Kakadu National Park
If you respect the land, then you will feel the land. Your experience will be one that you cannot get anywhere else in the world.
Brian Baruwei - Wurrkbarbar clan. Aboriginal traditional owner.
Kakadu has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, and during that time the land and their culture have become intertwined. Kakadu National Park is managed jointly by its Aboriginal traditional owners and the Director of National Parks. The traditional owners are proud to share their country with visitors.
Covering nearly 20,000 square kilometres, Kakadu is one of very few places World Heritage listed for both its cultural and its natural values. Its enduring natural values stem from its exceptional beauty and unique biodiversity, its variety of landforms, habitats and wildlife.
Visitor information and activities
Kakadu is place of exceptional beauty and great diversity. Explore each of the unique regions and the spectacular changes of the six seasons. Explore each of the unique regions of Kakadu National Park.
Visitor information | Activites | Visitor guide | Panedia virtual tour
Culture and history
The natural and cultural heritage of Kakadu has been recognised as a World Heritage listed place and has been identified as a key element of Australia's great National Landscapes. Learn more about Aboriginal culture and tradition at Kakadu as well as our impressive rock art sites.
Culture and history | Rock art sites in Kakadu
Seasons, regions and nature
Kakadu National Park is a timeless place - a landscape of exceptional beauty, great biodiversity and a wide variety of of landforms, habitats and wildlife. Kakadu is home to 68 mammals (almost one-fifth of Australia's mammals), more than 120 reptiles, 26 frogs, more than 2,000 plants and over 10,000 species of insects.