Kakadu entry fee

1st April..... it is a bit of a joke. Very over rated place. If your considering.... don't bother.
Tim

I Love Kakadu, April fool joke? I hope not.

Isn't Australia 1 country ? So we have the NT charging Australians to see a part of Australia based on where they live , , Next lets put razor wire fences around each state and charge a fee to cross from 1 state to another , ,,,, Australia 1 country ? Yeah right.

Have to agree kak. most over rated park I have been to , and I have been to a lot of parks a round the world and a round Oz. Now to charge that a mount of money Ha! I deal with a lot of over seas people and I will be telling them not to waste their money and time. If their intention is to keep the numbers down then they will achieve it with this crap. There are much better areas to see in his country.

Al

Kakadu is a brilliant part of Australia, I loved my time there last year and would go back tomorrow, no hesitation.

If the $25- is spent on the park and its facilities then thats fine, user pays is always a fair option in my view.
$25- is not a lot of money when compared to the other travel costs we are exposed to, see how far $25- worth of diesel we get you as one small point.

lets put things into perspective

$25 wont get you even 3 days in a WA national park and unless things have changed there are free camping options in kakadu that have the same facilitys as the averadge WA nat park for $7.00 per night

so basically for 14 days can cost you less than 2 days and one night at the Bungle Bungles for example

Just as a matter of interest what proof of address do you need to enter for nix???

Take the case of an overseas visitor who is at present living in NT for an extended period of time and has as their address NT.Would this classify them for free entry??

ob

Whoops, if you're getting a sense of deja vu it's because thread 75683 a month ago has discussed this topic already. So the free run is over and camping takes another notch up the expense scale and I won't be getting a $25 tax rebate. Surprised a few bagged the Park. We enjoyed it in 05 - the dry and 06 during TC Monica -very wet! Hoping to be back this year... W

the price could go to $250 each and I couldnt care less
one visit was eneough I wouldnt go back if it was still free (well may be if it was to shoot some of the hundreds of wild pigs we saw but I dont think that is a done thing in Nat parks).
Will be back in the territory in July August this year and Kakadont NP has not even been considered as part of the itinerary.
can think of lots better places in NT to spend my time
regards
Howard

I believe that the reason NT residents will not be charge to enter the park is that while many locals go into Kakadu they do not use any of the park provided facilities. It use to be (and I imagine will be again) that if locals are found camping in the park they are charged the full fee like everyone else.

I often use to go to Jabiru to visit friends, however never went touring around the park. Kakadu is unique as it has a town in the middle of it. Also many locals only enter the park to use the boat ramps and roads to access areas that are not actually in Kakadu. As these roads and boat ramps are paid for and maintained by the government and not Kakadu park management, it may be political suicide to charge $25 a head for someone to go out for a fishing, especially if they are not even fishing in the park!

Tony

I'm sure the last time we went, about 8 years ago, it was around $18 per person? Did they drop the charge for a while?

A bit off track but this post prompted me to check Uluru which is also $25. I intend just passing through Uluru NP on the Outback Way return run from Queensland and the road goes through the park entry gate. Does that mean I have to pay $50 for 2 of us to pass through? We saw the rock and area a few years back so do not intend to spend time there again.