Snapshot
| Where | Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay World Heritage Area — about 850km and 9 hours' drive north of Perth · Entry off Monkey Mia Road, about 4km from Denham · Cape Peron, 50km from Denham · Shark Bay Airport, 8km northeast of Denham |
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| Getting there | Sealed road all the way from Perth to Denham and Monkey Mia; the park road to the Peron Heritage Precinct is unsealed but 2WD-accessible in dry conditions and closes in wet weather. North of the precinct only high-clearance 4WD vehicles with low range travel the single-lane soft sand; all-wheel-drive vehicles are not suitable, and caravans and large boat trailers cannot be towed in |
| Best time | May–October — warm days, cool nights and the most reliable track conditions, with the wildflower season and the whale migration both running July–October |
| Worst time | December–April — extremely hot with very high bushfire risk, when soft sand, heat and the lack of shade make 4WD recovery genuinely hard work |
| Time needed | 2–3 days — the 40km of soft sand beyond the homestead can take 1.5–2 hours, and the lagoon and bay campgrounds are slow to reach |
| Cost | $17 per vehicle per day entry ($10 concession driver, $10 motorcycle, trailers free), plus camping at $15 per adult per night ($10 concession, $5 per child aged 6–15, infants free) |
| Facilities | Pit toilets and sheltered gas barbecues in the day-use areas at the main campgrounds · No drinking water, no bins, and no fuel or supplies anywhere in the park · Mobile coverage is limited or non-existent on the 4WD tracks |
| Best for | High-clearance 4WD campers · kayakers and lagoon paddlers · wildlife watchers after Project Eden's reintroduced species |
| Difficulty |
4 of 5 — Demanding
The walks themselves are short and easy — the Wanamalu Trail is Class 2 and the Station Life Trail Class 1 — but every one of them sits behind high-clearance 4WD on single-lane soft sand at 20 psi or less, in a park with no water, no fuel and little or no phone reception, where December to April brings extreme heat and very high bushfire risk. |
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Francois Peron National Park — Wulyibidi, in the Malgana language — covers 52,000 hectares on the Peron Peninsula at the northern end of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. Red Peron sandstone, built from windblown sand over roughly two million years and stained by iron oxide, runs straight into turquoise water along undercut cliffs at Cape Peron and Skipjack Point. This is Malgana country: people have lived around Gutharraguda, the two bays that give Shark Bay its name, for about 25,000 years, and DBCA is negotiating joint management of the park with the Malgana Aboriginal Corporation.
North of the Peron Heritage Precinct everything is 4WD: single-lane soft sand where you drop to 20 psi or less at the tyre pressure station before you start. Cape Peron and Skipjack Point come first, then the birrida claypans, Big Lagoon and the bay campgrounds at Bottle Bay and Gregories, and behind it all the vermin-proof fence across the isthmus has let Project Eden return bilbies and malleefowl to the peninsula. Come between May and October, book your campsite before you leave home, and carry every litre of water you expect to drink.
Go if…
- You have a high-clearance 4WD with low range and are happy driving single-lane soft sand at 20 psi or less
- You want red dunes falling into turquoise water at Cape Peron, with sharks, rays and turtles watched from cliff-top platforms
- You like basic beach camping — pit toilets, no water, no bins, no fires — and a lagoon flat enough to paddle at dawn
- You're chasing Project Eden country: bilbies, malleefowl, woma pythons, thorny devils and thick-billed grasswrens behind a vermin-proof fence
Skip it if…
- You're in a 2WD or towing a caravan — everything past the Peron Heritage Precinct needs high-clearance 4WD with low range, and caravans and large boat trailers are not suitable
- You want facilities — there is no drinking water, no fuel, no bins and mobile coverage is limited or non-existent across most of the park
- You're visiting from December to April and can't manage extreme heat and very high bushfire risk on exposed sand tracks
- You want swimming beaches — Cape Peron's currents are unsafe, and stonefish and coneshells are common around the reefs
What to expect
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You come onto the peninsula on red sand and gypsum. The dunes are Peron sandstone in the making — windblown sand piled against the Peron anticline over roughly two million years, every grain coated in iron oxide, which is why the country glows rust-orange against the water. Between the dunes lie birridas, flat gypsum claypans the 4WD tracks cross; they are slippery and boggy when wet, so you keep to existing tracks and think twice after rain. Big Lagoon is the showpiece: a land-locked saline lake until rising seas let the ocean in, now a maze of turquoise channels, sandbars and red shoreline, with a sanctuary zone across its northern waters where fishing is prohibited and a special purpose zone beside the campground where motorised water sports are banned. From the low ridge above, the contrast is the whole point of the place — orange land, white sand, and water clear enough to show every sandbar through it. All of it sits inside the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.
