The aim of Territory Wildlife Park is to present the fauna of the Northern Territory up close and personal, but in their natural habitat. Thus, visitors pass through tree top aviaries, walk beside a natural lagoon, or go beneath the surface of a walk-through aquarium to meet the Top End’s wildlife. The aviaries has a 1km of walking path, a recreation of a Kakadu waterhole is viewed from as raised walkway, and the many woodland animals that only come out at night, such as mammals, reptiles, birds amphibians and invertebrates, are displayed in a nocturnal house. Entry fees apply.

Contact: (08) 8988 7200

Location: 45 minute drive south of Darwin’s CBD, next door to the Berry Springs Nature Reserve.

How to get there: by car, head south from Darwin on the Stuart Highway. Travel about 50km and turn right onto the Cox Peninsula Road. The Park is about 12 km along Cox Peninsula Road on your right.