bringing my waterproof camera with me, a silly mistake. From this spot I had about 100 meters of swimming to do until I hit a large amount of rocks. Climbing over the rocks you get to the main splash pool of Jim-Jim falls, which is still enormous. This massive lake is in shadows nearly constantly due to the sheer 200m+ cliffs surrounding 3/4 of it, and is remarkably cold because of that. I swam in and after several minutes and probably another 50m+ of swimming, I had reached the base of Jim-Jim Falls. I and one other guy on the tour were the only ones to make it this far, we had the spot to ourselves. There was still a mist of water coming down from 200 meters above. The others missed out -- out of all the places I've swam, this spot, right at the base of the falls, looking straight up at rock on nearly all sides was the most staggering spot I've ever swam in. I simply lay on my back and enjoyed the sight for at least 10 minutes. Then I started getting really cold so I headed back to my towel, the sun, and the rest of the group. After relaxing in the sun for a while, our day was mostly done. We hiked back to the bus, had our lunch and made our way back to Darwin. I had been skeptical about these falls before getting to them. I've seen a LOT of waterfalls