The road tells you quickly what kind of park this is. From Denham you turn off Monkey Mia Road about 4km out and follow the unsealed park road to the Peron Heritage Precinct, which is fine for conventional vehicles in dry conditions but closes in wet weather and can be smothered by windblown sand. At the precinct you find the tyre pressure station, and this is where you act on it: reduce to 20 psi or less, including any trailer, before you head north onto the single-lane deep soft sand. Only high-clearance four-wheel drives with low range are up to those tracks, and the park's own guide is blunt that all-wheel-drive vehicles are not suitable; caravans and large boat trailers must stay behind, and only small high-clearance trailers belong out there. Expect slow travel — 40km can take 1.5–2 hours depending on how soft and how chopped-up the sand is — and expect to share the track with no one. There is no fuel, no water and no vehicle service anywhere in the peninsula, so the tank and the jerrycans leave Denham full.
Cape Peron and Skipjack Point are where the park's two colours meet most violently. At Cape Peron, major currents converge and red dunes drop straight to white beaches; a picnic shelter, a drop toilet and beach access sit at the day-use area, but swimming is unsafe because of strong currents and a special purpose zone at the tip prohibits netting, spearfishing and motorised water sports. Skipjack Point, a five-minute walk from its carpark, has two viewing platforms cantilevered over the cliff edge, and the water below is reliably busy — bottlenose dolphins, green and loggerhead turtles, dugongs, manta rays and sharks. The Wanamalu Trail links the two, 1.5km one-way (45 minutes) along the red cliff tops on a Class 2 surface, its name the Malgana word for the cormorants that gather here. Camping is not permitted at Cape Peron or Skipjack Point, and the cliff edges are undercut and crumbling, so you stay well back and off the wave-washed rock. Snorkelling is at the campgrounds, not here, and if you go in near reef, wear reef shoes.
The peninsula was a 100,000-hectare sheep station until the State Government bought it in 1990, and the park was declared in 1993. The Peron Homestead Precinct keeps that story visible: shearing sheds, holding yards, windmills, a small visitor centre with dioramas, and an artesian hot tub fed by the bore the station once relied on. Then there is the living experiment. Project Eden, working behind the vermin-proof fence built across the isthmus from 1995, has returned bilbies and malleefowl to the peninsula and allowed woma pythons to flourish; the park also holds threatened thick-billed grasswrens, and across Shark Bay nearly 100 reptile and amphibian species occur. You meet this wildlife on the tracks rather than in brochures — a thorny devil working its way over red sand beside the road, a white-spotted ground gecko hunting at night, bobtail skinks and knob-tailed geckos around camp. The park is named for François Peron, who recorded anthropology, oceanography and zoology on Baudin's 1801 and 1803 expeditions, and William Dampier collected plants hereabouts back in 1699. All of it is protected: plants, animals, shells and rocks stay where you find them.
