Travel to the NT by train | Northern Territory, Australia

Running between Adelaide and Darwin, the Ghan is one of the world’s great train journeys and the most romantic way to travel the NT.

Named after Afghan cameleers who traversed the route long before the train line was built, The Ghan travels an epic 2,797km (1,846 miles) between Adelaide and Darwin, stopping en route at Alice Springs and Katherine. Private sleeper cabins and elegant dining carriages are evocative of a bygone era in travel and the rail pace is perfect for watching the stunning changes in scenery as you travel through the heart of the country.

The Ghan’s scheduled services run twice a week in both directions from June until September and once a week at all other times. The journey takes three days and two nights: a perfect amount of time to sit back, relax and take in the view. For the adventurous, sight-seeing tours in Alice Springs and Katherine are offered en route. Ticket options range from seat-only to full packages including meals, sight-seeing tours and private cabins. Advance booking is highly recommended, particularly between June and September (discounts can apply to off-peak periods).

Darwin train station is located on Berrimah Road, 15km from the city centre. Shuttle buses are available to transport passengers between the train station and the Transit Centre in Mitchell St. Alice Springs train station is located on George Crescent, off the Stuart Highway. In Adelaide, the Ghan schedules link with the Overlander and Indian Pacific railways, arriving from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

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Great Southern Railways

$2,600

$1,300

$900

$960 – $1,000

$400

$220

$190

$185

$185 – $2,600

$179 – $490

$85 – $320

$496

$496

Metro Advance Apartments and Hotel Darwin

$99 – $599

$100 – $409

$105 – $320

$213 – $620

$120 – $450

$35 – $250

$360

$2,699

$695

$495

$360 – $2,699

Katherine Railway Heritage Station Precinct

$999

$899

60 Minute Heli Flight over Kakadu National Park

$660

60 Minute Fixed Wing Flight over Kakadu National Park

$259

30 Minute Fixed Wing Flight over Kakadu National Park

$159

45 Minute Heli Flight over Kakadu National Park

$495

30 Minute Heli Flight over Kakadu National Park

$345

$159 – $999

$350 – $395

5 Hour Outer Harbour - Half Day Fishing Charter

$250 – $280

$370 – $390

$250 – $395

An Extended Military History Tour of Darwin, Batchelor, Adelaide River and Coomalie Airfield

