Kakadu National Park - Day 1 & 2

We’ve been in Kakadu since yesterday and there is so much to see and do. We’re staying in Cooinda Campground which is part of Cooinda Lodge accommodation.
Took it very easy yesterday after setting up. Had a lovely swim in the pool and chatted to staff about the “must do” things in the park
This morning we drove some pretty full on 4WD drive tracks to Jim Jim Falls bush walk.
Jim Jim Falls hasn’t been open for six years so was a good place to start. It was an extremely challenging walk or should I say scramble and climb over rocks to get to the falls, beach pool and plunge pool. Well worth the difficult walk in.
This afternoon we went on the Yellow Water sunset cruise through the wetlands of Kakadu. We highly recommend this cruise (Lucy recommended it to us). The wetland is spectacular and full of an amazing variety birdlife, crocodiles and water buffalo.
I had been dying to see estuarine (salt water) crocs so this cruise didn’t disappoint. We saw so many crocs and had a couple of really big ones (over 5mtr) swim along side our boat.
We also saw heaps of Jabiru, whistling kites, some eagles and heaps of other birds. We also saw some water buffalo in the distance.
The sunset was spectacular too!!
Kakadu definitely needs more than a couple of days to see what it has to offer.
We have one more day here but I’ve split the post as we did so much today and we have heaps planed for tomorrow.Read more