Cruising Yellow Water, Kakadu National Park, Australia: In the dark on a Kakadu cruise

By Anthony Dennis
February 13 2016 - 12:15am
Kakadu National Park is home to many saltwater crocodiles.
Kakadu National Park is home to many saltwater crocodiles.
Quiet charm: Clear skies on a Yellow Waters night cruise. Photo: Shane Eecen
Quiet charm: Clear skies on a Yellow Waters night cruise. Photo: Shane Eecen
Gagudju Lodge, Cooinda. Home of Yellow Water. tourism travel kakadu boat tour wetland sunset. IHG
Photographer: david Hancock. Copyright: SkyScans
Gagudju Lodge, Cooinda. Home of Yellow Water. tourism travel kakadu boat tour wetland sunset. IHG Photographer: david Hancock. Copyright: SkyScans
Fishing at Kakadu National Park.
Fishing at Kakadu National Park.

It's nearing 6.45am and the sun is about to rise, though it seems that I may not have risen quite early enough to make it in time for my dawn cruise of Yellow Water in Kakadu National Park. When I finally reach the boat, grateful that either side of the boardwalk along which I'm running is fenced, preventing me from tumbling into the crocodile-infested waters should I slip, I see I am the last to arrive.

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