Heat and remoteness set the rules. From December to April conditions are extremely hot and the bushfire risk is very high; DBCA asks visitors to carry a personal location beacon and to check Emergency WA for alerts and warnings. Winter is gentler but not soft — nights can be cold from June to September, and storms are common across the region from May to October, which matters because wet weather makes the birridas boggy and closes the unsealed access road. Water is the constant: none is provided anywhere in the park, so you carry it all in, along with food, fuel and medication. Where there are no toilets you bury human waste at least 30cm deep and 100m from public areas and water. Mobile coverage is limited or non-existent on the 4WD tracks — call 000 in a life-threatening emergency, and if only SMS will go through, text SES on 0417 097 330. Fires, including heat beads, are banned; gas cookers are the only way to cook, unless a total fire ban is declared for the Shire of Shark Bay. Dogs, firearms, weapons and fireworks are not permitted, and every bit of your rubbish comes home with you.
Where to stay
Almost everyone bases in Denham, the Shark Bay gateway town with fuel, groceries and the visitor centre, or at Monkey Mia; the park's own campgrounds are the in-park option and require 4WD.
When bookings open: Bookings are essential for every Francois Peron campground for stays from 1 April 2026, made online through Park Stay WA only — one campsite per booking, up to 180 days ahead and up to the day of arrival if sites remain. Pay the camping fee by Mastercard or VISA when booking; Denham motels and caravan parks fill in the July to October season, so book town beds ahead too. Official booking page. Checked 8 November 2026. Booking dates for every state.
| Stay | Guest rating | Best for | Distance | Style | Book |
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| Big Lagoon Campground | 4.6 / 5 (174 reviews, ParkCheck) | Paddlers who want the lagoon at the door and the closest of the peninsula campgrounds | In the park, 4WD access only — 19 unpowered sites in total as published (seven raised grid platforms plus 12 sand-surface sites) | Basic national park camping with pit toilets, sheltered gas barbecues and picnic tables in the day-use area; no water, no power, no bins | Book now |
| Bottle Bay Campground | 4.8 / 5 (36 reviews, ParkCheck) | Beach campers who want white sand, snorkelling and small-boat launching | In the park, 4WD access only — 15 unpowered sites in three loops, sand over hard surface | Low coastal scrub campsites with pit toilets and gas barbecues in the adjacent day-use area; Loop A opens to the access track, Loops B and C have short narrow entries | Book now |
| Gregories Campground | Not rated | A quiet six-site camp near the beach, with reef snorkelling at high tide | In the park, 4WD access only — six unpowered campsites, sand over a hard surface | Small campground in low sparse coastal scrub, no-flush pit toilets, with sheltered picnic tables and a gas barbecue in the day-use area | Book now |
| RAC Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort | 4.3 / 5 (2,261 reviews, ParkCheck) | Families who want the dolphin beach, a pool and cabins after a sandy day | Monkey Mia, about 25km from Denham on sealed road | Beachfront resort with campsites, roof-top tent stays, rooms and villas, camp kitchen, playground and kids' activities | Check rates |
| Shark Bay Caravan Park | 4.5 / 5 (600 reviews, ParkCheck) | Caravanners who need big sites, a pool and dogs allowed | Denham, 4 Spaven Way — about 4km from the park entry road | Caravan park with large shell-grit sites, private bathrooms, washing lines, camp kitchen, barbecues and a pool | Check rates |
| Tasman Holiday Parks – Denham Seaside | Not rated | A beachfront cabin base with laundry and barbecues between park days | Denham, 1 Stella Rowley Drive — about 12km from the park | Beachfront holiday park with chalets and cabins, barbecue grills and a guest laundry | Check rates |
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What to do here
7 walks & sights
Wanamalu Trail and Skipjack Point Lookout
The park's signature walk runs along the red cliff tops between Cape Peron and Skipjack Point, named for the Malgana word for cormorants. Skipjack Point has two viewing platforms over the cliff edge, a five-minute walk from the carpark, and the water below regularly shows sharks, rays, turtles and dugongs. There is no toilet at Skipjack Point, so use the facilities at Cape Peron or the homestead precinct.
