Anbangbang Billabong walk

How to get there

1. Same sealed approach as Burrungkuy (Nourlangie). Park pass required.
2. Gates for this precinct are listed 7 am–7 pm. Read the Access Report for partial openings after rain or in the build-up / wet.
3. No public transport. Fuel at Jabiru or Cooinda.

How to do it (step by step)

1. Walk the signed 2.5 km loop if it is fully open. If only a stage is open, enjoy that stage — do not push past flood or closure markers.
2. Stay back from the water. Saltwater crocodiles use billabongs. This is a viewing walk.
3. Bring binoculars. Official notes include magpie geese, pygmy geese, egrets, jacanas, cormorants, corellas and red-tailed black cockatoos among many others.
4. Picnic at signed tables after the walk. Then add Nawurlandja or Burrungkuy only if heat and gate time remain.

What to expect

Parks Australia lists a 2.5 km Grade 2 loop, about an hour, through savanna woodland and paperbark around a bird-rich billabong with Burrungkuy behind it. It is the calm pair to the art circuit, not a second headline walk.

Public cultural notes on the official page refer to creation-era badbong (short-eared rock wallaby) travelling through this country and to Bininj use of plants in these habitats. This guide stops there.

Billabong rules

A still billabong is not a swimming invitation. Estuarine crocodiles use Kakadu waterways year-round. Stay on the path, stay back from the edge, and keep children close.

Dry-season access can open in stages depending on water levels. [VERIFY] the Kakadu Access Report the morning you go.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on the Access Report and kakadu.gov.au before you drive.