Nourlangie Rock Art & Anbangbang Walk
Walk the Nourlangie Rock Art circuit — the most accessible and extensive rock art site in Kakadu — featuring the iconic Namarrgon (Lightning Man) painting and the sacred Anbangbang Billabong below.
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Nourlangie Car Park
Nourlangie (Burrunggui) is the most visited rock art site in Kakadu — the sandstone outlier rises dramatically from the floodplain and has been a significant Bininj site for tens of thousands of years.
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Anbangbang Gallery
The Anbangbang Gallery contains some of the finest paintings in Kakadu — the Namarrgon (Lightning Man) painting with lightning bolts connecting his elbows, knees, and head is the most recognised image of Aboriginal art from the Top End.
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Namarrgon Lightning Man
Namarrgon is responsible for the violent lightning storms of the wet season — Bininj people living in the shelter below this painting would have watched the lightning man walk across the sky each afternoon during the build-up to the wet.
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Anbangbang Billabong
Anbangbang Billabong below the rock art site is a spectacular wildlife location — lotus flowers, magpie geese, and the occasional saltwater crocodile use the billabong, which fills dramatically during the wet season.
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Gunwarddehwardde Lookout
The Gunwarddehwardde Lookout above Nourlangie gives a panoramic view of the Kakadu landscape — the sandstone escarpment stretching north toward Arnhem Land forms the most ancient exposed rock surface in the world.
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Nawurlandja Lookout
The Nawurlandja Lookout provides the best elevated view of Nourlangie itself — the massive sandstone outlier rising from the woodland, with the rock art shelters visible at its base, shows why this was a sacred site for so many millennia.