Go With a Qualified Guide
If you are contemplating a guided wildlife tour in the Top End, please be assured that the Northern Territory Government has high standards in place for professional guides. This ensues not only that our visitors will have amazing wildlife encounters, but also that they are kept safe, and that tours are conducted ethically and responsibly.
Operators are required to have the following minimum qualifications and current documentation:-
- Parks and Wildlife NT Tour Operator License to guide in any national park in the NT (excluding Kakadu and Uluru) Must hold certificate of currency for $10,000,000 public liability insurance
- Kakadu Tour Operator License to guide in Kakadu and Uluru National Parks (adminstered by Parks Australia) Must hold certificate of currency for $20,000,000 public liability insurance
- To have completed the Kakadu Knowledge for Tour Guides - SITTGDE009A (Charles Darwin University)
- Must have an 'h' endorsement on drivers license, or equivalent in another state.
- Must use a 'TV' (Tour Vehicle) plated vehicle
If you are travelling with a guide who does not have these minimum qualifications, you are at risk, no matter the guide's birding skills!
The above does not apply to volunteer guides who are not receiving any renumeration for their services.
Fully Accredited Tour Companies in the Top ENd
Tour companies in the Northern Territory who comply with these requirements are Experience the Wild, NT Bird Specialists, Mick Jerram, Ethical Adventures, Offroad Dreaming and SugarBag Safaris
Our Accreditations
- Kakadu Tour Operator License - Permit No CK 998
- Kakadu Knowledge for Tour Guides - SITTGDE009A Interpret Aspects of Local Australian Indigenous Culture
- Avi-tourism RTD2126A Recognise Animals, SITTIND001A Develop and Update Tourism Industry Knowledge, SITXOHS001B Follow Health Safety and Security Procedures
- Parks and Wildlife NT Tour Operator License - Permit No 956
- Tour Vehicle License - No 3230 - Vehicle Reg. TV53E
- Commercial Passenger Vehicle Operator's Accreditation- No 3503
- 'h' endorsement on drivers license
- First Aid - HLTAID001 CPR, HLTAID002 Basic Emergency Life Support, HLTAID003 Provide First Aid
- Certificate of Registration as a Food Business - Reg No 04875DU
- Certificate IV Tourism (Guiding) NT - SIT40107
- Member of Wildlife Tourism Australia
- Fully Insured
