Kakadu National Park
If you respect the land, then you will feel the land. Your experience will be one that you cannot get anywhere else in the world.
Brian Baruwei - Wurrkbarbar clan. Aboriginal traditional owner.
Kakadu has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, and during that time the land and their culture have become intertwined. Kakadu National Park is managed jointly by its Aboriginal traditional owners and the Director of National Parks.
Covering nearly 20,000 square kilometres, Kakadu is one of very few places World Heritage listed for both its cultural and its natural values. Its enduring natural values stem from its exceptional beauty and unique biodiversity, its variety of landforms, habitats and wildlife.
News | Mamukala viewing platform - wet season
January 2010
The 3km walking track at Mamukala wetlands is now closed due to rising water levels and the risk of crocodiles, however the viewing platform remains open. The wetland is lush and green and offers the chance to see iconic wetland birds. During this season, known as 'Gudjewg' magpie geese start to lay their eggs and spear grass grows up to two metres tall.
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Park use fee
Kakadu National Park will re-introduce a park use fee from April 2010, to help manage the natural and cultural values of the park environment and improve visitor services.
Like many World Heritage sites around the world, including Yellowstone National Park, Serengeti National Park, Stonehenge, Pompeii and Herculeum and the Pyramids of Egypt - a park use fee will help maintain world-best management practices and facilities for the more than 200,000 visitors who experience Kakadu each year.
The $25 fee (which is inclusive of GST) will apply to all interstate and international visitors aged 16 years and over. All Northern Territory residents and children under 16 will be exempt.
Tickets will be available online on this website in March 2010.
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Visitor information and activities
Kakadu is place of exceptional beauty and great diversity. Explore each of the unique regions and the spectacular changes of the six seasons. Explore each of the unique regions of Kakadu National Park.
Visitor information | Activites | Visitor guide | Panedia virtual tour
Culture and history
The natural and cultural heritage of Kakadu has been recognised as a World Heritage listed place and has been identified as a key element of Australia's great National Landscapes. Learn more about Aboriginal culture and tradition at Kakadu as well as our impressive rock art sites.
Culture and history | Rock art sites in Kakadu
Seasons, regions and nature
Kakadu National Park is a timeless place - a landscape of exceptional beauty, great biodiversity and a wide variety of of landforms, habitats and wildlife. Kakadu is home to 68 mammals (almost one-fifth of Australia's mammals), more than 120 reptiles, 26 frogs, more than 2,000 plants and over 10,000 species of insects.