amend this program as we deem necessary due to weather and seasonal road conditions.