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Top Didj Cultural Experience Tour

Top Didj Cultural Experience Tour

Highlights

  • Learn more about Aboriginal culture from artist, Elder and Traditional Owner Manuel Pamkal
  • Create your own artwork during a Rarrk painting class
  • Enjoy a fire lighting and spear throwing session

Feel enriched and uplifted after this once in a lifetime experience with Top End Aboriginal artist Manuel Pamkal. Gain greater insight into his culture during his story telling, create your own artwork during a Rarrk painting class and enjoy a fire lighting and spear throwing session.

What's Included?

  • Cultural experience with Manuel Pamkal
  • Painting style demonstration
  • Take home your own artwork
  • Fire lighting
  • Spear throwing

Situated at Top Didj & Art Gallery just outside of Katherine, this Cultural Experience gives you the unique opportunity to interact with Top End Aboriginal artist, Elder and Traditional Owner Manuel Pamkal. After he plays a traditional welcoming tune on the didgeridoo, gain insight into his culture as you discuss traditions from tribal life, language, his own family tree and Aboriginal contemporary life. Manuel will then teach you the technique of Rarrk painting before you pick up a brush and paint your own artwork to take home as a souvenir. Following this, you'll have the opportunity to participate in the ancient craft of lighting a fire by rubbing two extraordinary sticks together, as well as a spear throwing session. After the hands-on activities, feel free to look through the Aboriginal Art Gallery and mingle with the resident joey wallabies that tend to hang around.

Session Length

  • Please allow 2-2.5 hours for this experience
  • Available Tuesday-Sunday, from May to October at 9:30am and 2:30pm

Guidelines

Bookings are essential.

Cancellation

  • Full refund for all cancellations made more than 72 hours prior to arrival
  • 50% payable for all cancellations between 72 - 48 hours prior to arrival
  • 100% payable for all cancellations less than 48 hours prior to arrival

      Weather

      The Cultural Experience takes place inside, in the comfort of air-conditioning and fans. Only the spear throwing happens outside.

      Other Info

      Image credit: Tourism NT and Shaana McNaught.

      This experience takes place in Katherine, NT.

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