{"id":248,"date":"2012-05-07T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/?p=248"},"modified":"2012-06-17T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T11:50:21","slug":"could-9-day-1-litchfield-national-park-and-mary-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/could-9-day-1-litchfield-national-park-and-mary-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud 9 – Day 1, Litchfield National Park and Mary River"},"content":{"rendered":"

I joined an tour of 9 days travelling from Darwin (3days) to Alice Springs (3 days) and 3 days of travel between the two cities. This tour is actually a combination of three smaller tour with three days each.<\/p>\n

First day of the tour – a big 4 \u00d7 4 with ten passengers driven by a young New Zealander who picked us up in front of the Cavenagh backpacker<\/a>, where we stayed previously. The vehicle then continued to different backpackers to pick up the rest.
\nThen, the adventure began!
\nWe first headed towards Litchfield National Park<\/a>. The group was mainly made up of young energetic beings – a German couple, two German schoolgirls on holiday before starting university, three Swiss and New Zealanders girls. Before entering the park we stopped next to a tiny shop in a trailer where our guide advised us very strongly to take a large bottle of water as they are vital in these hot and dry places.<\/p>\n

Here, the vegetation is relatively scarce compare to rainforests. The trees are thin and not much greenery. We stopped beside a large waterfall and a little later to Buley Rockhool, a chain of small natural pool. We then had lunch in the shade of a large Banyan tree.<\/p>\n

\"Waterfalls<\/a>

Waterfalls in Litchfield National Park<\/p><\/div>\n

\"River<\/a>

River crossed when going to the waterfall<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Buley<\/a>

Buley Rockhool<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The huge banyan tree<\/p><\/div>\n

In the afternoon we headed towards Kakadu National Park<\/a>. We made a stop to get into the aboriginal culture. Some aboriginal showed and explained us their music with didgeridoos, how to make clothes and bags…<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/a>

Australian bush<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we ended the day with a boat trip on the Mary River to see crocodiles in their natural environment. The camp where we spent the night was full of mosquitoes, I tried for the first time the repellent, but it did not seem very effective.<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/a>

Mary river<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Crocodile<\/a>

Crocodile on the banks of the Mary River<\/p><\/div>\n

Tour: http:\/\/www.adventuretours.com.au\/northern-territory\/darwin-to-alice-springs-package-1<\/a> or http:\/\/www.peterpans.com.au\/backpacking-holidays-australia\/alice-darwin-or-darwin-alice-9-day-8-night-outback-package<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I joined an tour of 9 days travelling from Darwin (3days) to Alice Springs (3 days) and 3 days of travel between the two cities. This tour is actually a combination of three smaller tour with three days each. First … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-northern-territory","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t