Kakadu & Katherine Gorge (Nov-Apr) Reviews

Once again the AAT Kings Drivers and Guides were excellent. Especially Rob who drove us through the pouring rain from Darwin to Katherine and back and organised alternative transport across a flooded road and phoned ahead to order our meals at the road house. He deserves a medal. The rain did interfere with our plans but every effort was made to ...read more change things around and offer an alternative. It was really good to see Kakadu in the wet season and although it was disappointing not to be able to stay at the crocodile hotel overnight, we did have a really good day there and we saw a real crocodile. Our guide on that day was also excellent but I can't remember his name. The bus trip to Katherine and back was too much in one day - 700 km - and I wouldn't want to do that again. We enjoyed the stops at the road houses as we met some real characters and the food was very good at Emerald Springs. It was amazing to see the waterfalls at Litchfield Park and this tour was offered in place of our 2nd day at Kakadu. The hotel in Darwin was disappointing, although the reception staff were excellent. It was not a "superior" hotel, which is what we paid for and we had no choice about that.