Tours

The journey begins when your guide meets you at your Darwin accommodation at 8am. From there we make our way toward UNESCO World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. Then on to Arnhem Land, Aboriginal lands where access is restricted to a select group of tour operators.

Lords Safaris has a proud history of more than 30 years working with the indigenous people of Arnhem Land and Kakadu to ensure the best experience for both the local communities and our clients. Visitors to Arnhem Land are able to experience a fascinating mixture of historical and living cultures.

Arnhem Land is perhaps the one area in Australia where indigenous culture is still dominant, despite a long history of interaction with other cultures – for example, the Macassans, Indonesian people who visited the shores of Arnhem Land for more than five hundred years to harvest sea cucumbers. They came by sailing boats from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and left their legacy with the Aboriginal people. Later, Europeans arrived, and their impact on Aboriginal people was more far-reaching and profound. Yet today, Arnhem Land has weathered all the storms of history and has managed to survive as a last frontier and homeland of around 20,000 indigenous people.

Here we visit the Injalak Arts and Crafts Centre. Visitors to Injalak will experience the traditional culture of the Kunwinjku people. Here you have the opportunity to experience traditional art in an intimate setting where you can get to know the artist and see firsthand how artworks are created.

Opened in 1989, Injalak Arts is a nonprofit Aboriginal-owned social enterprise whose members are the artists and community. Injalak artists produce traditional art inspired by ancient Dreamtime stories, the nearby rock art galleries and an unbroken link between the present generation of Kunwinjku people and their ancestors.

At the Injalak Arts and Crafts Centre there is an opportunity to browse and purchase a range of affordable art in different mediums and styles reflective of the ingenuity of the Kunwinjku people. Injalak caters to both the affordable and fine art markets. Artworks available include paintings on paper and bark, carvings, artefacts such as clap sticks, didgeridoos mimi poles and lorrkons, fibre works such as baskets and grass pandanus floor mats, and special edition prints.

After leaving Injalak we head on to Davidson’s Arnhemland Safaris. Davidson’s is situated in the northwest corner of Arnhem Land and adjacent to Kakadu National Park and the Cobourg Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory. This landscape is a vast subtropical savannah that has been described as a national treasure trove of artifacts of ancient human occupation, and a pristine wilderness area hosting myriad ecosystems and wildlife.

Access to the Davidson’s safari lodge is by 4WD vehicle or flight. During the wet season access to the Safari Lodge is only by flight. The camp is fully licensed and has a wide selection of wines, spirits and beer available for purchase. The facilities are situated in a natural bush setting. The heart of the lodge has a communal space including a dining area, lounge, bar, library and a large outdoor deck for alfresco dining, all overlooking the sandstone-paved pool.