$719

Nitmiluk 13 Gorge + Jatbula/Edith Falls Tour

$615 – $674

$378 – $437

$289 – $348

$219 – $278

$159

Heli Fishing - Depart Katherine / Douglas Daly

$159 – $719

$159 – $719

$300 – $490

$213 – $535

$2,945 – $11,835

$495

$695 – $2,280

$495 – $2,280

$350 – $2,500

$95 – $300

$200 – $300

$160 – $250

Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

$2,690 – $7,190

Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility

$109 – $1,100

$159 – $700

$140 – $475

$3,995

$2,995

$3,195

$2,995 – $3,995

$185

$695 – $770

4 Day Uluru to Kings Canyon & Kata Tjuta to West MacDonnell Ranges Tour

$1,320 – $1,530

4 Day Kakadu Katherine Gorge Outback Adventure Tour

$2,260 – $2,795

3 Day Uluru & Kata Tjuta Kings Canyon Camping Tour

$950 – $1,095

3 Day Kakadu & Litchfield National Park 4WD Camping Tour

$995 – $1,150

1 Day Litchfield National Park + Fogg Dam Wetlands

$175

1 Day Katherine Gorge Cruise and Edith Falls Tour

$315

5 Day Kakadu Katherine Gorge Litchfield 4WD Adventure

$1,750 – $1,950

Adelaide River Wetlands Jumping Crocodile Cruise

$140

1 Day Litchfield National Park + Crocodile Cruise

$225

1 Day Kakadu Wilderness Escape + Crocodile Cruise

$295

3 Day Kings Canyon Mereenie Loop to West MacDonnell 4WD Tour

$995 – $1,150

1 Day Kakadu Wilderness Escape + Fogg Dam Wetlands

$245

$140 – $2,795

$250 – $2,400

$2,400

$320 – $1,250

$250 – $970

$250 – $2,400

$249 – $259

$189 – $219

$119 – $129

$119 – $259

Wild & Free - Tropical Summer adventure in Litchfield & Kakadu in the Wet Season

$950 – $1,250

Cowboy Country - 3 Day Katherine Regional experience - PRIVATE

$2,440 – $2,750

Flood Country - Alligator Rivers of Kakadu

$385 – $495

Awaken in the Wild - Litchfield 3 Day Camping experience - PRIVATE

$1,450 – $1,950

$1,950 – $3,750

Wildlife and Environments of the Top End

Darwin Sunset City Sights -Private Charter

$285

$285 – $3,750

$279 – $338

$199 – $258

$150 – $209

$189 – $248

$189 – $248

$279 – $338

$150 – $338

10 Day Ultimate Top End Birdwatching Adventure Tour

$8,449

$1,050 – $1,600

Private birdwatching, photography and landscape tours

1 Day Darwin Birdwatching Tour "Sticky Beak'

$349 – $995

NT Bird Specialists, Birdwatching & Photography Safaris

$349 – $8,449

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

$310

$270

Full Day (10 hour) Bluewater Fishing Charter

$370

$270 – $370

$4,500 – $5,500

$4,500 – $5,500

Katherine Outback Experience - Outback Show

5 Day Kakadu, Arnhem Land and Cobourg Peninsula

$4,190

$3,690

$2,500 – $4,000

$2,500 – $4,190

$50 – $450

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Dhipirri Barra and Sportfishing Lodge Arnhemland

$69 – $295

$69 – $89

$195 – $295

$69 – $295

$40 – $125

$500 – $600

$500 – $2,600

$420 – $3,400

$275 – $1,980

$275 – $3,400

$150

WWII RAAF Explosive Storage Area, Darwin

WWII Quarantine Anti Aircraft Battery Site

WWII Navy Oil Storage Tunnels 5 & 6, Darwin

World War II Manbulloo Airfield Operations Centre and Abattoir

$3,895 – $7,495

$3,695 – $4,495

$3,695 – $7,495

Litchfield Tour with Jumping Crocodiles and Sunset

$255

$219

$69

$59

$59

$59

$59 – $219

$250 – $275

$110 – $250

$110 – $250

$155

$155

Mikinj Valley Arnhem Land Sightseeing Tour

$307 – $345

Yingana (the creation mother) Arnhem Land Day Tour - Injalak Hill

$307 – $345

$307 – $345

Across the Harbour Ferry Ride & Bike Tour

$239

$175 – $220

$140 – $200

7 Day Ride the Great Outdoors and Cultural Experience

$6,247 – $6,836

3 Day Darwin to Litchfield Splash & Ride Adventure

$2,565 – $2,977

$4,099 – $4,638

$140 – $6,836

$48 – $95

$18 – $46

The Darwin History and Wartime Experience Tour

$25 – $125

The Darwin History and Wartime Experience

$25 – $125

$95 – $320

Tennant Creek Visitor Information Centre

$35 – $195

Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku Sunset Viewing Area

Sunrise Viewing Area Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku

Stockmans Pioneer Memorial Katherine Icon

$280 – $325

$450 – $3,000

$450 – $3,000

$450 – $3,000

$450 – $3,000

$2,155 – $2,725

$1,285 – $2,550

$20 – $45

$405 – $449

$20 – $2,550

$55 – $65

$55 – $65

$99 – $109

$369

WWII Bombing of Darwin Tour by Land and Sea

$129 – $149

$55 – $369

Champagne Sunset Sail 3 hr dinner cruise on Darwin harbour

$165

$195 – $260

$99 – $350

$200 – $250

$35 – $175

$475 – $495

$475 – $495

$475 – $495

$1,020

$2,220

$1,865

$1,750 – $2,500

$1,100

$995

$945

$945 – $2,500

$139 – $229

Larapinta Highlights - Eastern End with Mt Sonder - Northern Territory - 7 Days

$4,350

Kakadu, Arnhem Land & Litchfield - Northern Territory - 6 Days

$5,195 – $6,195

Park Trek Walking Holidays Northern Territory

$4,350 – $6,195

$225 – $690

$25 – $179

$2,970

$525 – $2,970

$2,350

Private Full Day Reef & Sport Fishing Charter

$2,970

$525 – $2,970

$290 – $460

$290

$460

OBJ Adventures: Nhulunbuy Fishing Charters

$290 – $460

3 Day Uluru - Alice Springs - Kings Canyon

$1,440 – $5,700

Katherine Gorge - Mataranka - Edith Falls

$1,700 – $3,820

$2,800 – $5,700

$1,440 – $2,980

$1,440 – $5,700

$270 – $320

NT Driver Guide - Escorted Tours and Transfers

$270 – $320

$134 – $499

$99 – $349

$6,295 – $6,995

$6,295 – $6,995

$999

$650

$485

$335

$240

$325

$630

20 min Gregory National Park Scenic Flight

$210

$325

$990 – $1,150

$990 – $1,500

$210 – $1,500

$289

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge Scenic Flights; 3 - 13 Gorges

