Jim Jim Falls in Kakadu National Park Australia

Visiting Jim Jim Falls Area in Kakadu National Park Australia.

Garnamarr - Large Camping Facilities:
• Garrnamarr campground (dry season only, 4WD)
• This campground caters for up to 200 people.
• Facilities include showers and toilets, and there is drinking water available. • The campground is locked from 8.30 pm to 6.30 am for visitor safety.

NT Parks and Wildlife. Check the latest access report on the web, www.nt.gov.au.

For the latest up-to-date details, contact the Bowali Visitor Centre on 0889381121 or +61889381121

When in Darwin at the Visitors Information Centre www.tourismtopend.com.au

Garnamarr Campground in the Jim Jim Falls Region of Kakadu-National Park Australia.

Facilities: • Water • Shower • Car park • Picnic Area • Public Toilet

Category: 1
Cost: $10 per adult per night - Under 16 years free. The cost will vary please see the parks link below for current pricing.

Where to stay - Garnamarr Campground (dry season only, 4WD)
• The Garnamarr Campground caters for about 200 people and is located beside the Jim Jim Falls access road about 50km from the Kakadu Highway. Caravans are not recommended and trailers must be left at a designated area near the campground and must not be taken to the falls. Showers, toilets and drinking water are available.

Garnamarr Campground Camping fees

A campground manager will collect the camping fee of $5.40 (known season's prices) per adult per night (over 16 years of age).

Please have correct change as eftpos facilities are not available.

See current Camping fees and permits are at this external sublink: http://www.environment.gov.au/

There is no booking system for the campsite. Places are allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis. It is advisable tocontact the Bowali Visitor Centre to check on vacancies before driving there.

Communal concrete fire rings are provided at the campground.

Firewood must be collected on the way to the campground, not within the immediate area of the campground.

Parks Australia and traditional owners encourage minimal use of firewood and the use of gas stoves as an alternative energy source for cooking.

Facilities well very well maintained on our last visit and we must comment the camp ground manager had a excellent and most friendly personality. A real ambassador for Kakadu National Park.

Rangers present regular free slide shows and talks at the campground

The old camping area was converted into a day use area, providing picnic tables and basic toilet facilities.

This area is also the starting point for the Budjmi Lookout walk. Please do not enter the areas that are being revegetated.

A gate has been erected on the falls side of the Garnamarr Campground which is locked from 8.30pm to 6.30 am for the safety of visitors. We ask that you ensure that you leave the falls area in time to be at Garnamarr before the gates are locked at 8.30 pm.

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Surrounding bushland.

Flora around Jim Jim Track in Kakadu National Park.

Blog: During our drive - our guide stopped all of a sudden and pointed out the Bush Passionfruit - top left photo.

Then further along he stopped again and poitend out that when nuts fall from this tree the Aboriginals learnt over time was also the time that turles layed there eggs.

Sometime a tour guide offer that little gem of knowledge at the right time that no reading a book could ever match.

Thanks to our Gagudju Dreaming Guide.

Jim Jim Falls - On the Kakadu Highway down Cooinda at the south end of Kakadu National Park to Jim Jim and Twin Falls. (Side trip of 130km return). From the north end of the park turn east off the Kakadu Highway 43km south of the Bowali Centre. this is only a 4WD access road.

A just under 2km return walk through a monsoon forest and over small and larger boulders will take you to a deep plunge pool surrounded by ancient, 150-metre high cliffs where the falls pound the bottom druring the Tropical Summer also known as the Green or Wet Seasons usually from late November to March.

As season may change access may be unpredictable. Jim Jim Gorge Track is an icon of the region and must do for the fit and adventureous.

Blog: Jim Jim 4WD unsealed Track
Jim Jim Track is closed during the wet season and there is a deep water crossing at Jim Jim that must be crossed to continue onwards to Twin Falls.

This is definitely 4WD only, it is rough and corrugated in patches and sandy with drifts and sand banks in other places, considerably a slow trip.

Camping is only allowed/possible at end of Jim Jim track at designated camp site. This is seasonal access only.

Blog 1: I took these shots during the month of September. If your on a tour try to stay awake as one tends to doze off after a few minutes or you will miss the ancient countryside - probably the only way I can decribe it.

Many folks have described this trip (and I have read tourist blogs as well) as bone shatering. Well I haven't the best health and I enjoyed it.

Bone shattering I didn't think so more the vehicle swayed from sand bank to sand bank in areas and a few bumpy patches. Maybe we had the best driver. Actually we own a 4WD but this opted for a tour to see the difference.

If you are a self drive, or selfdrive hiring a 4 wheel drive vehicle rental or 4WD camper hire the hint is watch out for the dust from passing motorists or drivers in front of you.

Taken by during a September trip on the Jim Jim Track. This was before the seasonal rains had set in which was 6 weeks later.

Still with the water across the track into Jim Jim Gorge one needed to be vigilant in navigating and driving track to the last carpark to trek to the Gorge waterhole or billabong beach as some refer to it.