Bamurru Plains

The best safari-style luxury getaways near Darwin - SilverKris

"An African-inspired, luxury bush camp on the coastal floodplains of the Mary River within Kakadu, offering an immersive safari-style experience with close wildlife encounters. The chef highlights native and locally sourced produce, and a standout is a fully hosted three-course dinner accompanied by the lodge’s resident frogs; the all-inclusive rate includes an open bar. For maximum immersion, the Kingfisher Suite — three times the size of standard bungalows — provides a private dining space and floor-to-ceiling mesh walls that bring the outdoors in. The property spans roughly 300 km² of biodiverse floodplain where safari bungalows are positioned for wildlife viewing, and an extensive touring programme offers airboat tours, river cruises in search of basking crocodiles, birdwatching, astronomy evenings, overland safari drives and guided wilderness walks, plus arranged day trips to ancient rock art and Indigenous cultural sites in Kakadu and Arnhem Land. Approximately a three-hour drive from Darwin." - Dinesh Ajith