Darwin: Adelaide River Jumping Crocodile Cruise
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Darwin, Australia
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get close to Australia's wildlife, without having to book multiple tours, on this jumping croc cruise from Darwin. Cruise down the Adelaide River, home to more than 1,600 crocodiles, to see these creatures launch themselves out of the water, as well as native birdlife. Then, head over to the Window on the Wetlands Visitor Center for views of the Marrakai Plains and enjoy the interactive displays.
- Learn about crocodile biology and their territorial habits
- Spot native birdlife including magpie geese and pied herons
- Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from select Darwin hotels provided
What's Included
- Small group wetlands cruise on the Adelaide River
- Professional local guide
- Super comfortable vehicle and air conditioning
- Hotel pickup and drop off from selected Darwin hotels
- Meals
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Hotel pick-ups commence prior to the tour start time. Please refer to your voucher for your hotel pick-up time or call AAT Kings on 1300 228 546. You will be collected from the hotel you have selected in the down list. If you wish to change your pick-up location, you must call AAT Kings at least 24 hrs prior to travel. If your hotel does not appear on the dropdown list, AAT Kings does not pick-up from your hotel. Please phone AAT Kings to arrange an alternate pick-up time and location.
Start time.1:00 pm
Itinerary
1
Window on the Wetlands
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Adelaide River
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- During the booking process you will be required to choose your hotel pick-up details. If your hotel does not appear in the drop down list the supplier does not pick-up from your hotel and you will be required to contact the supplier to arrange a suitable alternative
- Guests that require a wheelchair are welcome on our tours providing they are accompanied by an able-bodied companion and do not require special assistance from the supplier to embark and disembark the vehicle. To bard and embark the boat, guests walk down a ramp and will have to make a couple of steps to get on the boat
- If travelling with an infant that requires a stroller, you must contact the supplier at least 72hrs prior to departure to ensure the can be accommodated.
- Tour returns to Darwin approximate at 17:30
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 58 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Our tour guide Rox was amazing. She provided a detailed tour all the way to the croc farm. And included jokes and humour. Bus was very comfortable. The croc farm was amazing. Mango ice blocks - yum. The boat guys and the jumping crocs were amazing. They were knowledgeable and funny. Loved the whole day.
Reviews
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based on 58 reviews
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Great tour - Jess our tour guide and bus driver was friendly and knowledgeable- as was the staff at the Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise - we saw some impressive crocodiles on the cruise
Crocodile feeding, Whistling Kite feeding, commentary. All excellent.
Also enjoyed the Adelaide River Wetlands and Howard Springs.
Very comfortable bus trip with informative driver, Gary.
Interesting and informative. A close up view of quite a few crocodiles, male and female. Our tour guides were knowledgeable and shared their enthusiasm for crocodiles.
The bus driver(Prem) and tour guide were both very good. The guides on the boat were informative, and answered any questions asked. Was not happy with look out over the flood plains it was dirty & we couldn’t go out side
Where to begin. Michael was absolutely fantastic. Full of information ,personality plus ,just one great guy.The tour was fantastic ,again wonderful hosts, and so exciting to see the crocs.Yes I would totally recommend this tour to anyone. Thank-you
Very interesting afternoon trip. Nice drive to river with commentary by Driver Prem. Then the highlight of the crocodile cruise. The crocs weren't jumping very much and didn't seem that hungry; but they snapped their jaws enough to enable everyone to get some good photos. Nice to hear that the river operation is run by a charity putting profits back into the local community; and to be assured that everything is done in accordance with sound conservation principles.
Aside from a nice bus tour with a good guide, the Jumping Crocs cruise made our day. Three crocodiles out in the river with a 5 meter/750 kg crocodile impressing us with his jumping.
Great adventure. Crocs were amazing. The ability to see these amazing amilas in the wild was something I will always remember. Bus trip was a little long.
Great flood plain stop and the fog dam on the way back to Darwin, great bird life. Jumping crocs were great, also got to see a "tussle" between two females and the kites also visited, so majestic.
Our tour guide Rox was amazing. She provided a detailed tour all the way to the croc farm. And included jokes and humour. Bus was very comfortable. The croc farm was amazing. Mango ice blocks - yum. The boat guys and the jumping crocs were amazing. They were knowledgeable and funny. Loved the whole day.
Great experience staff so friendly a nd knowledgeable bus driver was so good and showed and explained everything thing
Bus driver's friendly, kind nature, she is a good, people- person, explained a lot to us all the way in professional, fun way.
The cruise guide with his fun nature and as a well explained crock trip by him.
We couldn't see energetic crocks this time, as into maiting and wet season in Darwin.
