Best Family Activities in Darwin: Crocosaurus Cove, the Museum and Territory Wildlife Park

Darwin provides outstanding family-friendly wildlife and cultural experiences shaped by its tropical location and the extraordinary wildlife of the Top End, with some of Australia's most dramatic animal encounters available in or near the city. Crocosaurus Cove on Mitchell Street in the CBD is Darwin's most visited family attraction, a reptile park housing some of Australia's largest saltwater crocodiles with the Cage of Death experience (a clear acrylic enclosure lowered into the crocodile pool) available for visitors. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) on Conacher Street in Fannie Bay houses an internationally significant First Nations art collection, the remarkable Cyclone Tracy exhibit documenting the 1974 Christmas Day disaster that destroyed Darwin, and a natural history collection covering Top End species. Territory Wildlife Park at Berry Springs, 60 km south of Darwin, is one of Australia's finest natural habitat wildlife parks, housing bilbies, quolls, flying foxes, freshwater crocodiles and a walk-through aviary in a 400-hectare bushland setting. The Darwin Waterfront Precinct Wave Pool provides safe family swimming. The Darwin Aviation Museum at Darwin Airport has WWII aircraft and exhibition relating to the 1942 Japanese bombing of Darwin. Litchfield National Park's swimming holes are accessible as a family day trip.