The best campgrounds near Ingham, Queensland with a private bathroom

Camping around Ingham is straightforward: over 170 spots with toilets, so you won’t be caught short. Expect grassy sites, shady gums, and easy river access. Many sites welcome pets, allow campfires, and even offer showers—luxury by bush standards. Keen on fishing, hiking, or spotting a platypus at dawn? You’re in the right place. Average price per night sits at $45, but you’ll find options from $25. Top picks include Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds (629 reviews), Mungalla Station (75 reviews), and Country Camping Dam Site (37 reviews). Choose a spot, pack the mozzie spray, and don’t forget your fishing rod.

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Top-rated campgrounds

Camping around Ingham is straightforward: over 170 spots with toilets, so you won’t be caught short. Expect grassy sites, shady gums, and easy river access. Many sites welcome pets, allow campfires, and even offer showers—luxury by bush standards. Keen on fishing, hiking, or spotting a platypus at dawn? You’re in the right place. Average price per night sits at $45, but you’ll find options from $25. Top picks include Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds (629 reviews), Mungalla Station (75 reviews), and Country Camping Dam Site (37 reviews). Choose a spot, pack the mozzie spray, and don’t forget your fishing rod.

88% (877)

Top-rated campgrounds

1. Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

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(1156)

38km from Ingham · 27 sites · Tents, RVs · Mutarnee, QLD

Crystal Creek Campsite is a large camp area with private access to the creek. Large area with plenty of shade. Dog friendly (on a lead). Fires allowed Caretaker Number is 0498 692 998 Stephen. Campers MUST provide car registration details at time of booking and display booking number on their windscreens. Close walk to natural swimming pools which are absolutely picturesque. We offer large shady spots with a few BBQ's, fire pits and amenities. Plenty of fishing and swimming to enjoy. Amenities include hot showers (10 MINS ONLY PLEASE). Access to campsite passes our school so please drive very slowly if your accessing campsite during school hours. Children under 6 stay for free. Do not include them at time of booking. Please read all information, rule and directions (provided once you have a confirmed booking)

2. Mungalla Station

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(125)

10km from Ingham · 20 sites · Tents, RVs · Forrest Beach, QLD

Mungalla Cattle Station Camp (125kms north of Townsville, near Forest Beach) Campers MUST provide car registration details at time of booking.If you have your own tent, van or RV come and camp! Small dogs welcome. Flat sites, suitable for caravans and 2WD. Guests are welcome to use the worker's toilets and showers, though please keep in mind these are very basic if self-contained greywater can be dispersed on the ground.Mungalla Station is a historic cattle station near Ingham in North Queensland. Come and share a unique experience of the culture and history of Mungalla Station and its Aboriginal owners.Guests can meet the Nywaigi Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal traditional owners of the lands around Ingham in North Queensland. Experience our rich culture and history.Explore the property established by James Cassady, who fled the potato famine of Ireland and created a pastoral dynasty. Visit the birthplace of the world-famous Droughtmaster cattle breed, the original homestead, the graves of James Cassady and his son.Children under 6 stay for free. Do not include them at time of booking.We ask campers to please try to arrive before it gets dark. Please read all information provided carefully and only contact your host if absolutely necessary.

3. Crystal Creek Caravan Park

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(59)

36km from Ingham · 59 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Coolbie, QLD

Our beautiful 5-hectare, family-owned caravan park, is located near the renowned and beautiful Crystal Creek in the North Queensland region of Hinchinbrook. A spacious, tropical park, with grassy green gardens and palm trees dotted throughout. Enjoy access to the caravan park's amenities block which includes toilets and showers, a camp kitchen, and a laundry. This park is right across the road from the Paluma National Park, little Crystal Creek, Big Crystal Creek, and numerous natural swimming holes. Right behind the park is a boat ramp, and the beach is 10 minutes away. You will have access to walking tracks, mountain bike trails, bird-watching, swimming, fishing, crabbing... the list is endless!

