This federal territory of Australia occupies the very center of the continent and is also called the "big backyard" of the country. Meanwhile, on these "backyards" travelers are available such natural beauties that have long been iconic for Australia. In the Northern Territory you can find hundreds of species of rare plants and animals, including, of course, crocodiles. 52 national parks and a nature reserve - perhaps even enough for the most obsessed animal lover.
Another feature that distinguishes the Northern Territory: here, as elsewhere in Australia, there are many opportunities to explore the culture of the Aborigines . At The northern territory is home to the largest population of indigenous Australians who have preserved their traditions, already more than 40 thousand . years . Tourists are happy to go to traditional villages with a guide and there they learn to weave baskets, listen to stories, and they try the food that the natives give to the bush . The largest collection of art objects of indigenous Australians is stored exactly here .
How to get to the Northern Territory
The main city of Darwin is probably closer to Asia than any other Australian city. Darwin Airport accepts flights including from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City. And to Alice Springs, you can fly on an airplane for 3-4 hours from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Cairns. The famous "Gen" train follows from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs and Catherine
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the Northern Territory
@ Top End
This is the northernmost, tropical part of the country . Here is the main city of the Northern Territory, Darwin is a city where time flows slowly and the weather year round is warm . In a 100-thousand Darwin population over 50 nationalities, including aborigines of Larraki, the original owners of these lands . As a result, here is cooked such a colorful soup of traditions and cultures, which is compulsory In addition, the Kakadu National Park is located in the Top End, the largest in Australia . It is here that the most samples of rock art are collected .. Victoria River
Victoria River - the longest on Northern Territory, and here is the second largest national park in the region - the Gregory National Park. In it travelers will find spectacular mountain ranges, gorges, centennial baobabs, dramatic cliffs of limestone and eucalyptus thickets. There are several excellent pedestrian routes in the park, there are special places for fishing, roads (for all-wheel drive cars) and places for camping
Barclay-Teibleland
This is an extensive area, one of the least inhabited in the world: Great Britain is inhabited by only 5,900 people
More than half of them live in Tennant Creek, a gold digger village that survived the last surge of gold rush in the 1930s . Near Tennant Creek Devils-Marbles is a gathering of mysterious stone spheres through and deserts that attract many photographers, especially at sunrise and sunset . A more miniature version of the same spheres - Pebbles, a sacred place for aborigines . Despite its desolation, the Barkley-Tablendland region attracts about 140 thousand . annually.tourists, most of whom follow the transit to the Red Center .
Red Center
"Krasny Tsentr" is a collective name that was received by the southern desert zone in the Northern Territory . Here are Alice Springs, the heart Australia, and Yulara - a service station at the entrance to the Uluru-Kata-Tjuta National Park, where the "same" flat mountain is located . In the area of the "Red Center" a lot of natural attractions: it is a historical monument Chambers Pillar, a 50-meter rock a formation sticking out in the middle of the plain; the mountain ridge of East McDonnel-Ranges with picturesque gorges and rocks; a small conservation area of Evinga, created to preserve the ancient carvings on the rocks; The national park of the Finke gorge with the desert oasis of Palm Valley, where you can see many unique plants; Watarrka National Park and West MacDonnel National Park . Without visiting the Red Center, you did not think you were in Australia at all .
Vatarrka National Park
This park is known primarily for being located here the most famous Royal canyon . Its picturesque landscapes are the result of millions of years of soil erosion . Mysterious cathedral-like formations, sharp cliffs and amazing views of the surrounding desert are the reward to those who get to the canyon and decide to bypass it on one of the tourist routes laid here . Many of its sites still remain sacred places for the people of Lurithia, who lived here for millennia. . At the bottom of the canyon is the Garden of Eden, where lush greenery grows - a real paradise for the local fauna . True, it is better not to swim in a pond (E. coli ), and to travel through the canyon in the middle of the day in summer is also not worth it (infernal heat, you can take risks only if you are ready to carry with you 1, 5 liters of water for every hour of the journey) .
Arnhem-Land
This is an isolated reserve, which covers more than 90 thousand square meters. km of the Northern Territory. It is located right in the middle of the northern coast and is surrounded by the Kakadu National Park on one side and the sea of Arafur and the Gulf of Carpentaria on the other. The territory belongs to people yolngu, living here for tens of thousands of years. It is one of the oldest living cultures in the world. In addition, it is also very beautiful here: deserted islands, fish-swarming rivers, lush tropical forests and savannahs - one of the last untouched corners of our world.
Litchfield National Park
This place is located 69 km south of Darwin , and it is famous for waterfalls and clean pools, where they are overthrown. During the dry and hot season, tourists are drawn here - despite the fact that there are not so many crocodiles. But there are large colorful termites and the Lost City, a zone of strange blocks and columns of sandstone that were created for thousands of years by wind and rain.
Nitmilak National Park (Catherine Gorge)
The Gorge is located about half an hour from the same name city, and it is known to the whole world. Here you can swim, walk, swim in a canoe or boat and fly over the ravine by helicopter. Walks on the sandstone plateau are designed for a duration of an hour to 5 days - as, for example, the 58-kilometer Djybula-trail. Here the traveler will consistently see swamps, forests, rivers, cliffs - many kinds of amazing landscapes in one walk. In the western part of the park are the Edith Waterfalls, where you can swim almost year-round.