Posts from Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris
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Exploring Australia's Top End with Sab Lord of Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris
In the realm of wildlife guiding, few names resonate as deeply as Sab Lord of Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris. With over three decades of experience under his belt, Sab stands as an experienced and highly respected figure, intimately connected to the heart of Australia's natural beauty. As the 2024...
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Embracing the Unexpected with Leigh Dalton
Leigh Dalton loves the great outdoors, so to take guests around his backyard is a dream come true. "A great destination makes for great holidays, and as a guide I am able to enhance a place with cultural stories, history and point out rock art and other features that people...
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Storyteller Series: Sab Lord from Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris
You'd expect a man raised on a Kakadu buffalo and crocodile-hunting station to be a character, and Sab Lord doesn't disappoint. He also knows everything - and everyone - there is to know in the outback, enabling him to unlock places and people that few others have access to. Sporting...
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Gaze in Wonder at 8,000-year-old rock art at Injalak Hill with Dean Hoath
When Dean Hoath, one of the lead guides with Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris, takes guests to admire rock art at Injalak Hill, he is always accompanied by an Aboriginal guide. “In the township of Gumbalanya, which we visit before we begin our walk, we pop into Injalak Arts to...
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Explore the Sacred Mikinj Valley with Sab Lord
There’s only one tour company that is permitted to enter and explore the Mikinj Valley, and that is Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris. “I’ve spent decades working closely with local Aboriginal clan groups, and we’re fortunate that the members of the Nayingguls family are happy for me to show my...
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Active Safari Across Kakadu National Park with Bianca Di Nuzzo
“Maguk is magical,” Bianca Di Nuzzo, the newest guide to join the respected team at Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris says. “It’s a really interesting location to show guests, with a big and beautiful water hole positioned at the base of steep gorge walls, and top pools that always look...
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Take a Private Yellow Water Cruise with Bianca Di Nuzzo
A Yellow Water Cruise along the Yellow Water wetlands is one of those must-do experiences when visiting Kakadu, with seasons – and even times of the day – offering different perspectives. Bianca Di Nuzzo, who recently joined the Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris team, explains that’s the beauty of the...
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Top End Birdwatching Expedition with Dean Hoath
It’s hard for Dean Hoath, longstanding guide at Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris, to name just one favourite bird. “I love all birds, but one of my favourite birdwatching experiences is when we stay at the Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris permanent bush camp in Kakadu National Park,” he says....
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Airboating across Bamurru Plains with Sab Lord
Thousands of Magpie Geese lift off into the candy-pink sky as the airboat skims along the mud-spattered surface of a gigantic floodplain. To the right, a Saltwater Crocodile lurks just under the water, its beady eyes popping up ever so briefly. To the left, water buffaloes stomp through the shallows,...
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Species Feature: Saltwater Crocodile
The Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is perhaps northern Australia’s most famous resident. These extraordinary creatures, who have survived since the age of dinosaurs, are found across northern Australia, including Kakadu & Arnhem Land and Far North Queensland. Australia is home to two species of Crocodile (the Saltwater as well as...
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Australia's Top 10 Most Beautifully Coloured Birds
Australia is home to a some of the world's most iconic birds - 828 individual species, according to a 2008 study (Christidis and Boles). Some Australian birds are known for their audible abilities; some for their size, and others for their spectacular colourings. Let's take a look at what birds...
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Facts You Didn't Know About Kangaroos!
Kangaroos are macropods and there are over 50 species of macropods (a general term for kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, potoroos and bettongs) found in Australia – and a few more in Papua New Guinea. Most macropods have hind legs that are bigger than their forelimbs, big feet and a muscular tail....
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Lizard Spotting on Safari across Australia
From Saltwater Crocs to the world’s most venomous snakes, Australia houses more reptile species than any other country on the planet. With more than 600 known species distributed throughout Australia, lizards are the most diverse – and arguably underrated – members of the group. Everywhere you go in Australia you...
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Birdwatching Across Australia's Outback
From colourful parrots and majestic eagles to dancing Brolgas and sprightly Fairy-wrens, when it comes to birdwatching in Australia’s Outback, the variety of birdlife astounds. Just a little west of Adelaide – as the crow flies – you’ll find the Eyre Peninsula. The triangular headland located at the bottom of...
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Lords Safaris Featured in UK Telegraph
Adventure in the Northern Territory – and a fresh perspective on Australia Lydia Bell from the Telegraph UK recently spent some time in the Australia's spectacular 'Top End' with Sab Lord & Dean Hoath from Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris including a visit to Bamurru Plains. She captures this region...
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Guest Diaries - Kakadu National Park
From the moment our group of ten friends arrived at Sab Lord's wonderful Kakadu camp on June 1, 2017 the many species of wildlife absolutely amazed us. Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, marsupials and insects were aplenty! As we drove in we caught sight of a yellow Dingo disappearing into the...