Permit System

The Director of National Parks uses a permit system to help regulate some activities within Kakadu. Permits aim to achieve several objective, some are related to health and safety such as:

• maximise park visitor safety
• encourage responsible behaviour in the park
• ensure that commercial and other park users are accountable for their actions
• separate potentially conflicting activities.

The attached application form provides details on the conditions that need to be met in order run a commercial land based tour in Kakdu. Safety considerations are included through out the application documentation, including information such as:

• Specifying that activities will not endanger public safety
• Ensuring guides must receive training that covers visitor safety
• Ensuring the safety responsibilities of the permittees are well understood
• Ensuring that guides are educated and tested about crocodile safety.

Please look through the linked application to see all the information required: https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/975ba977-1c51-43cc-9508-ac700f15c2ec/files/knp-application-commercial-land-based-tours-2020.pdf

or https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/a88a4ed9-90fc-4f43-8510-54abd0411f2a/files/parks-australia-permit-guidelines-web.pdf

Permits in Kakadu are not limited to tourism: https://parksaustralia.gov.au/kakadu/plan/permits/

Code of Conduct

Please also look through the linked code of conduct to see how legislation can be practically applied: http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/tourism/kakadu/operating/pdf/code.pdf