Litchfield vs Kakadu

As we were planning our trip we heard the saying Kakadont, Litchfield do" and that made us wonder.
We really enjoyed Kakadu and we wondered how much better Litchfield National Park must be?
And now we know!
It is a lovely area, there are lots of waterfalls and rockholes, lots of places you can swim. some short east walks and some history.
But - better than Kakadu? It's kind of like the proverbial apples vs oranges.
I think you need both!

Litchfield is small enough that you can base yourself in one spot and see pretty much all the highlights in a couple of days.
If you are short of time you can wizz around the most accessible places in a day.

We stayed at the National park campground at Wangi Falls although there are others more suitable for campervans, tents or only accessible by 4WD.
The falls at Wangi are close to the carpark and so it's a popular spot, plus the falls are pretty good and the swimming hole is enormous.

The campground was full to overflowing on the Saturday night with campervans parked in the day use spots and even a tent set up in the campground carpark.
But being a national park campground the sites are well spaced and we had a nice secluded little nook, although it was a bit tight getting out of it!

Tjaetaba Falls

Walker Creek

Wangi Falls

Tjaynera Falls

The ascades

Buley Rockhole

I love a nice bit of rusty old iron!
Here at Bamboo Creek tin mine ruins.

And here at Blyth Homestead

Where apparently hobbits lived!

Litchfield is also the home of the magnetic termite mounds which are oriented north-south as a heat-reducing tactic by them clever little critters.

Here are our daily visitors -