We arrived in Darwin late afternoon, picked up a rental car and drove straight to Aurora. Our first impression was that we had arrived at a camping place, as the reception area was hard to see from the road. However, the villas were air conditioned clean and quiet. The bed was wonderfully comfortable. After walking to the billabong and seeing a beautiful sunset, we had buffet dinner at the restaurant.
This was a highlight! The food was terrific, relaxed and the dinning room was well presented and yet relaxed. In the morning, I enjoyed a relaxing swim in the impeccably clean pool. As it is really impossible to swim in natural swimming holes at this time of the year (April) because of the presents of crocodiles, a well cared for pool was much appreciated. After just one night, we felt like our city stress had washed away and the holiday had begun in earnest! Well done!
One highlight: Ubirr mid afternoon to see rock art in good light, then a break at the Bowral info centre to see "the Big Wet" (1 hour film), then back to Ubirr to climb the rock at sunset.
Second highlight: Lemon bitters at the hotel before Yellow river cruise at 4:30 - plenty of crocs and a gorgous sunset again.
Book Aurora Kakadu, or Inner Darwin Accommodation and Hotels.
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