Australia's Northern Territory

Days 1 - 4: UK to Darwin

Fly from the UK to Darwin where you will be met and transferred to a centrally located hotel for a 2 night stay.

Darwin is Australia's most northern capital and is a relaxed, multicultural, and modern city with tropical beaches. 

Days 5 - 6: Litchfield National Park
Distance: 116km / 73 miles

This morning you will be transferred to the motorhome depot to collect your vehicle before heading east to Litchfield National Park. Litchfield National Park is a true wonder of the Top End, complete with idyllic waterfalls, pristine swimming spots, beautiful walking trails and hidden natural wonders including Wangi Falls and Florence Falls.

Wangi Falls adorns many a Territory postcard. With picturesque walking tracks and stunning waterfalls coming from sandstone cliff faces, you'll be sure to remember your time here fondly. Camping is the only option to stay overnight. You'll find all the facilities you need, including a kiosk, hot showers and barbecues. There are several walking tracks of varying difficulty, or you can simply lie back in the relaxing fresh water.

Florence Falls is Litchfield National Park's best-kept secret. The secluded plunge pool is located right in the middle of monsoon rainforest, providing plenty of shade from the sun. From the lookout, you can survey the surrounding location, while there are a few walks that provide a different perspective of the area. Florence Falls is open for swimming for most of the year.

Day 9: Cooinda (Kakadu National Park)
Distance: 57km / 36 miles

Make a stop at Nourangie Rock where you will find some of the world’s oldest and most impressive rock art as well as some spectacular views of the Arnhem Land escarpment.

Nourlangie (Burrungkuy) is one reason why Kakadu is UNESCO World Heritage-listed for outstanding cultural values. This famous site with its stunning rock paintings, documents life in the region from 20,000 years ago to the first contact with European explorers. The 1.5km walk invites you to take a visual journey through time to an outdoor cultural museum where paintings, shelters, and artefacts present traditional ways of life from numerous epochs.

The Cooinda Camping Ground is the perfect place to base yourself for a Kakadu Adventure. The shady camping area is located next to Yellow Water Billabong and is surrounded by the spectacular landscape of Kakadu National Park, where you can witness the unique wildlife, flora, and fauna of this unique part of Australia.

Days 10 - 11: Katherine
Distance: 294km / 184 miles

As you head south towards Katherine, make a stop at Edith Falls where you can enjoy swimming in the natural pool at the base of the falls most of the year, (although it may be closed to swimming at times between November through to April).

Included on day 10 is the Yellow Water billabong cruise where there's a chance to view a myriad of birdlife and crocodiles. You’ll then visit the Warradjan Aboriginal Culture Centre where the Aboriginal landowners tell stories of their culture through displays and exhibitions.

While in Katherine on day 11 you’ll take a traditional Nit Nit Dreaming cruise and discover the cultural significance to the traditional landowners, the Jawoyn people and be enlightened by the history and traditions of the indigenous inhabitants.

Katherine, once a 'one store, one pub' town, now has a population of almost 4000 and is the third-largest centre in the Northern Territory. Gold and tin mines and huge cattle stations surround the town. Katherine was also established as an important tourist destination with the creation of the nearby Katherine Gorge National Park in 1963. Katherine Gorge, one of Australia's greatest natural wonders, is comprised of 13 separate gorges.

Days 12 - 13: Mataranka
Distance: 108km / 68 miles

Continue south from Katherine to the Mataranka Homestead, which is situated between two rivers, the Waterhouse River where freshwater crocodiles can be seen basking on the banks and the Little Roper river which abound with Barramundi and other fish species. Mataranka Homestead is also the home of Maddie and other orphan wallabies which have been hand-raised at the homestead. 

Day 14: Daly Waters
Distance: 168km / 105 miles

The Daly Waters Pub has in past witnessed murders, shoot outs in the main street, cattle stampeding through town and the odd drunken brawls. Station owners threatened to burn the place down or buy it and bulldoze it to stop the local ringers from riding into town, hence the old bathtub and rail to hitch your horse onto. Today the only shoot out is at the bar during Happy Hour and the only brawling done is between the gangs of Happy Jacks (local birds).

Days 15 - 16: Tennant Creek
Distance: 406km / 

From Daly Waters continue your journey along the Stuart Highway towards Tennant Creek and the Barkly Tablelands, known for its million-acre cattle stations, gold mining heritage, iconic rock formations and Aboriginal culture. This is genuine Outback Australia.

Visit the sacred Karlu Karlu (the Devils Marbles), where hundreds of granite boulders, some up to six metres tall, are scattered. The best times to visit are sunrise and sunset when the morning and evening sun highlights their deep red colour. Learn about the Dreamtime story of the site on an interpretive walk or from a ranger during the cooler months.

You could also re-live Australia’s last gold rush in the 1930s on an underground tour at the Battery Hill Mining Centre. This area was Australia’s third-largest gold producer, and the centre has Australia’s last operating ten-head gold stamp battery. Check out the new Borella Exhibit about Albert Chalmers Borella, the Northern Territory’s only Victoria Cross recipient, awarded in 1918.