Bamurru Plains
Top End, Australia[view map]
Local restaurants
All meals are included in the rates, so you wouldn’t want to eat out – besides, the lodge is on a working buffalo station in the middle of the wetlands; the nearest civilisation is a roadhouse selling petrol and burgers about an hour and a half drive away.
For a full list of eating and drinking recommendations in Top End, check out our Top End eating & drinking guide
Worth getting out of bed for
Head out in an open-topped 4WD for some pre-sunset wildlife-spotting. This is when the animals are most active and are moving off the open floodplains to spend the night amongst the safety of the savannah woodland. You will see hundreds of agile wallabies, water buffaloes and prolific birdlife. There’s also a good chance you will see brumbies, wild boar and crocodiles.
Other touring takes place on airboats which skim across the floodplains and over grasses, dodging water buffaloes and giant saltwater crocodiles and thousands of birds…
Lord’s Kakadu and Arnhemland Safaris (+61 (0)8 8948 2200 www.lords-safaris.com) is a highly recommended, passionate organisation offering specialised small group tours to ‘difficult to access’ areas. Owner/director Sab Lord was actually born in Kakadu before it was granted World Heritage Listing.
For a full list of recommended activities in Top End, check out our Top End destination guide