4. BIG4 Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park

23km from Ingham · 138 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Lucinda, QLD

BIG4 Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park is a nature-lover’s tropical beachside holiday park. Take in the stunning palm trees and birds while you unwind and enjoy all the beauty of the tropical North Queensland coast. Enjoy the best of Lucinda when you stay at Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park. Hike Thorsborne trail, fish the Hinchinbrook Channel, take a walk to the wharf and take in the gorgeous Coral Sea views.

5. Forrest Beach Hotel Caravan Park

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16km from Ingham · 85 sites · Tents, RVs · Allingham, QLD

Nestled between the beach and tropical rainforest, FBH Caravan Park has 52 shady powered Caravan sites and unpowered campsites for up to 200 campers. Watch the sunrise over the Coral Sea and Palm Islands, or go fishing on the 14km of sandy beach, just metres from your caravan. The park has a fully equipped Amenities block, with hot showers, toilets and a coin operated laundry. Unlike most Caravan Parks, there is also a fully licenced Hotel, with Bottleshop, Poker Machines and a beachfront Bar and Bistro, to keep guests entertained.

6. Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

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79km from Ingham · 4 sites · Lodging · Black River, QLD

We are located in the Townsville region, 25 kms from the city centre and only 10 kms to Coles and BWS but close to the coast. The campsite is set on a private 150 acres with 3 swimming dams, portable toilet on site and motorcycle tracks including enduro. Camping and campfires are allowed near the dams in fire pits. Fish for jade perch (catch and release please). In Townsville itself you will find the headland at the north end featuring the military exhibits of Jezzine Barracks and a wide promenade which is great for walks as it heads south past the safe swimming zones. On the other end, at Ross Creek, you can catch the ferry to the Great Barrier Reef or take a 20-minute ferry ride to Magnetic Island, with its beautiful bays, bushland hikes, and wild koalas. Country Vows wedding reception centre is located on 5 acres at the front of the property.

7. Cullen Guesthouse & and Rest Stop

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0.4km from Ingham · 1 site · Tent, RV · Ingham, QLD

Park alongside Inghams 100 year old fully restored historical Villa. Shower and toilet facilities, power and water provided within. The property is located 30 seconds off the Bruce Highway. A great stop for the weary traveller. Overnight or longer if needed. An excellent stop for exploring the region, the Wallerman Falls etc. Close to all town amenities.

8. Butterfly Valley

36km from Ingham · 2 sites · Lodging · Damper Creek, QLD

Butterfly Valley Holiday Accommodation is situated on a 160 acre property, that is surrounded by thousands of acres of pristine National Park. Situated just 2.8 km from the Bruce Highway, 10 minutes from the seaside township of Cardwell and close to Hinchinbrook Island, here you can escape the hustle and bustle of life to the peace and quiet of lush natural surrounds. Enjoy private swimming holes and a waterfall that is only 300 meters from your front door, as well as a lookout over Hinchinbrook Island. There is abundant wildlife, and of course you will see many butterflies – watch it all from your private deck overlooking the creek. Our campsites are beside Five Mile creek on Butterfly Island and only accessible by off road vehicles.

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BIG4 Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park

23km from Ingham · 138 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Lucinda, QLD

BIG4 Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park is a nature-lover’s tropical beachside holiday park. Take in the stunning palm trees and birds while you unwind and enjoy all the beauty of the tropical North Queensland coast. Enjoy the best of Lucinda when you stay at Lucinda Wanderers Holiday Park. Hike Thorsborne trail, fish the Hinchinbrook Channel, take a walk to the wharf and take in the gorgeous Coral Sea views.