$159 – $440

$159 – $440

$16 – $99

$202 – $399

Litchfield Waterfalls & Finniss River Lodge (Seasonal)

$1,820

Litchfield Waterfalls & Finniss River Lodge (Year Round)

$1,415

$900

$1,250

$1,050

Kakadu National Park Helicopter Scenic Flight

$2,465

90 Minute Scenic - Litchfield National Park

$965

$1,150

$415

$415 – $2,465

$26 – $200

$36

$185 – $1,030

$119 – $255

Maruku Arts Dot Painting Workshop - Uluru

$39 – $219

Maruku Arts Cultural Experiences @ Uluru

$39 – $219

$149 – $589

$159 – $739

$160 – $220

$150 – $1,000

$95 – $320

$2,000

Full day Litchfield Park Tour and Jumping Crocodile Small Group

$140 – $180

$140 – $2,000

$1,900

$390 – $490

Litchfield National Park – Notraces Bushwalking Australia

$390 – $1,900

$35 – $120

$36

$36

$1,790

Kakadu and Katherine Gorge Full Day Tour

$1,700

$1,600

$760

$700

$480

$300

$1,080

$300 – $1,790

$65 – $300

$250 – $350

$150 – $395

$1,070

$1,970

The Sunset and Dinner at Kumbidgee Restaurant Special

$595

$449

$660

Katherine Gorge, Cascades and Waterfalls

$440

$330

$220

$220 – $1,970

$30 – $40

Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

$165 – $250

Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park

$2,560 – $2,820

$5,620 – $6,185

$2,390 – $2,635

$1,480 – $1,630

$2,695 – $3,040

$1,480 – $6,185

Humbug Fishing Extended Liveaboard Fishing Charter

$850 – $1,200

$109 – $679

$119 – $499

$115

The Full Katherine Gorge Experience | KG20

$279

$209

Katherine Gorge - Butterfly Gorge & Lily Ponds | KG12

$169

Ultimate Katherine Experience - Katherine Gorge & Waterfalls | KG45

$589

Katherine Gorge and 17 Mile Valley Waterfalls | KG30

$399

$115 – $589

$1,090

$1,630

$1,140

$1,630

$1,090 – $1,630

$400

$600

$3,974 – $7,948

$400 – $7,948

$290 – $580

$205 – $220

$140 – $175

Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre

6 Day Katherine Flora Daly Rivers Explorer

$1,895 – $2,295

$960 – $2,400

$960 – $2,400

$400 – $435

$400 – $435

$400 – $435

$400 – $435

All Women Simpson Desert Crossing on Motorbikes

$290 – $1,200

$175

$105 – $959

$2,380 – $2,920

$2,380 – $2,920

$40 – $195

$30 – $250

$200 – $220

$17 – $190

$75 – $185

$1,900 – $2,100

$2,850 – $3,150

$2,850 – $3,150

Wet Season Build Up Charters - Arnhem Land, NT

$1,800 – $5,700

Wet Season Run Off Tours - Kakadu National Park

$1,800 – $5,700

1 Day Fishing Tour - Darwin and Surrounds

$475 – $495

$475 – $5,700

$80 – $300

Darwin Military Museum & Defence of Darwin Experience

Territory Day Charles Darwin Dinner Cruise including Territory Day Fireworks Display

