Week 5: (Part 4) Cutta Cutta Caves
On Friday 29 July we left Mataranka and made the short journey north to Cutta Cutta Caves. They are only around 80km from Mataranka and 20km from Katherine. There is only 1 cave they tour in, Cutta Cutta Cave, but the cave takes you 30m below the surface and 240m deep.
The cave is home to a number of rare species of animals including Ghost Bats and Brown Tree Snakes. We were lucky enough to see 3 Brown Tree Snakes on our tour including one which was slithering 4m above us on a rock wall. The caves themselves are quite beautiful and there are a number of amazing formations.
The tour lasted around 2 hours and then we left and headed for Katherine for supplies and then onto Katherine Gorge where we stayed 2 nights.