Driving yourself is the most flexible way to explore Kakadu. It takes about 3 hours from either Darwin and Katherine. Most of Kakadu can be experienced with a 2-wheel drive vehicle and many of the 4WD places such as Jim Jim and Twin Falls can be accessed by joining a Day tour. You can stay in accommodation for various budgets or camping is great and you can hire or buy gear in Darwin.

We conduct exclusive, 7 hour safaris within Kakadu National Park that combines wildlife and aboriginal bush food (bush tucker) gathering, and many other interactive aspects of aboriginal culture with a real bush aboriginal guide, culminating in a traditional aboriginal campfire bush food cook-up at sunset. This tour is for open-minded people looking for a personalised and earthy experience. We show you the Kakadu you imagined.

Our safari has exclusive access to wildlife rich wetlands and tropical savannah woodland within Kakadu National Park including exclusive access to a seasonal unbelievable bird gathering spectacle (actual dates vary according to bird movements). Small groups (max. 18 persons).

We stand out from the rest by providing exclusive wildlife viewing access, in an open-sided 4wd safari vehicle and extensive personal teaching from our expert aboriginal guide with a focus on hands-on activities that utilise all of your senses.

We provide a truly unique and authentic experience.

When

Departs at 1pm and returns about 8.20pm (June to September)

Where

Departs Gagudju Lodge Cooinda (near Yellow Waters), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Please gather in bus shed out the front of Lodge 15 minutes prior to departure. (travel suggestions to get to Cooinda and the advantages of self-driving Kakadu and buses from Darwin).

Price

$250 Adults

$125 Children (aged 16 and under)

Credit card surcharge and booking fee applies.  These relate to fees charged by third parties.

How to Book

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What To Bring

Hat, shoes, light covering clothing (prevents insects and sun), small water bottle, camera, insect repellant, Kakadu Park Pass.

Authentic hands-on aboriginal experiences (bush food gathering, bush medicine, bush crafts, sunset camp fire cooking and ground oven, authentic local aboriginal stories) with a 100% bush aboriginal guide that was born in the bush and grew up in rock and bark shelters (probably the last generation of Australia's true hunter gatherers).

Family operated small business operating since 2000 at the request of Kakadu aboriginal people to fund their community meat supply.

If you liked Bush Tucker Man, Malcolm Douglas, Bear Grylls, Ray Mears, bush survival - then learn directly from the original Aboriginal experts.

Getting away from the large crowds in open sided safari vehicles with exclusive access to 170 sq km in the middle of Kakadu National Park with great wildlife viewing including the legendary Goose Camp Floodplain (one of David Attenborough's earliest documentary locations). See the Kakadu wildlife you imagined.

If you want your family to have personal easy-going interaction with bush aboriginal people come and join our day tour.

At 1pm daily we depart Gagudju Lodge Cooinda, Kakadu National Park, (near Yellow Waters) in our open-sided safari vehicle. We drive a short distance to the Kakadu Buffalo Farm reserve, a wildlife rich area of 170 km. sq. that only this tour has exclusive access to visit.

Our bush aboriginal guide will then join us and from there we commence our real adventure. Our aboriginal guide is searching for wildlife, bush foods of plants and animals, useful plants for making baskets, mats and shelter and we are invited to join her as we safari through the wilderness.

We have many breaks for hands-on activities and photos.

Under the guidance of our bush-wise aboriginal guide we may hunt and gather bush food, experience various bush medicines, and countless other authentic activities. It is possible to view many wildlife species on this safari with the highlight being an amazing wetland called Gindjala (Goose Camp) where from roughly July to September you may watch one of the largest bird gatherings in the Australia (actual dates vary each year).

At sunset, we make a camp fire at a remote location/wildlife viewing point and our aboriginal guide prepares bush foods (you're welcome to assist) using traditional aboriginal cooking methods. We then enjoy billy tea, fresh hot damper, bush foods and relax to an unforgettable Kakadu sunset of wildlife and remote wilderness.

The homeward trip may yield some wildlife surprises and some good stories. We return to Cooinda about 8.30 pm.

It is truly one of Austalia's few 'Real' Safaris.

NOTE: It's not too rough - walking distances are minimal, iced water and bush toilets are provided.