Kakadu Cultural Tours

The Guluyambi Cultural Cruise is a unique boat tour on Kakadu's scenically spectacular East Alligator River. Take in the wonderful pristine wilderness as we leisurely cruise up stream. An Aboriginal guide provides guests with an insight into their culture - local mythology, the river's abundant food chain, traditional uses for many plants and animals as well as bush survival skills. Disembark on the Arnhem Land side of the river and be treated to a display of traditional hunting and gathering implements before heading back down stream. Limited to just 25 guests, the Guluyambi Cultural Cruise ensures an intimate and personalised cultural experience. Departs daily 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm. The Traditional Owners look forward to welcoming you aboard!

In Kakadu's Tropical Summer, Ubirr and the Magela Creek are absolutely stunning.

This is the time of year when the vast wetland floods cut off the road access to Ubirr. You can experience the splendour of both areas during the narrow window of opportunity during the seasonal flooding on this Ubirr Combo Tour.

Guests will cruise down stream through bark forests and out into the connecting billabongs on the Ubirr side of the creek. Then you will have the opportunity to view the rock art, absorb a little traditional indigenous knowledge and be inspired by the spectacle of the flooded plains from Ubirr Lookout.

Operating February to March only, the Ubirr Combo Tour uses expert guides, the majority Aboriginal, and provides guests with an insight into local Aboriginal mythology, the wetland's abundant bush tucker, traditional uses for many plants and animals, as well as bush survival skills.

There is a shuttle service to and from the cruise from Jabiru.

Arnhemlander 4WD Cultural Tour is an exceptional aboriginal cultural and heritage four wheel drive day tour with an experienced guide.

Journey across Cahill's Crossing on the East Alligator River into Arnhem Land. Meet Aboriginal artists at Injalak Arts and Crafts Centre in Oenpelli. There is time to watch Aboriginal people painting and to see the women weaving pandanus baskets.

Travel into the entrance to Mikinj Valley with its stunning scenery of billabongs, wildlife and towering escarpment. Enjoy lunch beside the Inkiyu Billabong. Travelling in comfortable 4WD's with forward facing seats, you will experience the region's world-famous landscapes consisting of sandstone escarpment outcrops, rock art sites, forests, floodplains and billabongs with birdlife. Arnhem Land permits, refreshments and lunch are included.

The Hawk Dreaming "Nawurrkbil" Wilderness Lodge provide visitors the opportunity to experience a remote and restricted area of Kakadu in an environmentally and culturally sensitive way; by way of small group tours led by experienced guides and lodge hosts. The lodge is situated in an extremely special and justifiably renowned part of the Park, known as Cannon Hill, which has abundant wildlife, especially bird and marine life, and where a large diversity of the Park's landscape elements come together. The area has considerable importance to the local Aboriginal people, some of whom still live nearby to the lodge. In fact, the whole of the Cannon Hill area where the camp is situated is a registered scared site. The sandstone outliers around Cannon Hill host significant rock art dating back many thousands of years.

This tour operates between May and September. Gain exclusive access to an otherwise restricted area of Kakadu National Park. There are twelve comfortable safari cabins with ensuites and decks. Enjoy daily guided touring to explore art sites, and sunsets in incredible wilderness landscapes. Receive three-course dinner and continental breakfasts prepared by Thai chef. All-inclusive packages including all meals, accommodation and touring.

A rare opportunity to participate in a women's weaving workshop in Kakadu National Park with Aboriginal weavers from the Kakadu West Arnhem region.

This is a multi-day workshop experience (six days and five nights, excluding Darwin). Due to Bininj cultural restrictions this specialised tour is open to Women and Girls only. Limited to maximum 20 participants.

For more Information please contact Diverse Travel Australia on behalf of Kakadu Cultural Tours.

Accommodation is included at the remote Hawk Dreaming Wilderness Lodge on private land within Kakadu National Park.

Your lead weaving instructor will be from the Manilikarr clan. Learn how to collect pandanus and other plants and prepare the fibres for dyeing before learning to weave.

Enjoy the Guluyambi Cruise, a unique boar tour on Kakadu's scenically spectacular East Alligator River. Visit Injalak Arts in Gunbalanya for a tour and opportunity to purchase artworks direct from the Art Centre benefiting Aboriginal artists living in remote communities.