WITH RUGGED ESCARPMENTS, PANDANUS-FRINGED waterholes and wildlife that reminds us who’s really at the top of the food chain, the Northern Territory’s Top End lures wanderers seeking a complete change of scene. Temperatures, even on winter’s coolest, kindest days, can stop you in your tracks, but this only makes reaching the next verdant, spring-fed pool all the more soothing.
Big-name national parks—Litchfield, Kakadu and Nitmiluk—provide an extensive network of trails peppered with rock-art galleries, lookouts and waterhole campgrounds. If perfect timing is possible, you can expect clear, blue skies and milder temperatures from June to August. But to catch waterfalls still tumbling and enjoy some serious solitude, arrive immediately after the rains in March or April with plenty of mossie repellent in your pack.
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