The World Heritage Site Kakadu National Park is approximately 3 hours from Darwin. In addition to the impressive nature, you will find extensive Aboriginal art galleries, rugged cliffs and wetlands with water lilies, waterfalls, crocodiles and migratory birds. The park belongs to the Bininj and Mungguy Aborigini tribes who lovingly take care of the land.Kakadu boasts evidence of Aboriginal rock art dating back 20,000 years, one of the oldest vestiges of any community in the world. The rock art sites of Ubirr, 39 km from the town of Jabiru in Kakadu, can be reached by following a circular path of about one kilometer. The galleries hold some of the finest examples in the world of what we would call "X-ray art". In Ubirr tackle the relatively steep 250m climb to the Nadab Lookout. You will be rewarded with fabulous views over the plains, especially at sunset. The rock art of Nourlangie is equally fascinating. Here, you can follow the 1.5km Nourlangie Rock Art Walk and explore an ancient aboriginal refuge and interesting rock art sites. The main site, Anbangbang Gallery, contains the stories of the ancient inhabitants of the Dreamtime (the time of the dream) including Namarrgon, the Lightning Man, considered a kind of god of storms that violently strike the rainy season.
