https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/competitions/2025/12/win-the-ultimate-kakadu-adventure/Win the ultimate Kakadu adventure!
Enter now for your chance to win an incredible Kakadu adventure.
Australian Geographic is partnering with Kakadu Tourism to give away the ultimate holiday to UNESCO World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park, valued at over $5000!
This is your chance to immerse yourself in the oldest Indigenous culture in the world; to not only see but feel the spirit of Kakadu. With spectacular vistas, rugged escarpments, lush rainforest, abundant wildlife and rock art galleries up to 20,000 years old, Kakadu will quite simply take your breath away.
Stay two nights at the Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru, famously shaped like a crocodile and perfectly placed to explore ancient rock art and dramatic scenery. Then enjoy two nights at Cooinda Lodge’s Outback Retreat Plus, surrounded by wetlands, star-filled skies and warm Territory hospitality.
Your adventure continues with a Yellow Water Cruise for two. This is one of Kakadu’s signature wildlife experiences, where you will have the chance to spot crocodiles and birdlife. You will also have the chance to take a 60-minute Kakadu Air scenic flight, soaring above waterfalls, rugged escarpments and vast floodplains.
To help you explore Kakadu with ease, you’ll enjoy 5 days of Prado car hire with Adventure Rentals, giving you the freedom to roam the region’s most spectacular sites at your own pace.
This is your chance to experience one of Australia’s most extraordinary landscapes.
Glamping in style at Cooinda
Toyota Prado from
Adventure Rentals
Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel
What’s included
2 nights Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in a Courtyard Queen with breakfast daily for 2 people
2 nights Cooinda Lodge in Outback Retreat Plus with Breakfast for 2
Yellow Water Cruise for 2
60 minute Kakadu Air Scenic flight for 2
5 days Prado (or similar) car hire with Adventure Rentals
To enter: Fill in the form below and tell us in 25 words or less:
What excites you most about exploring Kakadu?
Enter now to win the ultimate Kakadu Adventure!
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GAME OF SKILL
Promoter Australian Geographic Holdings Pty Ltd ABN 12 624 547 922
Competition Win the Ultimate Kakadu Adventure
Entrants Australian residents aged 18 years and over.
Exclusions Employees of Promoter and the suppliers and agencies associated with this Competition, and the immediate family of all such employees and any person involved in the management of any organisation which will benefit from the Competition.
Entry Period Starts at 00:01 hours AEST on Friday 5th December 2025 and ends at 23:59 hours AEST on Monday 5th January 2025
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(a) log on to [insert URL] (“Website”);
(b) fill in all the required data fields on the entry form; and
(c) answer the following question in 25 words or less:” What excites you most about exploring Kakadu?”.
Limit One (1) entry per person.
Judging Criteria Originality and creativity
Prize Determination 11:01 hours AEST on Friday 9th January 2026 at the offices of the Promoter.
Notification By email by Friday 23rd January 2026
Claim Period Within 2 weeks from the date of Notification
Unclaimed Prize Determination 11:01 hours AEST on 2nd February 2026 at the offices of the Promoter
The Unclaimed Prize Winner will be notified by telephone and in writing via email or SMS (depending on the method of entry) within 14 Days of the Unclaimed Prize Determination.
Prize • 2 nights Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in a Courtyard Queen
• Breakfast daily for 2 people
• 2 nights Cooinda Lodge in Outback Retreat Plus with Breakfast for 2
• Yellow Water Cruise for 2
• 60 minute Kakadu Air Scenic flight for 2
• 5 days Prado (or similar) car hire with Adventure Rentals
Total Prize Value $5179
Prize Conditions
1. In order to receive the Prize, the Winner must have provided the Promoter with a valid email address at Entry.
2. Prize is redeemable directly with Kakadu Tourism. Please allow 5 working days for your booking to be confirmed.
3. Prize is valid for travel Prize is valid for travel 15 January 2026 – 31 May, 2026 and 01 September 2026 - 31 March, 2027 subject to availability.
4. Any additional expenses incurred will be the responsibility of the prize winner including but not limited to spending money, gratuities, services charges, items of a personal nature, in-room charges, travel insurance, pre and post accommodation, optional activities or excursions, and all other ancillary costs.
5. If for any reason, once the prize has been booked, you do not take the prize or an element of the prize at the time stipulated, then the prize or that element of the prize will be forfeited and will not be redeemable for cash.
6. non NT residents will need to purchase a parks pass
7. Car Hire Terms & Conditions:
8. Included in the Toyota Prado 4WD (CAR ONLY):
• Unlimited kilometres
• Free additional driver (aged 25+)
• 24-hour Roadside Assist
• 40L car fridge
• Table and 2 chairs
• 180° ECO Side Shade Awning, ropes & pegs
• 110L – 150L Fuel Tank
• 1 spare tyre & 4WD Recovery kit
• Air compressor
• Fire extinguisher
• First aid kit + Emergency Locator Beacon
• Other items not included in daily hire rates that can be added for an extra fee include satellite phone and child/infant car seats.
• If you plan to have more than 2 travellers, please let us know the exact amount so we can ensure enough camp chairs are added into the vehicle (if required).
• You need to be 25 years or older to hire/drive our vehicles with a full drivers licence.
