Glamping Near Townsville, QLD, AU: 12 Best Luxury Glamping Sites 2025

Glamping in Townsville gives you comfort without cutting corners on the wild. With over 45 glamping stays, you’ll find bell tents pitched by creeks, safari tents tucked beside sugarcane, and luxury domes looking out to bushland. Nights start as low as $32, with an average around $170, so there’s something for every budget. Traveller favourites include Mountview Farm Stay and Poodles (271 reviews), Country Camping Dam Site (37 reviews), and Crystal Creek Caravan Park (37 reviews). Most sites welcome pets, offer wifi, and have toilets on hand. Wildlife-watching, fishing, and swimming keep you busy between hammock sessions. Expect a warm breeze and the odd wallaby at your door.

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Top-rated campgrounds

Glamping in Townsville gives you comfort without cutting corners on the wild. With over 45 glamping stays, you’ll find bell tents pitched by creeks, safari tents tucked beside sugarcane, and luxury domes looking out to bushland. Nights start as low as $32, with an average around $170, so there’s something for every budget. Traveller favourites include Mountview Farm Stay and Poodles (271 reviews), Country Camping Dam Site (37 reviews), and Crystal Creek Caravan Park (37 reviews). Most sites welcome pets, offer wifi, and have toilets on hand. Wildlife-watching, fishing, and swimming keep you busy between hammock sessions. Expect a warm breeze and the odd wallaby at your door.

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Top-rated campgrounds

1. BIG4 Ingenia Holidays Townsville

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15km from Townsville · 110 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Townsville, QLD

Enjoy the taste of the tropics and surround yourself with palm trees and landscaped gardens at BIG4 Ingenia Holidays Townsville. Located a short 10-minute drive from the airport and 16 kilometres from Townsville CBD, you’ll find the city’s main attractions, such as The Strand, Castle Hill and Botanic Gardens a delight. The holiday park is set up to make the most of the 320 days of sunshine North Queensland enjoys each year, with two resort-style pools and shaded gazebos for you to stay cool. The kids will be kept entertained with a water park, two playgrounds, a jumping cushion, volleyball court, basketball court, trikes and an 18-hole mini-golf course. To check-in, choose between cabins, villas, caravan sites or campgrounds. With enough amenities to keep everyone entertained, as well as BBQ areas and a children’s playground nearby, there’s plenty of places to prepare your daily meals and relax while keeping an eye on the little ones.

2. Crystal Creek Caravan Park

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65km from Townsville · 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!

3. BIG4 Townsville Gateway Holiday Park

6.2km from Townsville · 177 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Townsville, QLD

Welcome to BIG4 Townsville Gateway Holiday Park A tranquil holiday park just outside of Townsville in sunny Queensland. Shady native trees and beautiful birdlife provide the perfect setting to help you unwind on your tropical holiday. Features -Swimming Pool -Camp Kitchen -BBQ Facilities -Laundry Facilities -Kiosk -TV Room -Dump Point -Pet Friendly* -WiFi Our range of accommodation options include unpowered and powered sites, studio cabins and 1 and 2 bedroom units. We also have dog friendly cabins available.

4. Naturessence

17km from Townsville · 1 site · Lodging · Horseshoe Bay, QLD

Naturessence is naturist accommodation in a self-contained Retreat. The Retreat has its own lounge/dining room, queen-size bedroom with ensuite, a kitchenette with a private deck overlooking Horseshoe Bay lagoon. We offer shared use of the mineral pool, the private yard and laundry. We are naturists ourselves and offer naturist accommodation only. Our property is located within walking distance (15 minutes) to Horseshoe Bay foreshore and shops, which includes a pub, two cafes, four restaurants, fish and chips shop, an enclosed patrolled swimming area and beach water hire activities. We are close to two unofficial naturist beaches, with arguably the best nudist beach in Australia (Balding Bay) a short 30 minute walk from our door.

5. Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

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21km from Townsville · 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.

6. Magnetic Naturally Island Cabin

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16km from Townsville · 1 site · Lodging · Horseshoe Bay, QLD

On Magnetic Island in Queenslands tropical north, you'll find our secluded island cabin. Set within a private resort style property, it is purpose built for guests and is fully self contained. Comfortable queen bed, lounge, kitchen, bathroom with a beautiful under cover outdoor shower, fans, air-conditioning and washing machine. Free wifi. There is a covered deck attached to cabin and a paved area to relax in by outdoor BBQ. There is only one guest cabin on the property, completely separate to the main home but you are welcome to share the large outdoor pool. The cabin is very private, surrounded by native flora and fauna and growing gardens. It is a truely peaceful spot with the beach less than a kilometre away. Horseshoe Bay is the gateway to many of our beautiful bays and tracks including the famous Forts walk. There are water activities and a life guard patrolled swim area. Several little cafes restaurants and a local pub are also in the bay. There is a great bus service on the island and nearest bus stop is less than 2 km away. Rental cars are also available at good rates.

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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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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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Peter

July 2025

5 m pop-up camper

With kids

Weekend Trip to Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

Great for allowing kids to ride quads and bikes, camp area was good

Josh

July 2025

4 m pop-up camper

With kids

Weekend Trip to Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

What an awesome property with all the tracks. I couldn’t get all 4 kids off the quad bikes highly recommend

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Mark

June 2025

8 m travel trailer

2 nights at Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

We loved everything about it. It was really nice set up next to the dam with the fire going enjoying a few drinks with friends and family. We had the whole place to ourselves which was nice after being cramped up in caravan parks. We had a bit of rain over night but the track in was easy to navigate even towing a 7mt van. Noel's a really nice bloke and we thank him for sharing his place with us.

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Daryl

June 2025

7 m travel trailer

With kids

2 nights at Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

Plenty of space great dam for the kids to drop a line in … Noel supplied firewood for us so we had a great fire … the only downfall was it rained nothing Noel can do about that !

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Raina

April 2025

6 m travel trailer

With kids

Weekend Trip to Country Camping Dam Site BlackRiver

If you are looking for a proper bush camp then this is the one for you. We had the whole place to ourselves and it was beautiful. The kids rode bikes from morning till afternoon and had a great time. The port-a-loos are a luxury if you are used to bush camping - they were fantastic. There was a small creek to cross but it had a concrete bottom and we got through with our 4x4 and trailer with no problem. Noel was very welcoming and quick to help when we found an issue with the toilet. We will definitely be back!