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Darwins Barra Base Safari Info

A Darwin's Barra Base Safari is an exciting adventure chasing the mighty Barramundi and other fighting fish in the NT wilderness.


On Safari with Darwins Barra Base Boats
Darwins Barra Base Safaris with 3 Great Boats

Darwins Barra Base prides itself in giving you and your friends the adventure of a lifetime.  We will take you to remote locations and to great fishing areas within pristine waters that will have your arms aching during the tremendous fights with the possibility of multiple hook ups.

Our rates include first night accommodation at Darwins Barra Base for repeat business groups and new groups of 4 or more, otherwise it's at normal room rates.
All meals on safari, remote lodge accommodation, packaging of your fish for flights home, and pre purchase of your alcohol at your expense prior to arrival.

 

Darwins Barra Base operates three custom built guide boats:

  1. 7.5m Mono-Hull with a 250 HP Suzuki motor with a 30 HP Suzuki Auxillary motor.

  2. 6.8m NT  surveyed comfortable GS Marine Hydracraft with 200 HP 4 stroke Suzuki Motor.

  3.  5.8m NT  surveyed comfortable GS Marine Hydracraft with 140 HP 4 stroke Suzuki Motor.

All motors are 4 strokes for quiet fuel vapour free motoring.

These vessels are spacious and comfortable with padded swivel seats and canopies for shade, with deep venturi live well tanks for holding your fish alive for that group fish photo. They also have large 123lt Downunder Eskies under the cast deck to put your fish keepers on ice.

Barra Botel floating accommodation

And to max out your fishing experience, we have the Barra Botel available for six full days on the Mary River.
Check available dates for 2011

Read the Fishing World Report written by Mick Fletoridid after a day at Corroboree Billabong with two of the Darwin's Barra Base boats.

Our Fishing Safari Guides have extensive knowledge of the fishing localities and their waters and will demonstrate great local knowledge to ensure that your group will be at the right place at the right time for that trophy fish that you have dreamed of.  Our guides work as a team when working the remote localities to ensure best coverage and knowledge is used to ensure greater catch percentages, as well as safety and security of each other, whilst on the water.
Our Safari experiences have you fishing the pristine run off waters of the Mary River System that flows into Chambers Bay.  Flora and fauna at this time of year is breathtaking, and the birdlife is phenomenal.  You will experience crocodiles in their own habitat and where pigs roam wild and water buffaloes converge on the edges of the floodplains.

The fishing experience not only covers Barramundi, but also Golden Snapper, Threadfin Salmon over a metre, and don’t forget the awesome pulling power of the Black Jewfish.
Jabiru

Click here for more details on an extended
2011 Barra Run Off Safari
.


So once you have booked, don’t forget to bring your hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, camera/video, good sense of humor and five good jokes each.

Esturine Crocodile
Esturine Crocodile
Shady Camp Billabong
Shady Camp Billabong
Darwins Barra Base Home Contact Information;

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Thank You

FREE CALL: 1800 777 420

mail : 2 Todd Crescent Malak NT 0812
phone: +61 8 8945 0376
fax : +61 8 8945 0379
email: Click here to email Darwin's Barra Base.

Catch metre-plus barramundi
Darwin Barramundi

Safari Specials

Book Now
June to Nov 2010
Great Bluewater Safaris chasing Barra, Pelagics and Sailfish.
call Heather now on
1800 777 420
for the best times still available.
Click here for full contact details

Video of barramundi fishing with Mark Berg on a Darwins Barra Base Safari
Barra Run Off Fishing Video



Professional Video
of your Safari

Video of barramundi fishing by Charlie Micallef
Barra Safari Video

Long time fisherman and media professional, Charlie Micallef is available to produce a top quality video recording of your fishing adventures in the NT.
Details here...



2011 Barra Run Off Safaris

May 2010

Booking seats now will avoid missing a place on a 2011 Barra Run Off Safari with Darwins Barra base. Now three great purpose built boats allows more people to experience the fantastic barramundi fishing available during the February to May Barra Run Off season in the Northern Territory.read more...

Latest News

Barra & Sailfish Safari

Jan 31st 2010

Mark Berg Fishing TV Show to be filmed over 3 Day Safari 23-25 June 2010. This will be aired on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel across Australia. Be part of the action, we are taking bookings now for a group of 4 persons on the second boat. Full Safari Start dates here..
Call us on (08) 89450376

Barra Mothership Safari

Mary River Mothership

2011 Run Off

The ultimate Barra Fishing Safari, based on a Mothership at the mouth of the Mary River, provides 5 OR 6 days of fishing most people only dream about. Read more...

Allan and Heather Beale

Your hosts – Heather and Allan Beale have lived in Darwin for over two decades. They know the Territory and pride themselves on making every visitor feel a special part of their family.