5 Days
8 Peoples
Easy to Moderate
Join our small group birding tour to explore Australia's Wild Top End, teeming with birdlife across diverse habitats. Picture a Wilkin’s Rock Wallaby near ancient rock art, the call of a chestnut quilled rock pigeon echoing in the background, or sunrise by a dry creek bed, awaiting Gouldian Finches at the last puddles. Our naturalist guides will bring this ancient landscape to life on this Top End adventure.
Please note that some departures are combinable with our "North Queensland Tropical Birding Tour". You can check out the tour here: https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/north-queensland-tropical-birding-tour
Day 1
Darwin to Jabiru
After an early pick up from your Darwin accommodation we’ll head eastwards into the tropical outback. The road from Darwin to Jabiru is sealed for its entire length and makes for very easy travelling. On the way we’ll stop at a number of beautiful locations including Fogg Dam (part of the Adelaide River floodplain) where we’ll take our first walk into a monsoon forest and view some fantastic birdlife and wildlife of the Northern Territory. Continuing east we cross a number of the huge rivers that drain the tropical wilderness including the Mary River where we might see our first crocodile. We enter Kakadu National Park and stop at Mamukala Wetland and take a walk to get our first taste of the tropical wonders of Kakadu. We’ll end the day in the small town of Jabiru and move into our accommodation. Wildlife: abundant water birds, Radjah Shelduck, Green Pygmy-goose, Wandering Whistlingduck, Brolga, Barking Owl, Rainbow Pitta, Paperbark and Broad-billed Flycatcher, Little Bronze-cuckoo, Lemon-bellied Flyrobin, Buff-sided Robin, Saltwater Crocodile, Agile Wallaby etc. Meals: Lunch and Dinner Accommodation: Anbinik Suites (2 Nights)
Day 2
Ubirr and Guluyambi
Day 3
Jabiru to Pine Creek
Day 4
Pine Creek to Litchfield via Edith Falls
Day 5
Litchfield to Darwin and Darwin surrounds