This is a Kakadu National Park tourist travel information guide, visiting and staying in Kakadu, around the Top End and about Kakadu from Darwin Australia just 253klm away from the entrance gates of Kakadu Park. If travelling by road, you should allow 3 hours travelling time from Darwin. Maps of the road to Kakadu and of Kakadu National Park.

The Arnhem Highway is approx. 222.6 (klm) kilometres from the Stuart Highway turn off to Jabiru in the Northern Territory of Australia. It links the mining town of Jabiru, in Kakadu National Park, to the Stuart Highway 35.5 (klm) kilometres south of Darwin. There are many different opinions on the distant but we have taken our estimate from the book Outback Traveller and our our driving records.

• Darwin CBD to Stuart Highway turn off 35.5klm

Start of Arnhem Highway

• Stuart Highway turn off to Fog Dam turnoff 24.6klm

• Fog Dam turnoff to Window on the Wetlands 4.4klm

• Window on the to Wetlands to Adelaide River 1.3klm
• Window on the to Wetlands to Djukbinj National Park turnoff 15.1klm

• Djukbinj National Park turnoff to Corroborree Park Inn 9.9klm

• Corroborree Park Inn to Corroborree Billabong turnoff 0.5klm
• Corroborree Billabong turnoff Hardy's Lagoon App. 4klm
• Corroborree Park Inn to Mt Bundy Station turnoff 13.1klm

• Mt Bundy Station turnoff to Bark Hut Inn 14.7klm

• Bark Hut Inn to Old Jim Jim Road turnoff 17.6klm


• Old Jim Jim Road turnoff to Wildman River (West Branch) App.16klm
• Old Jim Jim Road to Boundary Kakadu National Park 17.6klm

• Boundary Kakadu Park to Wildman River (East Branch) 7.0klm

• Wildman River (East Branch) to Kakadu Visitor Information 10.9klm

• Kakadu Visitor Information to 2 Mile Hole 1.5klm
• Kakadu Visitor Information to 4 Mile Hole 1.5klm (Same turnoff)

• 2 Mile Hole + 4 Mile Hole to West Alligator River 2.3klm

• West Alligator River to West Alligator River (West Branch) 10.2klm

• West Alligator River (West Branch) to (East Branch) 8.6klm

• West Alligator River (East Branch) to Flying Fox Creek 3.6klm

• Flying Fox Creek to Red Lily Billabong 8.8klm
• Flying Fox Creek to Alligator Billabong 8.8klm (*Same turnoff)
• Flying Fox Creek to Old Jim Jim Road 8.8klm (*Same turnoff)

• Red Lily Billabong to Aurora Kakadu Resort 5.0klm

• Aurora Kakadu Resort to South Alligator River 3.1klm
• Aurora Kakadu Resort to Boat Ramp Launch 3.1klm

• South Alligator River to Mamaluka Wetlands 7.7klm

• Mamaluka Wetlands to Ubirr turnoff 27.7klm

• Ubirr turnoff to Kakadu Highway turnoff 1.4klm

• Kakadu Highway turnoff to Jabiru turnoff 1.5klm

• Jabiru turnoff to Jabiru township1.5klm
• Jabiru turnoff to Jabiru airport 6.3klm

For the latest up-to-date details, contact the offical
Bowali Visitor Centre during hours only on
Aust Tel: 08 89 381 121 or Int Tel: +61 889 381 121.

Therefore you should check the road conditions well before your departure . Up-to-the-moment road reports can be obtained from the Bowali Visitor Centre (Telephone +61 (0) 8 8938 1120).

The Arnhem and Kakadu Highways are sealed and generally remain open throughout the year. Green 'Wet' season flooding associated with any prolonged heavy rains may have various locational temporary closures.

We here also provide helpful tips on Kakadu National Park and what to see and activities available, visitor safety, park camping and accommodation facilities, emergency contacts and useful Kakadu National Park information.

If time allows, we advise you stay in the park for a 2-5 days so that the major sites can be explored at your leisure. Kakadu National Park can be visited selfdrive a 2 wheel drive vehicle such as a car, camper, 4WD or even a large motorhome though access is limited to the Kakadu Highway and the Arnhem Highway. Ubirr, Yellow Waters, Jabiru and Nourlangie Rock being main the extent of where you can visit a 2 wheel drive vehicle. 4WD hire from Darwin or motorhome hire from Darwin.

Currently about 200,000+ folks visit Kakadu National Park each year. Visitor numbers are higher during the dry season months of June to September (approx. 33,000 people visit each July) and lower during the wet season months (approx. 7,000 people visit each January). Australia 4 Tours a local travel specialist based in Darwin.