Paddling Darngku (Geikie Gorge National Park)

We arrived at Darngku just in time for the 3:00 pm boat cruise. Without going into too much detail, it’s an impressive gorge!

We saw a few freshwater crocodiles, basking on the banks, and when we got back, Stuart had a chat with a few of the rangers he knows. When they found out we had kayaks with us, they encouraged us to do an overnight paddle up the river! We didn’t think too hard about it overnight, and rocked up the next morning ready to go!

Over the next two days, we paddled about 17km up the gorge, camping on a sandbank up in the gorge. Definitely the best way to experience the gorge, it’s animals, birds and landscape! We had a visit by a very curious perenti at lunch, who wasn’t really worried about us at all! Stuart eventually scared him off before he pinched my lunch!

We think the pictures speak for themselves...

 

Now we are just fuelling up before we head out onto the Gibb River Road, so the next post won’t be for a week or two, depending on how long we decide to spend out there!