Natural features

Litchfield National Park

Australia Northern Territory

Litchfield National Park
Photo: Bäras, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Waterfalls and plunge pools for swimming, such as Florence Falls, Wangi Falls and Buley Rockhole, plus giant magnetic termite mounds, about 1.5 hours from Darwin.


Check which pools are open; crocodiles can close them after the wet season.

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