$170

$130

$130 – $170

Private Forage for an Outback Gourmet Feast & Sightseeing

$2,629

Forage for an Outback Gourmet Feast & Sightseeing

$879

Private 5-hour Tropical Gardens Tour & Sightseeing

$1,729

Full Day Tropical Gardens Tour with Outback Gourmet Meal & Sightseeing

$598

5-Hour Distilleries Tour with Gourmet Meal & Sightseeing

$329

PRIVATE 5-Hour Outback Gourmet Food & Art Tour & Sightseeing

$1,829

$1,729

$249

$249 – $2,629

Darwin Golf Club – The Top End’s Premier Golf Course

$150

Heli-foraging - a bespoke gin making experience

$150

$150

$100 – $450

$350 – $750

7 night North Kimberley Liveaboard Sport Fishing Adventure

$190

$190

Crustaceans Steak and Seafood Restaurant

Kimberley Icons, Ashmore and The Rowley Shoals | Broome - Darwin | 12 Nights

$10,340 – $22,240

Best of The Kimberley & Tiwi Islands | Darwin - Broome | 10 Nights

$9,775 – $15,300

The Kimberley Cruise | Broome to Darwin | 10 Nights

$9,000 – $12,800

Best of The Kimberley & Tiwi Islands | Broome - Darwin | 10 Nights

$9,775 – $15,300

The Kimberley Cruise | Darwin - Broome | 10 Nights

$9,000 – $12,800

Kimberley Icons, Ashmore and The Rowley Shoals | Darwin - Broome | 12 Nights

$10,340 – $22,240

Coral Expeditions- The Northern Territory

$9,000 – $22,240

17-Day Kakadu & Gulf Savannah (Darwin to Cairns) Tour

$5,970

$5,970

$99 – $159

$99 – $159

$150 – $320

$417 – $799

6 Day Darwin, Kakadu & Litchfield During "The Wet"

$3,290 – $3,350

Casey Australia Tours - Northern Territory

$3,290 – $3,350

$93 – $400

$1,500 – $5,500

$89 – $155

$89 – $5,500

$110 – $155

$110 – $155

$53 – $200

$199 – $400

$35 – $442

$41 – $345

$200 – $600

Battery Hill Gold Mining & Heritage Centre

$500 – $1,900

$500 – $1,900

$500 – $1,900

$15 – $200

$1,974 – $2,987

4 Day Fishing Charter in East Arnhem Land

Australian Geographic Birdwatching Safari of Kakadu & Litchfield National Parks

$3,990 – $4,590

$3,390 – $3,990

Alice Springs to Uluru Luxury 4WD Camping Safari

$4,990

$4,490 – $4,990

Kakadu and Litchfield Active - Hiking and Cultural Adventure

$3,390 – $4,590

$3,390 – $4,990

Katherine Gorge/Edith Falls - 1 Day Tour

$575

$535

$535 – $575

Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial

$2,480 – $10,050

Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge Tours

$2,480 – $10,050

$80 – $750

$150 – $1,800

$520

$275

$375

$275 – $520

Aquascene Fish Feeding Sanctuary and Cafe

3.5 day Barramundi. Reef & Sport Fishing Package

Three National Parks in Two or Three Days

$5,740

$1,650 – $2,625

$2,370

$970 – $1,195

$845

$950 – $1,195

$1,010

$175 – $445

$565

$2,740

$1,135

$1,250 – $1,770

$175 – $5,740

$110 – $600

Full Day Wildlife Tour From Darwin on the Adelaide River

$220 – $240

$220 – $240

Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands | 4 Day Short Break

$2,179

Kakadu & Tiwi Islands Explorer | 3 Day Short Break

$1,699

Kakadu & Arnhem Land Explorer | 3 Day Short Break

$1,869

Kakadu & Arnhem Land | 2 Day Short Break

$1,269

Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) | 3 Day Short Break

$1,609

Kakadu & East Alligator River | 2 Day Short Break

$1,129

$1,985

$1,129 – $2,179

Darwin City Sights & Jumping Crocs | Full Day Tour

$195

Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Tour Full Day Tour

$375

Litchfield National Park Waterfalls | Full Day Tour

$209

$85

Katherine Gorge Cruise and Edith Falls Full Day Tour

$339

Kakadu National Park Explorer | Full Day Tour

$365

Jumping Crocs and Nature Adventure Half Day Tour

$135

$85 – $375

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28 – 29 November 2024

Friday 29 November 2024

30 November – 25 December 2024

Sunday 1 December 2024

4 – 6 December 2024

Saturday 7 December 2024

13 – 14 December 2024

16 August – 27 December 2024

18 May – 29 December 2024

Liquid Light - New Year's Eve Spectacular

31 December 2024 – 5 January 2025

The 2024 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

22 June 2024 – 27 January 2025

Postmodern Jukebox - Magic and Moonlight

Tuesday 4 February 2025

14 – 22 February 2025

Thursday 17 April 2025

Saturday 26 April 2025

Saturday 3 May 2025

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival - Darwin

13 – 14 May 2025

Saturday 17 May 2025

Saturday 17 May 2025

Sunday 1 June 2025

The TEN Tenors 30th Anniversary World Tour

Tuesday 3 June 2025

6 – 9 June 2025

7 – 8 June 2025

Sunday 8 June 2025

17 – 18 June 2025

11 – 20 July 2025

11 – 20 July 2025

1 – 4 August 2025

7 – 24 August 2025

22 June 2024 – 30 August 2025

The Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship

1 – 5 September 2025

4 – 7 September 2025

Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF)

11 – 21 September 2025

19 – 21 September 2025

18 – 24 May 2026

Getting here by train

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