Tour Highlights
- Rainbow Pitta
- Banded Fruit-Dove (local endemic)
- Gouldian Finch
- Hooded Parrot (local endemic)
- Red Goshawk
- Wilkin’s Rock Wallaby
- Black Wallaroo
- 2 Aboriginal Rock Art sites
- 1 Boat Cruise
- Category
Start
Darwin
End
Darwin
- Birdwatching focus
- moderate | high
- Wildlife focus
- moderate | high
- Photography focus
- moderate
- Culture focus
- moderate
- Walks rating
- moderate
- Number of boat cruises
- Public1Private0
- Sleeping options
- ensuite
Tour notes & Add-ons
Tour Starts/Ends: Darwin, Northern Territory
Extend Your Birding Holidays with Our Connecting Tours & Convenient Packages:
**In 2027, our 5 Day Kakadu Birding & Wildlife Tour links to our Red Centre Alice Springs Birdwatching Tour giving you the option of an incredible 5 day or 14 day extended birding holiday (including pre & post-tour hotels) throughout the Northern Territory’s (Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Alice Springs, and MacDonnell Ranges regions).
Each tour can also be booked individually.
Add on: 6 Day Red Centre Alice Springs Birdwatching and Wildlife Tour
Tour Summary
Top End – Kakadu Birdwatching, Wildlife & Nature Tours
2027
Darwin • Kakadu • Pine Creek • Katherine • Northern Territory, Australia
Our 5 day ‘Kakadu – Top End Birding, Wildlife & Nature Experience’ provides fantastic chances to view many Top End specialty birds and wildlife in amazing habitats, including Rainbow Pitta, Hooded Parrot (endemic), Gouldian Finch and diverse waterbirds.
You’ll also seek reptiles (Frill-neck Lizard, Saltwater and Freshwater Crocodiles, freshwater turtles, monitor species) and mammals (Agile Wallaby, Wilkin’s Rock Wallaby, Antilopine and Black Wallaroo (endemic), Northern Brown Bandicoot, micro and fruit bat species) and more.
Explore two Aboriginal rock art and occupation sites, home regional and endemic species and cruise Ramsar-listed waterways to view abundant bird and reptile-life in lily-covered wetlands.
Embark on several short walks (easy to moderate grade, up to 3-6 km) in various tropical habitats in the huge and diverse World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, and enjoy urban birding in towns and nature reserves along the 1,200km+ Top End circuit.
The brilliant photographic opportunities of birds, wildlife and landscapes are many and varied over 5 wildlife-filled days.
Regions Visited
- Darwin
- Kakadu
- Pine Creek
Tour Route
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Day by Day Itinerary
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Pre-tour – *Optional pre-tour accommodation bookings
Day 1 – Darwin and Fogg Dam (B, L, D)
Day 2 – Mary River to Kakadu National Park via Fogg Dam (B, L, D)
Day 3 – Kakadu National Park (B, L, D)
Day 4 – Kakadu National Park with Yellow Water cruise to Pine Creek (B, L, D)
Day 5 – Pine Creek to Darwin via Leliyn/Edith Falls, Nitmiluk National Park and Adelaide River (B, L)
Post-tour – *Optional post-tour accommodation bookings
Tour Inclusions & Exclusions
- All extensive travel package and expert guiding services, rock art, boat cruise and more.
- *Departs from/returns to Darwin.
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