Forrest Beach Hotel Caravan Park

67%

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16km from Ingham · 85 sites · Tents, RVs · Allingham, QLD

Nestled between the beach and tropical rainforest, FBH Caravan Park has 52 shady powered Caravan sites and unpowered campsites for up to 200 campers. Watch the sunrise over the Coral Sea and Palm Islands, or go fishing on the 14km of sandy beach, just metres from your caravan. The park has a fully equipped Amenities block, with hot showers, toilets and a coin operated laundry. Unlike most Caravan Parks, there is also a fully licenced Hotel, with Bottleshop, Poker Machines and a beachfront Bar and Bistro, to keep guests entertained.

Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

95%

(66)

79km from Ingham · 4 sites · Lodging · Black River, QLD

We are located in the Townsville region, 25 kms from the city centre and only 10 kms to Coles and BWS but close to the coast. The campsite is set on a private 150 acres with 3 swimming dams, portable toilet on site and motorcycle tracks including enduro. Camping and campfires are allowed near the dams in fire pits. Fish for jade perch (catch and release please). In Townsville itself you will find the headland at the north end featuring the military exhibits of Jezzine Barracks and a wide promenade which is great for walks as it heads south past the safe swimming zones. On the other end, at Ross Creek, you can catch the ferry to the Great Barrier Reef or take a 20-minute ferry ride to Magnetic Island, with its beautiful bays, bushland hikes, and wild koalas. Country Vows wedding reception centre is located on 5 acres at the front of the property.

Cullen Guesthouse & and Rest Stop

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(20)

0.4km from Ingham · 1 site · Tent, RV · Ingham, QLD

Park alongside Inghams 100 year old fully restored historical Villa. Shower and toilet facilities, power and water provided within. The property is located 30 seconds off the Bruce Highway. A great stop for the weary traveller. Overnight or longer if needed. An excellent stop for exploring the region, the Wallerman Falls etc. Close to all town amenities.

Butterfly Valley

36km from Ingham · 2 sites · Lodging · Damper Creek, QLD

Butterfly Valley Holiday Accommodation is situated on a 160 acre property, that is surrounded by thousands of acres of pristine National Park. Situated just 2.8 km from the Bruce Highway, 10 minutes from the seaside township of Cardwell and close to Hinchinbrook Island, here you can escape the hustle and bustle of life to the peace and quiet of lush natural surrounds. Enjoy private swimming holes and a waterfall that is only 300 meters from your front door, as well as a lookout over Hinchinbrook Island. There is abundant wildlife, and of course you will see many butterflies – watch it all from your private deck overlooking the creek. Our campsites are beside Five Mile creek on Butterfly Island and only accessible by off road vehicles.

Stories from the community

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Anne

3 weeks ago

6 m travel trailer

1 night at Crystal Creek Caravan Park

We loved this place. Definitely our favourite campsite so far. Beautifully kept, totally tranquil and spotlessly clean.

Keita

October 2025

Tent

With pets

2 nights at Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Beautiful creek (although a little low currently), and nice wide open campground. Unfortunately some rubbish left from previous campers. Facilities fairly standard (2 female showers functional). You can hear some road noise throughout the night but easily tuned out. Outstanding sunsets.

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Lisa

October 2025

5 m pop-up camper

Weekend Trip to Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

The kids had a great time camping around the dam . Toasting marshmallows, fishing & best part riding their dirt bikes around the tracks . Good time had !! Only negative was the porta toilets, disgusting. Lucky there was a shovel on hand . My advice to owners / carers of property maybe more regular checks & changes of porta toilets .

