Litchfield National Park

Litchfield is big, but at just under 1500 sq km, it is a bit over 60% the size of the ACT.,no where near the size of Kakadu. The northern half of the park is relatively developed while the outhern half is mostly untouched.

Unlike Kakadu, the northern part contains a marked trail which normally takes four days to complete. Like Kakadu, anyone doing an overnight walk in the park needs to get a bushwalking permit well before their trip.

Although many tour operators can take you to Litchfield, Willis's Walkabouts is the only one who offers treks where you leave the trails and hike far into the back country for a week at a time. Unlike other operators who run the same trip again and again, no two of our trips are exactly alike.

Russell Willis, owner of Willis's Walkabouts, has been hiking in Litchfield since 1974, well before it bacame a park. No one knows it better. Every one of our guides has the benefit of that experience. Our bushwalking trips let you experience the wilderness on its own terms.

General Park Information

The weather. For detailed information about the weather in Litchfield and the rest of the Top End, see our Top End page.

The best single source of general information is the Tourism NT Litchfield page. It's full of links to information about most of the popular spots in the northern part of the park.

If you would like more information about Litchfield, see the official Litchfield National Park website. It has additional information about all aspects of the park including some downloadable fact sheets.

Northern Litchfield in the Wet Season

While northern Litchfield tends to be crowded during the dry season, it is almost empty during the Wet.

We visit the area on some of our easier trips, sometimes camping in places which are closed to the general public at this time of year. The five photos below will give you a hint as to what it's like.