Kakadu Trek for Student & Youth Travel

After breakfast, we transfer to Kakadu National Park, passing some of the area's great wetlands such as Red Lily Billabong. Our day is focused on stunning walks within this World Heritage listed National Park. including one of the best walks in the region, the Ubirr trek. The walk at Ubirr passes several breathtaking Aboriginal art sites and is world renowned. Ubirr’s rock art is considered among the best in the world, with fine examples of x-ray painting as well as contact art from the time when indigenous people first encountered Europeans. Stories about behaviour and law are told at the Mabuyu, Narmarrkan Sisters and Rainbow Serpent paintings. The Bardeljildiji sandstone walk will take us through towering sandstone pillars and small pockets of monsoonal rain forest. We spend the evening at our campsite located near Djarradjin Billabong, in the heart of Kakadu National Park.

We wake to the dawn chorus of the multitude of birds of the savannah and wetlands. After a nourishing breakfast we drive a short distance to Nourlangie to explore the Aboriginal Rock Art Sites, some of the oldest and most impressive rock art in the world documenting how life was like in the region thousands of years ago. After lunch we'll head to the Aboriginal Cultural Centre to further our knowledge. In the far south of the national park we arrive at our campsite near Gunlom. Gunlom is a magnificent waterfall and plunge pool ringed by sandy beaches and pandanus palms, the perfect spot to relax. The sunset views from the swimming pool on top of the Gunlom Waterfall are some of the most iconic images of the Northern Territory – and it's all just a short stroll from our Gunlom campsite.

We will depart Gunlom and continue to explore some of the other stunning waterfalls and gorges of Kakadu. Maguk (Barramundi) Falls is reached via a stunning walk through the monsoon forest, opening out to a deep plunge pool lined with blonde quartzite cliffs. Keep your eye out for birds such as Rainbow Pitas, Emerald Doves and Spangled Drongos as well as the endemic Anbinik tree – the biggest trees in Stone Country. Return to Gunlom campsite for overnight.

Over the next two days we will join an indigenous cultural immersion program with the local Mayali people. We will camp on Murumburr clan land where tradition still remains very strong and learn about connection to country and join in a range of activities with the local mob. This program is an authentic Aboriginal culture and nature based engagement experience providing the students with information, knowledge and culture. Areas covered over the two days will be bush medicine, bush tucker, art, connection to country and the rich local traditional stories. Overnight camping

Today we will join with the local community and work on a service program to help improve the lives of the local peoples living in the area. Overnight Darwin Hotel

Transfer to the airport for our flight home.