Parks and reserves

Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park

environment.gov.au/parks/kakadu

Regions

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Walking is good. You follow track
you sleep, wake in morning to birds,
maybe kookaburra. You feel country.

Bill Neidjie - Bunitj clan, Aboriginal traditional owner.

Within the vast landscapes of Kakadu, there are five main landforms. Each landform and the habitats it contains has a range of plants and animals. As you move through Kakadu, take the time to explore and appreciate the diversity of the areas you visit - each one is truly unique.

Kakadu is an ancient landscape of exceptional beauty and great diversity. It stretches over 20 000 square kilometres, from mangrove-fringed tidal plains in the north to vast floodplains, lowland hills and the sandstone cliffs of the Arnhem Land escarpment.

The park is ecologically and biologically diverse. Teeming with wildlife in the water, on the land and in the air, the country displays a range and concentration of species seen nowhere else. The evolving landscape takes on different forms and colours with the passing of each of its six seasons.