...National Parks in the Northern Territory!


When you visit the Territory, check out:  
Gecko Day Tours - Northern Territory

...for all national parks search google.com.au:

Northern Territory Visitors Center
www.northerterritory.com If you are thinking of visiting Australia, the Northern Territory is the place to start. The Northern Territory has some of the best known tourist icons in Australia. These are Ayers Rock or Uluru as it is known by the aboriginal people and Kakadu National Park.

Katherine Gorge
www.katherinegorge.com A visit to Darwin is not complete without a visit to the world famous Katherine Gorge. Known by the aboriginal name Nitmiluk, a cruise through Katherine Gorge is just amazing. The Gorge is located in Nitmiluk National Park and is one of the most spectacular areas in the country, winding 12 km with walls more than 70m high. The 13 wonderful gorges of Nitmiluk National Park began 23 million years ago as torrents of water pouring along tiny cracks in the earth.

Uluru - Ayres Rock
www.atn.com.au/nt/south/uluru.htm Kata Tjuta National Park: 280 miles (450km) southwest of Alice Springs. Ayers Rock/ Uluru, the world's largest monolith and an Aboriginal sacred site is Australia's most famous natural landmark. Visitors may wish to make the tough 1.6km ascent to the top or take a walking tour around the rock with an aboriginal guide , learning about its fascinating with the Uluru people and its importance in dreamtime legend.

Kakadu National Park
www.deh.gov.au/parks/kakadu Kakadu is a cultural landscape. It was shaped by the spiritual ancestors of Aboriginal people during the Creation Time. These ancestors or 'first people' journeyed across the country creating landforms, plants, animals and Bininj/Mungguy* (Aboriginal people). They brought with them laws to live by: ceremony, language, kinship and ecological knowledge. They taught Bininj/ Mungguy how to live with the land and look after the country.