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Edith Falls

Edith Falls — known by its Jawoyn name Leliyn — is a series of cascading waterfalls and natural swimming pools on the Edith River within Nitmiluk National Park, roughly 60 kilometres north of Katherine in the Northern Territory. The falls drop between 8.

7 and 12 metres from an elevation of 176 metres above sea level, tumbling into paperbark- and pandanus-fringed plunge pools that remain refreshingly cool year-round.

Visitors can swim in the lower pool at the base of the falls or hike to upper pools along the escarpment. The site also serves as the southern terminus of the 66-kilometre Jatbula Trail, which links Edith Falls to Katherine Gorge.

The land is under the traditional custodianship of the Jawoyn people.


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