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Damian

October 2025

Tent

With pets

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Absolutely stunning spot with hot showers toilets. Woke up to the birds singing wildlife all around and got to see some water running through the creek. Definitely will be back

Jayden

October 2025

Tent

With pets

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Had a okay stay, not horrible but not amazing either. Campsite is decently large, but at max capacity it’d be somewhat uncomfortable. Fortunately, there were few there. The site is in relatively poor condition, and campers demonstrate a severe lack of standard camp etiquette. For example, a dozen campfire spots that are half arsed, not offical, and ruin the availability of where you can chuck a swag. Many fire ‘pits’ had plastics, or other rubbish shoved in there during or post burn. The BBQs are all basically unusable. Bathrooms work but are in bad condition, lots of webs, no locks on the doors, but the water was hot and toilets flushed. Sink taps didn’t work well. There was a high about of foot traffic during the day, which was a bit annoying given that we paid for access. Not sure if it’s local mob, which would make sense and be acceptable, but if it’s randoms just pulling in for a day, then that sucks. Those that were there left a lot of rubbish on the banks and in the water. Dogs were offlead multiple times during our stay and we observed three dogs get into a fight as two were offlead. Another day tripper managed to get their POS explorer hung up on rocks, driving down and onto the river bank (that’s allowed?!). They wrecked part of the track trying to recover the vehicle which took two hours. Overall, nice spot with a lot of great potential but poorly managed and maintained. I wouldn’t say the pictures were particularly accurate this time.

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christina

October 2025

Tent

1 night at Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

I liked the proximity to the creek, and the amenities were clean and to a good standard. I also enjoyed being able to light a fire.

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zindzi

October 2025

Tent

With kids

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

It was absolutely amazing staying at crystal Creek with my fam. The kiddos loves their first experience of camping. Super handy and clean bathroom facilities.

kristina

October 2025

7 m Class B

With pets

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

It was a well maintained camp with toilet and shower loved that there was fire area's and short walk to river that was good for cooling off in not very deep but enough for kids.

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CIndy

October 2025

10 m Class B

2 nights at Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Stay was great! I didn’t hear anything back from the host unfortunately and the map directions were incorrect.

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Brandon

October 2025

7 m Class B

With kids

Weekend Trip to Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

Cant get much better than this. 10/10 for the thrill seekers. Adults smashed buggys around and the kids couldn't get off the dirtbikes. Beautiful property and Noel and his wife welcomed us with open arms. Will be back for sure!

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David

September 2025

5 m car

With kids

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Great spot with an easy walk to a crystal clear creek.

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Skye

September 2025

Tent

With pets

3 nights at Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Beautiful little campsite with great amenities, we’ll definitely be back. The creek is stunning & our dog loved having a swim there chasing after the ball.

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Felicity

September 2025

4 m Class B

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Lovely camp ground. Lots of room and not feel overly cramped. The amenities block is convenient with warm showers. They are a little tired but functional. Swimming hole was a little lower than usual when we were there but still nice to swim in for our kids. Super convenient location. A service station not even 5mins away if you are desperate for something last minute. Cute little farm shops on the road to big crystal creek. Great launching spot for heaps of day trips to surrounding locations. Jourama, paluma, Wallamen or Townsville.

Ben

September 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Great place to stay for some fresh air, and very handy having facilities close by

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Fiona

September 2025

7 m Class B

With pets

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Quiet and peaceful and clean amenities. One of our favourite spots to get away for the weekend close to home

Brett

September 2025

5 m Class B

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Nice spot and I enjoyed my two night stay. The powered sites are right up in the front section of the campground just in from the road. But Spiegelhauer Road seem to only get a small amount of traffic during the day and hardly any overnight so road noise was not much of a problem. The clean and well equipped amenities block sits in between the powered and unpowered sections and on the side of it is a small kitchen area with a sink, bench and large chest freezer. Quite good Telstra phone signal as well.

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Tilly

September 2025

Tent

With pets

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Awesome location and great facilities! Some secluded camps in the area, crystal clear water

Francesca

September 2025

Tent

With kids

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Loved the area easy to get to water, toilets and showers where lovely and clean. Camp site was nice and clean. Lovely butterfly and birds around the area.

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Tracy

September 2025

5 m car

Weekend Trip to Crystal Creek Nywaigi Camp Grounds

Easily accessible and very clean facilities we had a beautiful peaceful night would definitely stay again

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Jacinta

September 2025

Tent