Kakadu

Kakadu National Park covers 19,804 square kilometers of Australia's Northern Territory, southeast of Darwin, the country's second largest national park and an area comparable in size to Wales. Its habitats range from monsoon forest to wetlands and tidal flats, together supporting more than 1,700 plant species, about 280 bird species, roughly 60 mammal species, more than 117 reptile species and over 10,000 insect species, including large populations of saltwater crocodiles. Aboriginal people have lived in the Kakadu area continuously for around 60,000 years, and the park preserves more than 5,000 recorded rock art sites, a cultural record that helped it earn UNESCO World Heritage status for both its natural and cultural values between 1981 and 1992.