Day 1. Kakadu National Park, Nourlangie Rock, Yellow Water Billabong Wildlife Cruise

Wildlife Cruise. Today travel across the Marrakai Plains and enter World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. Visit the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre then join a guided cruise on Kakadu’s Yellow Water billabong. Keep a lookout for saltwater crocodiles and an abundance of birds. After lunch, travel to Nourlangie Rock and view galleries of ancient Aboriginal artwork. See art such as Namondjok, a painting some Aboriginal groups believe represents a Creation Ancestor who now lives in the sky and appears as a dark spot in the Milky Way galaxy.

Stay: Two Nights: Kakadu National Park - Hawk Dreaming Wilderness Camp, including dinner and breakfast, shared facilities (Exclusive DB), Aurora Kakadu, Standard Room (Budget), Aurora Kakadu, Superior Room (Std), Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn (1st-Class)

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Day 2. 4WD Arnhem Land

Cross the East Alligator River into Aboriginal-owned Arnhem Land, one of Australia’s most remote regions. Travel to Mikinj Valley, with its escarpments, floodplains, outcrops and billabongs. With permission from the Manilakarr people, you’ll see places inaccessible to most. Hear of traditional land ownership, learn bush skills of hunting and gathering and how to prepare bush tucker. View Aboriginal art in its natural state. Most tours are led or accompanied by an Aboriginal guide.

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Day 3. Ubirr Art Site, East Alligator River Cruise, Bowali Visitor Centre, Darwin

Travel by 4WD to Ubirr to explore the galleries of ancient Aboriginal artwork. Accompanied by an Aboriginal guide, join a cruise along the East Alligator River. Your guide will explain the Aboriginal culture of the region, its history and wildlife. Enjoy lunch in a bush setting then, on the return to Darwin, visit Window on the Wetlands and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine as you admire the changing light of day over the floodplain. Arrive in Darwin at around 8 pm.

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Injalak Arts and Craft Association

: Injalak Arts and Craft Association is visited only on weekdays. Injalak is not open weekends and public holidays and may be closed for cultural reasons. If Injalak is closed you will visit Cannon Hill and Hawk Dreaming in Kakadu instead. This alternative also applies when seasonal flooding and tides prevent crossing the East Alligator River.

Day 1. Kakadu National Park, Nourlangie Rock, Yellow Water Billabong Wildlife Cruise

Today travel across the Marrakai Plains and enter World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. Visit the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre then join a guided cruise on Kakadu’s Yellow Water billabong. Keep a lookout for saltwater crocodiles and an abundance of birds. After lunch, travel to Nourlangie Rock and view galleries of ancient Aboriginal artwork. See art such as Namondjok, a painting some Aboriginal groups believe represents a Creation Ancestor who now lives in the sky and appears as a dark spot in the Milky Way galaxy.

Stay: Kakadu National Park - Hawk Dreaming Wilderness Lodge (HDWL, DB), Aurora Kakadu, Standard Room (Budget) Superior Room (Standard), Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn (First Class)

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Day 2. 4WD Arnhem Land

Cross the East Alligator River into Aboriginal-owned Arnhem Land, one of Australia’s most remote regions. Meet Aboriginal artists at Injalak Arts and Crafts Centre in Oenpelli. There is time to watch the traditional Aboriginal people painting and to see the women weaving pandanus baskets. Travel to Mikinj Valley, with its escarpments, floodplains, outcrops and billabongs. With permission from the Manilakarr people, you’ll see places inaccessible to most. Hear of traditional land ownership, learn bush skills of hunting and gathering and how to prepare bush tucker. View Aboriginal art in its natural state.

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Day 3. Ubirr Art Site, East Alligator River Cruise, Bowali Visitor Centre, Darwin

Travel by 4WD to Ubirr to explore the galleries of ancient Aboriginal artwork. Accompanied by an Aboriginal guide, join a cruise along the East Alligator River. Your guide will explain the Aboriginal culture of the region, its history and wildlife. Enjoy lunch in a bush setting then return to Darwin.

Daily Meal Included:  • Lunch

Injalak Arts and Craft Association

Injalak Arts and Craft Association is visited only on weekdays. Injalak is not open weekends and public holidays and may be closed for cultural reasons. If Injalak is closed you will visit Cannon Hill and Hawk Dreaming in Kakadu instead. This alternative also applies when seasonal flooding and tides prevent crossing the East Alligator River. Order of touring may vary.