At Intrepid Travel we exist to inspire, create, share and lead the best travel experiences ever – for both people and the planet. More than 36 years later, we’re proud to be a certified B Corp with hundreds of trips in over 100 countries.

We are Intrepid

The world needs more Intrepid people

Bamarru Plains is an all-inclusive Australian safari camp in the Northern Territory's tropical Top End, where guests experience some of Australia's most spectacular wildlife and birdlife. Set across more than 300 square kilometres of pristine floodplains and savanna woodland on the edge of Kakadu National Park, this exclusive, off-grid destination features just twelve guest lodgings, offering an intimate wilderness experience for our guests.

The Chance

Bamarru Plains caters up to 30 guests, and we are looking for a highly talented and passionate Lodge Manager to oversee all aspects of the daily operations. You’ll manage and refine the day-to-day, ensuring every guest receives the ‘Intrepid Experience.’ You’ll collaborate with all functions from front-of-house service to behind-the-scenes logistics to ensure everything is operating efficiently and effectively, while keeping a sharp eye on revenue, cost control, and market positioning.

This is more than just a management role - it’s about bringing the lodge to life, embodying our values and setting the tone for an unforgettable guest experience. Whether it’s fine-tuning operations, mentoring your team, or implementing new ways to enhance our services, you’ll be the driving force behind Bamarru’s success as a luxury lodge, and it’s subsequent growth.

This is a full time role based on site at Bamarru Plains, offering free on-site accommodation, meals and other fantastic benefits!

We’d love to hear from you if you:

- Have proven work experience as a Hotel Manager in luxury accommodation
- Proven ability to manage guest experience and optimise operational performance




- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Good business analytics and financial management skills within a hospitality setting
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise and negotiate

You’ll be a natural communicator and support your team and staff around you, but most importantly you’ll align with our core values of integrity, innovation, fun, passion, growth, and responsibility.

Our people reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we visit:

Intrepid is made up of 71 nationalities in over 30 countries, and we recognise that diversity makes us a stronger business. We support a culture where people can be themselves and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Including First Nations People, LGBTQI+ people, those living with a disability, or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and all people from different ethnicities, races, and religions.

Rewarding and developing our people is important to us, some of our work perks include:

- Free on site accommodation in our manager's house
- A free Intrepid trip every year, plus generous discounts for families, and close friends
- 5 extra days of leave a year for use on Intrepid trips
- A minimum of10 weekspaid parental leave for all parents, and other additional leave provisions.
- Access to e-learning platforms, professionaldevelopmentand mentor programs
- 20 hours of volunteer leave every year to use on causes most important to you
- Employee Assistance Program, a 24/7 service that offers counselling for you and your family

We are Real. Together. Ambitious. Impactful. These are our values and to us they're more than just words, they are the pillars of our success and every day it's our people and the work they do that bring them to life.

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📌 Lodge Manager (Darwin)
🏢 Intrepid Travel
📍 Darwin