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Jim Jim Falls

Looking down at Jim Jim Falls





Jim Jim Falls is perhaps the Northern Territory's (let alone Kakadu National Park's) most spectacular waterfall. It plunges about 200m off the escarpment and flows spectacularly in the Wet Season. However, its flow diminishes as the Dry Season wears on. So while the falls are easily accessible by air when the 4wd roads are closed, it's very difficult to access the falls as they're flowing if you partake in a 4wd tour or self-drive. The timing will have to be just right, and (unfortunately) this is not controllable for many people who visit the falls.

Even if you hire a 4wd, most rental car companies prohibit you from taking the rough, rugged, and long Jim Jim Falls Road (2-3 hours each way to the falls). However, there are tours that give you access to the falls as well as the spectacular Twin Falls. Such tours can last a single day (lasting the full day), which leaves from the Kakadu townships Cooinda or Jabiru. Or, they can last much longer than a day, which leave from as far away as Darwin and provide a much more immersive and intimate experience in the Outback.

One caution with organized tours is that if Jim Jim Falls Road is closed, many of them (such as Lords Kakadu Safaris) will substitute your tour with a trip to Gunlom Falls and Motor Car Falls. Personally, I don't think it's a fair trade considering you could easily make it to Gunlom Falls on your own. I think the lesson we learned on our trip was to not book anything in advance that is weather dependent. You could always call government agencies for road conditions and access before you decide to start booking a tour or a 4wd hire.

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Direct view of Jim Jim Falls in the late afternoonDirect view of huge falls in the late afternoon

Landscape view of Jim Jim Falls towering over the treesLandscape view of the falls towering over the trees



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