The Darwin City Guides answer the questions every Top End visitor has: where to find the weekend laksa, where it is actually safe to swim, which beach gives the best sunset and how to reach Litchfield’s waterfalls and Kakadu’s rock art in a day. Each guide is a short, honest list with the reason to go, what to order or do and one practical tip for every place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Darwin City Guides
- 148 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Darwin guides
Food guide
25 places
Weekend market laksa, Asian kitchens away from the strip, seafood on the wharf, sunset club lawns and the pies and gelato locals queue for.
Things to do guide
25 places
Free museums, the wartime story of Darwin, crocodiles, jetties at sunset and a plan for hot wet-season days.
Family guide
26 places
Free water parks and lifeguarded lagoons, crocodile feeding, lawns where kids run while you eat and indoor options for storm days.
Nightlife guide
24 places
Harbour sunsets with a drink, CBD cocktail rooms, live music, local beer and the late pubs of Mitchell Street.
Day trips guide
24 places
Litchfield’s waterfalls, wetland cruises among crocodiles, Kakadu rock art and wildlife, with honest Wet-season warnings.
Budget guide
24 places
Free museums, safe swims that cost nothing, Saturday market laksa, cheap pies and sunsets on a small budget.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Crustaceans on the Wharf
Stokes Hill Wharf, city centre
Darwin’s classic seafood night on a timber deck over the working wharf: barramundi, chilli mud crab and prawns. Ask for an outside table, where the evening breeze does the cooling. From the food guide.
Mindil Beach
The Gardens, 10 min by taxi
The beach where Darwin gathers, drink in hand, to watch the sky turn red and orange over the Arafura Sea. It is for watching, not swimming: stingers and crocodiles are here in the wet season. From the things to do guide.
Wangi Falls
About 1 hr 45 min south-west
Litchfield’s best-known waterfall: two streams falling into a wide pool ringed by rainforest, with a café and a grassy picnic area. In the Wet the pool often closes to swimmers, so check before you drive. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Darwin
Day one: start early at the Waterfront, swim in the Recreation Lagoon, walk Bicentennial Park and finish with sunset and seafood at Mindil Beach or Stokes Hill Wharf. Day two: hire a car for Litchfield’s waterfalls or a crocodile cruise on the Adelaide River, then a drink on the Fannie Bay lawns. For a stormy or slow day, mix the free museums, the WWII oil tunnels and a laksa at Parap Village Markets.
Questions about the Darwin guides
What do the Darwin City Guides include?
Six guides with 148 places altogether: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For every place you get why it is worth it, the area, notes on opening times and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order page as soon as the payment goes through and arrive in your order email too. They open in any browser on a phone or laptop, with no app or account.
Can I use the guides offline in Darwin?
Yes. Open each guide once while connected and it keeps working without signal, ticks and notes included. Map links need mobile data.
What languages are the guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Darwin guides cost?
One guide costs A$7.99, two cost A$14.99, four cost A$25.99 and all six cost A$32.99.
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