GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #39 | Page 47

YELLOW WATERS REGION The Yellow Waters region, which includes Cooinda, is 20km further. Cooinda Lodge includes a caravan park that can get very crowded during the height of the season with its swimming pool, restaurants and Yellow Waters Cruises. Jabiru at Yellow Water. A quieter bush-camping option (with facilities) is Mardugal, 6km further. Yellow Waters Cruises is named for the colour of the water at sunset, perhaps the best time to do the cruise. It really is not to be missed. If you have a 4WD, you can access the Jim Jim and Twin Falls region from Cooinda (60km one-way from Kakadu Highway), or you can camp at Garnamarr with a tent or offroad camper trailer. Twin Falls is closed through 2020 for upgrades, but Jim Jim is a perfectly rewarding experience all on its own. If you are lucky enough to camp at Garnamarr, you simply travel along a sandy 4WD track for 10km to the Jim Jim parking area, and then scramble over rocks along a path to the falls and a plunge pool (swim at your own risk). Scenery at Jim Jim Falls. Garnamarr Campground.