Pictured is a giant termite hill. They speckled the national park. Nitmiluk National Park is comprised of 13 gorges, separated from each other by rapids and carved out by the Katherine River, which begins in Arnhem Land. The gorge walls aren't high, but they are rugged and sheer. Father downstream the river becomes the Daily River before flowing into the Timor Sea at a point 80k southwest of Darwin.
Usually the only crocodiles around Nitmiluk are of the freshwater variety and seen more often in the cooler months. However, while we were there a salt water crocodile was spotted in the river. Salt water crocodiles have been known to kill humans, as a result we were not able to swim or canoe in the gorges.
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