Kakadu National Park - Great Attractions (Darwin, Australia)
- 13 years ago
Take a tour of Kakadu National Park in Darwin, Australia - part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
Kakadu National Park is an environmentally and biologically diverse reserve in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The park features an incredible array of flora and fauna, ranging from abundant to nearly extinct, and beautiful to strange.
Aborigines have lived in the region for 40,000 years, and thus the park is home to many displays of Aborigine art, culture and history.
Over half the land in the park is protected under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of 1976.
There are over 280 bird species, 60 mammal species, 10,000 insect species, 1,600 plant species and 4 river systems in the park.
For its history and beauty, the entire park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.
Kakadu National Park is an environmentally and biologically diverse reserve in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The park features an incredible array of flora and fauna, ranging from abundant to nearly extinct, and beautiful to strange.
Aborigines have lived in the region for 40,000 years, and thus the park is home to many displays of Aborigine art, culture and history.
Over half the land in the park is protected under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of 1976.
There are over 280 bird species, 60 mammal species, 10,000 insect species, 1,600 plant species and 4 river systems in the park.
For its history and beauty, the entire park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.