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"Australian family owned and operated “Cape Tribulation Camping” offers a unique experience to camp “Where the Rainforest meets the Reef”. Our beachfront park in Cape Tribulation, the only place where two world heritage sites meet, The Daintree National Park & The Great Barrier Reef, has a range of beachfront & rainforest accommodation options from traditional tent camping sites to powered caravan sites, ensuring there's something for everyone ideal for families, couples and groups."
R 3812 Cape Tribulation Rd, Cape Tribulation, Queensland 4873 Australia
Cape Tribulation Camping
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A group of 7 of us booked here for 2 nights up in the Daintree:
· The location is perfect – our campsite was 1 minute walk from the beach and a 400m walk through the campsite lead to an estuary with a great fishing area. We spotted a large croc on the other side of the bank which was exciting. The campsite is also close to Mason’s Café (where you can get a bite to eat and swim in creek) and the Cape Tribulation General Store
· Price was $22 a night and well worth it given the amenities on offer. There are multipe toilet blocks, rubbish bins everywhere, hot showers (fantastic after our long hike up to Mt Sorrow), and a large cooking/barbeque area with full kitchen facilities. You can camp not far away at Noah beach for $5 if money is an issue, but there you get a drop toilet and that is it.
· The campsite is quiet after 10pm. We were told to be quiet not long after even though on a scale of 1 to 10 our noise level was about a 5 (bear this in mind if you want to be up late drinking and playing cards!)
· The campsites are a good size – we booked 4 sites between us (43,44,45 & 46) and we had that corner of the campground to ourselves which allowed for privacy. We stayed at Safari Lodge Campground around the same time last year and found the sites there far too small by comparison (this was much better).
· There is a restaurant Sandbar Wood-fired Pizza & Bar but it closed on the 30th July for the remainder of the 2021 season
· You are allowed campfires on the beach, otherwise there is a communal campfire close to the main reception area. We unfortunately skipped the fire as it was too windy and ended up raining the night we stayed
· Beware of the potholes on the dirt road leading in – they are some of the deepest and widest potholes I’ve seen – hopefully these are filled in sometime soon by management as they are horrid
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Stayed for two short nights but could easily have stayed longer! Cape trib camping provides you with the perfect spot to relax between the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest. With fires allowed on the beach, our afternoons were spent watching the colours of the sky fade. The camp has everything you could need with clean amenities, the camp sites back on to the trees adding a layer of privacy which you wouldn't get at other camps or caravan parks. We will be back one day
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Date of stay: June 2022
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Wonderful campsite right on the beach. Staff were super friendly and able to recommend things to do. On-site bar served great pizzas and the pina colada was top notch too. 5 min drive to cape trib beach and we regularly ran to the beach in the morning. Toilets and showers were very basic and probably could’ve been cleaned more regularly but worth the compromise for everything else. You’re able to have a bbq/ fire on the beach and there is also a communal fire pit for guests to use in the evening. A perfect campsite if you want to completely relax and feel like you’re on holiday.
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We would give this more than 5/5! We absolutely loved everything about it. Our site overlooked the beach, the communal campfire made it very social and the wood fired pizzas were great. The staff couldn’t have been more helpful and even pointed us in the right direction to view the local enormous croc! This is one special place and I only wish we could have stayed longer.
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Date of stay: April 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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What an incredibly beautiful place to stay. The staff were friendly and helpful, the wood fire pizza was ridiculously tasty, in fact we stayed for a second night so we could eat dinner here again. We woke up to the sound of the sea and birds, it was magical. An experience we will not forget.
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Date of stay: April 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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All sites situated around the communal area so most back onto the beach. A fire pit to sit around at night to swap holiday journeys with other guests. Hard sand on a beautiful beach to ride your bikes on. And yummy wood fired pizzas and a small bar that opens from 4pm. Just love this place. The ferry to get across is about $30, I think it was and only 3 minutes across. Once you get off the ferry there is a road that winds for about 30 km to get to the camp site.
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Date of stay: May 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Most sites back onto the beach. No Dump pit for miles. Only one back at Mossman. So beware.
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We were so impressed, the amenities were so clean and pleasant. The common kitchen area also clean and inviting.
The pizzas from the sandbar were delicious and well worth the wait even while it was raining. The Dingo and Campfire pizza we highly recommend!
There is beach access, swings and a rope hanging from the trees for the kids to play on.
You can watch the Cape Trib Horse rides take their horses along the beach.
We have high standards and this camp ground definitely impressed us!
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Date of stay: July 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Great place to stay! Campsites are among the trees so this makes it feel a little more private. Where we were we had our own beach access path from our unpowered site. Your also able to have campfires on the beach which was a great experience! The Palms around grow coconuts which you can harvest and snack on, this was a fun activity with friends. Only downside, we had friends tell us about their amazing woodfired pizzas and when we went their kitchen was closed and no longer doing wood fired pizzas and cocktails. Overall our stay here was a great memorable one, would recommend!
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:Plan for wet weather!
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We styed here for four nights in a caravan. The sites were large and spacious, all the usual amenities and more than enough room for a tent for the son.
Facilities in great condition, excellent camp kitchen and Wood Fired Pizza's were some of the best we have had - and that's saying something. Great atmosphere and the place was rocking during the Matilda's World Cup game.
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Date of stay: August 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Happee Camper, General Manager at Cape Tribulation Camping
Responded 28 Aug 2024
Thankyou 617Barkly for your great review, we pride ourself on providing great facilities for our guests and are so happy you enjoyed your holiday. Go the Matildas!
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My Wife and I were fortunate enough to be on the liveaboard boat for 3 nights and 4 days over the Xmas period, the Divers Den staff on the day boat and the Liveaboard were exceptional, such a fun, vibrant, knowledgeable bunch of experienced divers and masters.
Could not recommend more highly the Liveaboard experience and such a unique way to spend Xmas diving the GBR. we will be back for sure.
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Date of stay: December 2020
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Room Tip:Anywhere you can stay here is a stones through away from a picturesque beach.
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I stayed at an unpowered site. The grounds are grassy, and no soft sand, so I think you will be fine. The camp kitchen and toilets/showers are not elevated, so again, you will be fine. Getting to the beach however, has soft sand walking tracks, which would make them unusable. I hope this helps
"This is the perfect site of you want a good night sleep. Everyone was asleep/ silent by 8pm every night.
Bring wood fire
Don't rely on eating at the camp site bar"
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