Australia
Limmen National Park
Sandstone towers form empty lanes above rivers and hundreds of kilometres of rough Gulf road.
Sandstone towers crowd together like walls and lanes above the Gulf savannah. Beyond them, rivers, woodland and hundreds of kilometres of rough approach road make Limmen a journey rather than a roadside stop.
Limmen National Park protects a large, remote landscape of sandstone formations, rivers and savannah. The Southern and Western Lost Cities raise weathered sandstone towers above the woodland, while the Roper, Towns and Limmen Bight rivers draw barramundi anglers on an annual pilgrimage. The reward is tower country you may have entirely to yourself and rivers whose only traffic is a handful of boats.
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Solo
Stand among the Southern Lost City towers at first light, the savannah silent between the spires.
Couple
A self-sufficient four-wheel-drive circuit links the Lost Cities with river country along the Gulf track.
Friends
Split the trip's rhythms as a crew: tower fields one day, a barramundi river camp the next.
- A walking route threads the Southern Lost City's eroded sandstone towers.
- The Roper, Towns and Limmen Bight rivers make this celebrated barramundi water.
- The Western Lost City rewards a high-clearance 4WD approach deeper into the park.
- Remote travel here requires self-sufficiency, careful fuel planning and crocodile awareness near waterways.
Limmen is barramundi water: the Roper, Towns and Limmen Bight rivers make it an annual pilgrimage for anglers.
Beyond your own catch, the Gulf track feeds you from your own stores.
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