HI.
Has anyone ever stayed in this caravan park?
We have 2 small kids and thought it would be fun to stay a night in this area during our trip so we can go to the wildlife park and swim at berry springs.
Is it nice or are there other recommendations?
Thanks!
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131 helpful votes Years ago my daughter did a school camp there and there were no complaints, they also did a guide camp at Tumbling Waters which is 5 kns further on. It has a lot of room and trees and it looked ok.
There is the Boomerang hotel(also called the Virginia Hotel) and Caravan park at Virginia which is about 10 kms beyond Palmerston on the way to Berry Springs. I recommend the meals at the hotel, need to book for a Friday night meal but it is family friendly. The Berry Springs caravan parks would be the better ones to stay at for children and seeing the sights.
with two little ones i definately recommend the tumbling waters caravan park if you can get in as its very popular, and very family friendly with an array of activities at the park including a pool. check their website, im pretty sure you can book online too. Second option would be the berry springs caravan park called 'the lakes' its ok, has a water slide which is nothing special and the lakes are mainly used by water ski'ers, not really for swimming, another billabong is used for leisurly paddleboating or cannoeing, probably not that suitable if you have little ones, if you have a choice between the two then i definately recommend the tumbling waters caravan park. websites are follows
Thanks.
I've read so many recommendations to swim in Berry springs and see the wildlife park. Is it the lakes that people are talking about or is there another spring or natural pool people are talking about that may be separate from the caravan park?
dont get me wrong, the lakes resort at berry springs is still nice, however, its certainly not tropical with lush green lawns and surrounding palms if thats what youre after, its more natural bush with billabongs, so it depends of course what youre after. What was it that sounded appealing to you and i might be able to help further, perhaps they might be referring to Lake Bennet resort which is about 30kms from berry springs further south from darwin (near batchelor turn off) about 75-80km from darwin. did you check their websites?
and sorry, i forgot to ad... berry springs and territory wildlife park is most definately worth a visit, do allow though a full day for territory wildlife park, its fantastic, theres so much more on offer than the city attractions like crocodile farm and crocodylus park, for more info check these websites...
THanks.
The recommendations I had received said to go to the wildlife park and then during lunch or after take a break and swim at Berry springs.
I had the impression it was really nice but its hard for me to know b/c I"ve never been!
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