Start from 40 curated places around Darwin, AU, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Hanuman
Jimmy Shu's Thai-Nonya-Indian fusion has been the city's special-occasion restaurant for three decades — soft-shell crab, oysters Hanuman and a barramundi curry that locals order without looking at the menu.
PeeWees at the Point
Sit-on-the-sand-under-the-monsoon-trees fine dining at East Point — the city's most romantic table, with Top End barramundi, mud crab and local oysters served as the wallabies graze the lawn behind you.
Trails & outdoors
East Point Reserve Coastal Path
Flat 5km loop around the East Point headland on sealed shared path — mangrove boardwalks, monsoon forest, WWII bunkers and a wallaby population that comes out at dusk on the lawns.
Charles Darwin National Park
Quiet bush park 10 minutes from the CBD on the mangrove-fringed Frances Bay — mountain bike trails, a WWII ammunition bunker walk and a clifftop lookout straight back across the harbour to the city skyline.
Things to do
Crocosaurus Cove
CBD croc park built around the Cage of Death — a clear acrylic cylinder lowered into a 5-metre saltie's tank — plus the world's largest reptile display, a barramundi pool you can hand-feed and twice-daily croc feedings.
Deckchair Cinema
Open-air deckchair cinema on the Waterfront foreshore showing arthouse, world and Australian films — bring a cushion, buy a curry from the food stall, watch the stars over the harbour while the film plays.
Landmarks & sights
Darwin Waterfront Precinct
Reclaimed wharf district with a stinger-free saltwater lagoon, wave pool, boardwalk and restaurants — the only place locals swim in the harbour without thinking about box jellyfish or crocs. Built on the old WWII fuel-tank site.
George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
42 hectares running from the escarpment down toward Mindil Beach, planted with monsoon rainforest, baobabs and one of the world's best palm and cycad collections. Free, shaded, and the quickest way to understand Top End vegetation.