• Pick up/return to Darwin depot only
• Need to stick to gazetted roads and tracks
9. FLIGHTS NOT INCLUDED
1. General
1.2 The promoter of the Competition is the Promoter.
1.3 By entering this Competition, Entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these Terms and Conditions.
2. Eligibility
2.1 Entry is open only to the Entrants, excluding the Exclusions.
2.2 This Competition will be conducted during the Entry Period. Entries must be received by the Promoter during the Entry Period. Entries received after the Entry Period will not count towards the Competition. The Promoter is not responsible for any late, lost or misdirected entries.
3. Entry
3.1 To enter this Competition, Entrants must complete the Entry, subject to the Limit.
3.2 Entry to this Competition via the Website is free.
3.3 Entrants must personally and manually submit an Entry using an internet browser. The Promoter reserves the right to reject an Entry if it reasonably forms the opinion that an Entry has been created and/or submitted using automated entry means or a computer entry service.
3.4 To be eligible to win a prize in this Competition, an Entry must not:
(a) infringe the intellectual property or other rights of a third party;
(b) be incomplete or illegible; or
(c) be unlawful, defamatory, abusive, insulting, threatening, obscene, inflammatory, offensive or otherwise contain content which, in the Promoter’s sole discretion, is inappropriate or objectionable.
3.5 The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of an Entry and to disqualify an Entrant for tampering with the entry process or for submitting an Entry that does not, in the Promoter’s sole discretion, comply with these Terms and Conditions.
3.6 All Entries become the property of the Promoter.
4. Judging
4.1 This Competition is a game of skill, and chance plays no part in determining the winner. All entries will be judged individually on their merits based on the Judging Criteria.
4.2 Judging will take place at the Prize Determination. Entries will be judged by a panel of judges appointed by the Promoter.
4.3 The Entrant who submits the best Entry (as determined by the judges) will win the Prize(s) (Winner). The judges’ decision is final, and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.
5. Winners
5.1 The Winner will be notified in accordance with the Notification.
5.2 The Winner must claim the Prize within the Claim Period. The Promoter will not be responsible for any delay, loss or damage to the Prize once it has left the Promoter’s or supplier’s premises.
5.3 If the Winner is under 18 years of age, the Prize will be awarded to the parent or legal guardian of the Winner.
5.4 If the Winner is unable to comply with these Terms and Conditions and/or does not claim the Prize within the Claim Period, the Promoter reserves the right to award the Prize to the Entrant with the next best Entry (Unclaimed Prize Winner), as determined by the judges at the Unclaimed Prize Determination.
6. Prizes
6.1 The prize consists of the Prize, valued at the Total Prize Value.
6.2 The Winner’s use of the Prize is subject to:
(a) the Prize Conditions; and
(b) additional terms and conditions imposed by the supplier(s) of the Prize (if any), with which the Winner must comply.
6.3 The Prize is not transferable and not redeemable for cash or other goods or services. The Prize must be taken as a whole and as stated in these Terms and Conditions. No alternative will be provided and no compensation will be payable if the Winner is unable to use the Prize as such.
6.4 The value of the Prizes is the recommended retail price as provided by the supplier (inclusive of GST) and is correct as at the start of the Competition.
6.5 If the Prize becomes unavailable for any reason, the Promoter, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a prize of equal or greater value and/or specification.
7. If the Prize money payable to the Winner exceeds $5,000, it must be paid by electronic funds transfer or as otherwise agreed (other than in cash).
8. Disputes
8.1 These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. In case of a dispute, the courts of New South Wales, Australia will have non-exclusive jurisdiction.
9. Your information
9.1 If an Entrant’s contact details changes between the date of entry and the Unclaimed Prize Determination, the Entrant must notify the Promoter of his/her updated contact details.
9.2 The Promoter is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Entrants’ personal information will be collected by or on behalf of the Promoter to enable it to conduct the Competition, publicise the name of the Winners and where Entrants have consented to the receipt of such information, send Entrants marketing, advertising and promotional material.
9.3 Entrants’ personal information may be disclosed to third parties who assist the Promoter in conducting this Competition, including regulatory authorities, entities which supply and deliver the Prizes to the Winners, and marketing and communications agencies.
9.4 The Winners’ names will be published and retained as required by relevant legislation and as specified in these Terms and Conditions.
9.5 Entrants can contact the Promoter by email at
digital@australiangeographic.com to request access to, or corrections of, the Entrant’s personal information held by the Promoter.
9.6 The Winner consents to the Promoter’s use of the Winner’s name, likeness, image, picture, voice, statements, testimonials or quotations for promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide, without any fee being paid to the Winner.
10. Risk and liability
10.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Winner participates in this Competition, and uses the Prize, at his or her own risk.
10.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Promoter, its related bodies corporate and the suppliers, agencies and other companies involved in this Competition assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, or loss or damage to data.
10.3 If this Competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason (including as a result of technical failures, fraud or causes beyond the Promoter’s control), the Promoter may, in its sole discretion, cancel, suspend or change the Competition and re-commence it on similar terms, subject to any directions by regulatory authorities.
10.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Promoter, its related bodies corporate and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents exclude liability for all loss (including loss of data, unauthorised access to data and consequential loss), damage, expenses, death or personal injury suffered or incurred arising out of, or in connection with, this Competition (including in relation to the Winner’s participation in this Competition and use of the Prize).
10.5 These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales.
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