- Address: Litchfield Park Road, Litchfield Park NT 0822 Australia
- Phone: +61 8 8976 0282
- Website: http://www.litchfieldnationalpark.com/
- Opening date: 1986.
- Area: 1458 sq. M. km
- Working time: without days off
- Cost of visit: free of charge
Litchfield National Park is located in the Northern Territory area, 100 km south-west of Darwin . The park, named after Fred Lichfield, the discoverer of these territories, covers an area of 1458 km & sup2, and, despite its relatively small size, annually receives more than a million tourists. Lichfield Park was founded in 1986.
Lichfield Attractions
The "calling card" of the park are unique termites, the height of which in some cases reaches two meters, scarlet land, covered with a characteristic Australian bush, natural sculptures of sandstone and waterfalls. Also, the park's decoration can be called forests located in the floodplain of Adelaide.
Waterfalls
The most famous and most beautiful of the waterfalls of Litchfield National Park are Florence Falls, Vanji Falls, Sandy Creek Falls and Tolmer Falls. At the foot of the waterfalls are spread valleys covered with rain forests. The falls of Florence reach a height of 212 meters; at its foot is a pond, which is very popular with tourists. To bathe in a pond near Tolmera is forbidden - it is under protection as a habitat of golden leafhopper, a rare bat. In addition to the golden leaf shepherd there also live bats-ghosts. The waterfall of Vanji, which does not run out all year round, is also popular with tourists. Here you can swim and relax; For the convenience of tourists, wooden trails are laid in the forest near it.
Lost City
Lost City - columnar formations of sandstone, reminiscent of the ruins of an ancient city, but having a natural origin. To get to the Lost City, you need an SUV, because about 8 km after turning on Florence you have to go on a steep dirt road, which is a dirty and deep enough track. Therefore, visiting the Lost City during the rainy season is not recommended.
Flora and fauna
As already mentioned, one of the main attractions of the park are giant magnetic termites. They are called magnetic due to the fact that they are oriented to the north-south; Such an orientation is associated with minimization of powerful solar irradiation. Termiters resemble abstract sculptures.
There are hundreds of bird species in the park; near the waterfalls nest drongo, yellow Orioles, rainbow bee-eaters, leaflets, cuckoo coel. In more dry areas, birds of prey live, including vultures. The main representatives of the fauna are kangaroo wallabies and antelope kangaroos, posums - sugar flying and northern bristle-tailed, wild dogs dingo flying foxes, marsupial martens. Dwell in the park and reptiles, including in the rivers are found combed crocodiles.
The flora of the park is not inferior to the fauna by its diversity. Here grow bancsias, terminas, grevillea and several species of eucalyptus, and in the marshy river floodplain you can see dense thickets of marsh mahogany and tea tree, among which grow orchids and lilies.
How to get to Litchfield National Park?
Access to the park from Darwin can be done quite quickly - in just 1 hour and 20 minutes. You should go to National Highway 1. You can also come here from Darwin by bus or order an excursion from any of the tour operators. You can visit the park all year round, but it's better to choose a dry season for this. The entrance to the park is free.
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