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KINGS CANYON                        ARNHEM LAND
                                            Surround yourself with 100 metre high sandstone   Be inspired by one of the Top End’s most
                                            walls and palm-filled crevices as you step deep   spectacular natural destinations, Arnhem Land.
                                            into the heart of Kings Canyon. Start early in   Rugged coastlines, remote islands, rivers
                                            the day before it gets too hot and take in the   teeming with fish, lush rainforest and towering
                                            breathtaking views as you walk along the red rock   escarpments combine to create a timeless
                                            cliffs on the Kings Canyon Rim Walk. Continue   wonderland. This vast area is one of Australia’s
                                            your journey through Priscilla’s Crack, made   last strongholds of traditional Aboriginal culture.
                                            famous by the classic Australian movie, Priscilla,   Join a cultural tour at Injalak Hill to see ancient
                                            Queen of the Desert. For an easier hike, the Kings   rock art and hear Dreamtime stories, visit some
                                            Creek trail follows a track between two soaring   of the art and craft centres or take part in an
                                            canyon walls to a lookout point. Be welcomed by   interpretative walking trail. Every visitor to Arnhem
                                            spectacular views of the sheer cliff face at the far   Land requires a permit, so we suggest that you
                                            end of the canyon.                  join a guided tour.























                                                                             Tourism NT/Shaana McNaught           Tourism NT/James Fisher




                                            Kings Canyon                         Arnhem Land






                  The Field of Light art installation at Uluru has travelled
                  more than 19,000 kilometres around the world





























                                                                                                                  Tourism NT/Matt Glastonbury









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