The river boat was excellent great close up views of crocs no matter where you sat. The guides on the boat were knowledgeable and entertaining we really enjoyed it
Very entertaining boat ride. Didn’t disappoint, lots of 🐊 to see and Staff very friendly. Would recommend
Great tour, if you want to see the biggest crocodiles around!!!
Our Bus driver was very informative about the local bird life and Darwin surrounding areas.
Highly recommend
The bus driver wasn’t very enthusiastic until we went arrived at the Wetlands when he started talking about every bird great for people who are into birds.
The best part of trip was the Croc cruise which was a lot of fun.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thanks Susie for providing this feedback, we are glad you enjoyed your cruise down the Adelaide River for the Jumping Crocs experience.
Thanks,
Jacob from AAT Kings
A great tour whilst travelling the top end. Awesome how both sides of the boat got to experience seeing the crocodiles jumping without an interrupted view.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thank you so much Michelle
We had an amazing time. The commentary was excellent with a lot of humour added. The crocs were scary and definitely something you wouldn’t pat! A trip well worth doing!!
Great day out, we took lots of pictures and received lots of information about the area and all the local wild life.
Well organized, great driver, standard activity, NO MICROPHONE- could not hear the commentary AT ALL and this made the activity a lot less meaningful.
Only witnessed 2 crocs.jumping.Not so many of them as the weather was not conducive.i expected to see a lot of crocodiles jumping as on the advert but none was closer to what was advertised.
Our tour was amazing We’d no sooner got into the boat when the Crocs were around.. great work by the staff to ensure we all had a chance at viewing the crocs jumping
The croc tour and foggy dam were awesome.
Unfortunately I left my expensive hat on the bus when I got out and the operator said their cleaners did not report a hat being found even though I left the bus and went direct to my room and realised it was missing.
Great tour would recommend it otherwise. Don't leave anything on the bus.
Very disappointing was not a small group we had 34 on our bus with NO air conditioning did not visit the Window on Wetland visitor centre. No hand sanitizer on board and a bus driver with little knowledge Would not book a AAT Kings Tour again
Response from Host, May 2022
Hi Janet,
Thank you very much for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear you had this experience. I'll pass it on to our operations team.
Jess from AAT Kings
The interesting information given by tour guide. The bus driver was really very pleasant and drove very safely
If you love crocs, be sure to check out this cruise. All of the tour guides (including the skipper) are very friendly and welcoming, which made the experience that much better! Not recommended for those faint of heart
Micheal our guide is a wealth of information and knowledge about the area, the indigenous people, the animals, birds and reptiles including the plants.
The Jumping Crocodile 🐊 cruise guides were excellent another great team of knowledge about the Crocs in the Adelaide river, the indigenous people of the area as well as a lot of fun.
Highly recommend this experience…thanks guys.
Response from Host, Apr 2022
Thank you Monica for your fantastic feedback on your trip to the Jumping Crocs cruise. We will make sure that Michael receives this also
Kind Regards,
Jacob from AAT Kings
Seeing the Crocs up close in their natural habitat, and the information given by the guide. We would of liked to of seen a few more of the males but they weren’t being very pro active in meeting us on the day.
Response from Host, Oct 2021
Dear Darren_T,
Thanks for your feedback, and we are glad that you were able to see the Croc's on our tour.
We hope you enjoyed the rest of your time in the Top End, and we look forward to welcoming you back on board again in the future.
Thanks,
The Team at AAT Kings
Having done a similar cruise before I was a bit apprehensive about the smaller boat but it actually made the experience better. Our guide was knowlegable and entertaining and we saw plenty of crocs, including Stumpy, who I had seen on my previous visit when he had one more leg than he now has! I was particularly pleased to find that the company is owned by a local indigenous community and all profits go to providing services and amenities to that community. I would thoroughly recommend the tour.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Dear Rosemary_M,
Thanks for your review of the Jumping Croc's tour, and it is very interesting to learn of your history with the croc Stumpy! Thanks for sharing the information above, and we hope you enjoyed the rest of your time in the Top End.
Thanks,
The Team at AAT Kings
Disappointed overall it is obvious the crocodiles are used to being fed the cruise does not travel very far up the river the skipper is just going through the script. The place appears to be a bit run down. Mark the bus driver was very good this review is no reflection on him. We were expecting more from the experience.
Response from Host, May 2021
Dear Neil_B,
Thanks for your review, and we are glad that you enjoyed touring with our Guide Mark. We are disappointed that you didn't enjoy all aspects of the trip, and I have passed your comments onto our Management Team, as this assists us with making improvements in the future.
We hope you enjoyed your time in the Top End, and please come back soon to visit.
Thanks,
The Team at AAT Kings
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