Kakadu National Park walking tour: The best walks in Kakadu

By Andrew Bain
Updated January 26 2015 - 1:08pm, first published January 25 2015 - 12:15am
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Soaking in the sunset at the top of the waterfall at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
The upper pools at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
The upper pools at Gunlom Gunlom, Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Swimming at the lower pool at Maguk (Barramundi Gorge), Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Swimming at the lower pool at Maguk (Barramundi Gorge), Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Hikers on Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Hikers on Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain

If ever there were a demonstration that Kakadu National Park is a place better suited to feet than wheels, it came almost 70 years ago.