Events
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When planning your visit to Kakadu, keep in mind that the park hosts a number of annual events that you can plan your trip around.
Explore 65,000 years of food culture at Taste of Kakadu, meet our feathered inhabitants during Bird Week, join the family-friendly Mahbilil festival around Lake Jabiru or celebrate Indigenous Australia at NAIDOC Week.
What's on at Kakadu?
Kakadu Bird Week
25 September – 2 October 2021
Join Bininj/Mungguy, rangers and local birding specialists to celebrate the Top End’s diverse birdlife during Kakadu Bird Week.
Taste of Kakadu
28-30 May 2021
Kakadu National Park is hosting Australia's premier Aboriginal food festival again in 2021. Indigenous chefs working with traditional owners to celebrate the foods which have sustained Kakadu's people for thousands of years.
World Wetlands Day
2 February every year
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year to raise global awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet.
Mahbilil Festival
30 August – 1 September 2019
It’s Kurrung season in Kakadu, the days are warm, but the nights are cool, and the magpie geese are on the move and the late afternoon breeze brings with it music, arts and the smell of bush foods cooking on the coals... it’s time for Mahbilil Festival in Jabiru.
NAIDOC Week
July
Our wonderful rangers host lots of guided activities all week long to celebrate NAIDOC Week each year.
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