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Day 1
Commence 3 day Canoeing Experience
Your guide picks you up from your Katherine accommodation to commence
your 3 day canoeing experience - paddles up!
Using top quality equipment, paddle your own comfortable and stable kayak with experienced accredited guides covering approx. 55 kms of the brilliant Katherine river. Fed by springs and soaks all year round the river winds through rocky banks and Paperbark forests, shooting numerous rapids and rockbars with narrow pandannus channels. Bush camping, dining under the stars, fantastic service and wildlife encounters all add up to being a unique experience.
Day 2
Canoeing
Day 3
Canoeing & Late Afternoon Return to Katherine
Day 4
Katherine to 'Never Never' Country
Following your canoeing experience your guide picks you up and takes you into the land of the 'Never Never' situated 140 kms south east of Katherine. This is the home of the Mangarrayi Aboriginal people. Your guide has the sanction of the traditional owners to bring a limited number of people each year into this land of clear thermal pools, bubbling bush jacuzzis, lily covered lagoons, tropical jungles, vast savannah plains and ancient culture.
The experience leaves the twentieth century behind and takes you back to a time free of materialism. Jeannie Gunns best selling novel 'We of the Never Never' written nearly 100 years ago recounts her time living in this land with all it's mystical charm - you will see why she said ' those who venture into this land and love it will never never want to leave it.'
A full length movie 'We of the Never Never' was shot here on location in the 1980's and subsequent documentaries and travel stories have tried to capture the essence of the country.
The tour is by 4WD and follows bush tracks along the Roper River on Elsey Station - a 5,000 square kilometre cattle station - the homelands of the Mangarrayi People - some of whom recall seeing their first white man. You will meet up with the Traditional Owners, hear their history, have ample time to swim, walk and soak up the atmosphere in this very special part of the Northern Territory. This tour has achieved Advanced Ecotourism Accreditation and recently won the 2000 Northern Territory Brolga Award for Excellence in Heritage & Cultural Tourism. Frommers Guide to Australia rates this under the 'Best Outback Experiences in Australia'.
Day 5
'Never Never' Country to Katherine
More of the 'Never Never' country and then return to Darwin via
Katherine in the evening.
To enquire about this experience or have it included
in a tailor made itinerary - Just ask!
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