Kakadu Highlights: Dinner to Motorcar and Koolpin to Waterfall

Kakadu Highlights No. 3

April 5-18, 2009

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Aboriginal Guide. Two Aboriginal guides accompanied the second section of this trip the last time it ran. We hope to repeat this again this year. If so, this will be only the second time we have been able to have an Aboriginal guide accompany one of our Kakadu trips.

Environmentally sensitive. Dinner Creek is one of the most restricted areas in Kakadu. Groups are restricted to a maximum of nine people. Only two groups are permitted in any one month.

Aboriginal importance. Traditional beliefs restrict visits to Dinner Creek to only six months per year.

Great scenery. Beautiful waterfalls and one of the most interesting geological features in Kakadu, so special we won't include a photo. You'll have to see it for yourself.

Aboriginal paintings. Koolpin Gorge has the greatest concentration of Aboriginal paintings accessible to bushwalkers in the southern part of the park.

The photos below give you a taste of what you can expect if you take part.

Section 1: Dinner to Motorcar Creek: April 8-15

The walk into Dinner Creek is fairly flat. There is one steep climb as shown at the left. We then walk across the relatively flat plateau to Kurrundie and Motorcar Creeks where we once again enter a rocky area.

This is the only walk we offer which covers the section between Dinner and Kurrundie Creeks.

Section 2: Koolpin to Waterfall: April 15-21

Koolpin Gorge is one of the most spectactacular places in Kakadu. If the 4WD track remains closed, as is often the case at this time of year, we will have it all to ourselves.

From Koolpin, we walk through a pass and drop down into the upper reaches of Barramundi Creek to a lovely campsite next to a huge pool.

From the big pool, we climb to a high point between Barramundi and Waterfall Creeks. After a stop to enjoy the views from the top, we drop down to the next level where we get a very different view.

While walking between the two photos above, we pass a small cave which some have said was their favourite part of Kakadu. We then drop down to a small gorge, another good spot for a rest, before walking across the plain above Gunlom Falls.

After a final night camped next to a pool on Waterfall Creek, we walk to the top of Gunlom Falls, follow the marked track to the bottom where we collect the vehicle that will take us back to Darwin.

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	Aboriginal Guide. Two Aboriginal guides accompanied the second section of this trip the last time it ran. We hope to repeat this again this year. If so, this will be only the second time we have been able to have an Aboriginal guide accompany one of our Kakadu trips.
Environmentally sensitive. Dinner Creek is one of the most restricted areas in Kakadu. Groups are restricted to a maximum of nine people. Only two groups are permitted in any one month. Aboriginal importance. Traditional beliefs restrict visits to Dinner Creek to only six months per year. Great scenery. Beautiful waterfalls and one of the most interesting geological features in Kakadu, so special we won't include a photo. You'll have to see it for yourself. Aboriginal paintings. Koolpin Gorge has the greatest concentration of Aboriginal paintings accessible to bushwalkers in the southern part of the park.
The photos below give you a taste of what you can expect if you take part.


This is the only walk we offer which covers the section between Dinner and Kurrundie Creeks.

Koolpin Gorge is one of the most spectactacular places in Kakadu. If the 4WD track remains closed, as is often the case at this time of year, we will have it all to ourselves.

From Koolpin, we walk through a pass and drop down into the upper reaches of Barramundi Creek to a lovely campsite next to a huge pool.

From the big pool, we climb to a high point between Barramundi and Waterfall Creeks. After a stop to enjoy the views from the top, we drop down to the next level where we get a very different view.