Bamurru Plains
People & Purpose
At Bamurru Plains, a luxury wilderness camp located on a 300 sq km concession at the edge of the Mary River floodplain and World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, the team aims to highlight the diversity of Australia’s uniquely specialised ecosystems. View case study
“We’re acutely aware of the sensitivity of the wetlands and coastal habitats, so the lodge’s presence in their midst, by necessity, must be low impact and in tune with the surrounding environment,”
CHARLIE CARLOW, FOUNDER
While the popular perception of the Australian Outback conjures images of red earth and arid lands, the far north of Australia presents a strikingly different version of ‘Outback’: one of vivid green and flooded plains stretching to the horizon.
Defined by the seasonal extremes of the tropical monsoon, the wetlands and woodlands of the Mary River region form one of Australia’s richest and most important ecosystems, home to 236 species of birds and a huge diversity of flora and fauna, including the highest concentration of estuarine crocodiles in the world.
At Bamurru Plains, a luxury wilderness camp located on a 300 sq km concession at the edge of the Mary River floodplain and World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, the team aims to highlight the diversity of Australia’s uniquely specialised ecosystems.
“The construction of the safari lodge affords guests an immersive, up-close-and-personal interaction with the environment – while still enjoying a high degree of comfort,”
CHARLIE CARLOW, FOUNDER
Consisting of just twelve bungalows in addition to the main safari lodge, Bamurru Plains makes minimal impact on the natural environment. Each suite blends with the surrounding bush and is shaded by native woodland and pandanus trees.
Elevated on poles above the floodplain, with overhead fans and mesh walls on three sides to maximise breeze flow, the bungalows don’t need air conditioning (though it is available at extra cost in three of the suites). The mesh walls allow guests to see out, but no-one else to see in. And without the intrusion of generator noise, agile wallabies and buffalo have nothing to fear and approach so close to the bungalows that guests can almost touch them through the walls. Often, a morning wake-up call is the thump of a wallaby tail outside your door!
An array of 240 solar panels provides around 75 per cent of the lodge’s power, which reduces both the carbon footprint and noise that could disrupt wildlife.
BAMURRU PLAINS CONSERVATION EXPERIENCES
OUR LITTLE WHITE BOOK
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