On our way up to Darwin we decided to visit Australia's largest Nationalpark - Kakadu Nationalpark.
With its many huge rivers and wetlands the Nationalpark is home to crocodiles. Saltwalter crocodiles make all the way up to the park and call the main river their territory. We were lucky to spot a few of them on sandbanks - we even made it to spot one flying the drone across the river.
When we have been to the park beginning of June, the dry season already had an impact on the park. Many parts of the bush dried out and burning.
Next to spotting crocs, there are not too many thing to do in the park, except some nice hikes. We did one directly after entering the park in the south: Gunlom Falls Walk.
It is a 30 minutes walk from the parking zone and you should make sure that you have enough water - it is super hot o the way up - a your swimmers and a camera. The view from the top is pretty awesome and the plunge pools which feed the waterfall are an amazing spot to relax and have a break from the dusty roads you need to take to the location.
Having seen the waterfalls and a crocodile - it is pretty much what you should see when visiting the park. Once you have been to Western Australia before, you won't be impressed by this park anymore. The fact that the park is quite close to Darwin come along with the fact that this park is also a day- or weekend trip destinations for many who fly into Darwin for a short trip.
Nevertheless, we made it to spot what we came for - so to was worth it to have come to Kakadu.
Leaving the park, our trip came to an end as we headed directly to Darwin, from where we left to Singapore again.
But there was one stop on the way, which we did not know about before passing a road sign: Fogg Dam.
The dam is 45 minutes south of Darwin and we were lucky that we spontaneously decided to go there. On the way to the dam have been hundreds of Wallabies along the road - an d the Fog Dam itself is a very cool spot to do birding. We have been able to cross the dam on the car - we were the only car in the on the dam - and we found ourselves in the middle of a huge wetland. Hundreds of birds we have never seen before, Kangaroos, and just an amazing scenery. In fact, Fog Dam was better then Kakadu Nationalpark in terms of what we could see and spot.
This was the last stop before reaching Darwin. After the last night in Darwin we used the morning to clean and pack up our stuff and make ourselves ready to head back to Asia. A nice brekky on the beach and then the camping trip ended with something a camping trip has to end: washing and cleaning our car.
Write a comment