Australian Outback Camping
Northern Territory
Litchfield National Park (Florence Falls)

Australian Outback - Florence Falls Litchfield National Park

ADDRESS / TEL / GPS coordinates:

Florence Falls Campground

Litchfield National Park

45km west of Batchelor

The Top End Northern Territory

Australia

S13.100838 E130.78979

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Australian Outback - Litchfield National Park, Florence Falls Campground

Only 2 hours drive from Darwin (about 100km south west) is the wonderful Litchfield National Park. A real treasure of a place, full of swimming holes and waterfalls.

Florence falls is one of the best swimming holes in Litchfield. It really is a beautiful place to swim. There are 2 waterfalls crashing into a deep plunge pool, with lots of palms and cycads shading the rocks for you to sit on. It can get quite busy here, but if you clamber over the rocks and wade through a bit of water you can usually get some space (to the left of the falls if you are facing them).

Outback Australia - Litchfield National Park, Florence Falls swimming

Florence Falls Campground is pretty special too. Not least because it is about 1 minute walk to the falls lookout and 5 minutes walk from the swimming hole (if you access it by the 160 steps, roughly 300m). But it also has lots of shady trees and a free hot shower (one for each sex).

If you don't fancy taking the steps, there is a really nice easy 1km walk (Shady Creek Walk) to the Falls. We did the walk there and took the steps back.

There is a 4wd campground at Florence Falls too, but we didn’t see it.

PRICE:

$6.60 per adult, $3.30 per child (5-15 years old), under 5’s are free, families (2 adults, 4 children) $15.40

SIZE:

14 campsites

OPENING TIMES:

All year

HOW TO BOOK:

First come first served

NUMBER OF NIGHTS YOU CAN STAY:

Unknown

Australia camping- Litchfield National Park, Florence Falls Campground

FACILITIES:

• Dirt floor campsites/pitches
• Toilets
• Sinks
• Showers (hot and free)
• Non-drinking water
• BBQ/grill
• Picnic tables/benches (a few covered tables by shower block)

Note: no drinking water

PETS ALLOWED?

No

ROAD SURFACE:

Tarmac/bitumen

ROAD SURFACE IN CAMPGROUND:

Dirt

ACTIVITIES:

• Hiking (you can walk to Buley Rockhole from Florence Falls. There is also a nice walk through the forest to Florence Falls, rather than taking the steps)
• Swimming (in the pool at the bottom of Florence Falls and at Buley Rockhole)
• Tour-led activities (between May and September)

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