Cape Peron
Two major currents meet off the tip of the peninsula, where red dunes fall to white beaches. Swimming is unsafe here because of strong currents, and a special purpose zone at the tip prohibits netting, spearfishing and motorised water sports. Camping is not permitted at Cape Peron or Skipjack Point, and the cliff edges are undercut — stay well back.
Peron Homestead Precinct — artesian hot tub and Station Life Trail
The old sheep station's shearing sheds, holding yards and windmills sit around a visitor centre with Project Eden dioramas, and the round timber-lined artesian hot tub is fed by the bore the station relied on. The Station Life Trail is flat, hardened and unstepped. This precinct also holds the tyre pressure station and the park's only bin, and the road here is 2WD-accessible in dry conditions.
Big Lagoon
A land-locked saline lake until rising seas let the ocean in, now a maze of turquoise channels and sandbars framed by red shoreline. Paddling is the go — motorised water sports are prohibited in the adjacent special purpose zone and the sanctuary zone to the north, where fishing is banned. The campground has 19 unpowered sites as published, pit toilets, and sheltered gas barbecues and picnic tables in the day-use area.
Bottle Bay and Gregories campgrounds
Two bay campgrounds reached only by 4WD. Bottle Bay gives white sand, swimming and kayak, canoe and small-boat launching over very soft sand at the day-use area; Gregories is the quieter six-site camp where you can snorkel the near-shore reef at high tide. Both have no-flush pit toilets, no drinking water and no bins, and the gas barbecues sit in the adjacent day-use areas, not the campgrounds.
Herald Bight
A well-spaced, open campground on the eastern side of the peninsula, in deep soft sand with rocky patches at mid-tide and sharks, rays and turtles often seen from the shore. A pearl camp ran here from the late 1880s — pearl shell still litters the beach — and the remains of an old cannery are still visible. Facilities are limited to a few toilets; bring everything else.
Birridas, gypsum lakes and peninsula wildlife
The tracks cross birridas, the flat gypsum claypans that give the peninsula its otherworldly look; they are slippery and boggy when wet, so drive only on existing tracks and never when they are soft. This is Project Eden country — bilbies and malleefowl have been returned behind the vermin-proof fence, woma pythons have flourished, and you may see thorny devils, bobtail skinks and knob-tailed geckos. Longer walking trails are deliberately not provided because of the heat and the lack of fresh water; discuss longer walks with the Parks and Wildlife Service office in Denham.
Francois Peron National Park itineraries: 1, 2 or 3 days
3 plans
One day: Peron Homestead, Skipjack Point and Cape Peron
- Morning. Drive the unsealed road to the Peron Heritage Precinct, drop your tyres at the pressure station and walk the Station Life Trail (600m loop, under an hour, Class 1) past the shearing sheds, windmills and the artesian hot tub. The precinct is 2WD-accessible in dry conditions and holds the park's only bin.
- Late morning. Continue north on the soft-sand track toward Skipjack Point — 50km from Denham, with 40km of it potentially taking 1.5–2 hours — and walk five minutes from the carpark to the two viewing platforms over the cliff edge, where sharks, rays and turtles are commonly seen below.
- Afternoon. Walk the Wanamalu Trail (1.5km one-way, 45 minutes; 3km return) along the cliff top to Cape Peron for lunch at the picnic shelter, then drive back to Denham before dark — there are no lights, no fuel and no phone reception out there.
No nights. Base in Denham, about 4km from the park entry; entry is $17 per vehicle per day ($10 concession driver, $10 motorcycle, trailers free) at the self-registration box or when you book. There is no fuel, drinking water or supplies in the park — fill up in Denham and carry every litre you need — and north of the Peron Heritage Precinct you need a high-clearance 4WD with low range and tyres at 20 psi or less.
Two days: add Big Lagoon and a night at Bottle Bay
- Day 1. The one-day plan above — the Station Life Trail, Skipjack Point, the Wanamalu Trail and Cape Peron — then drive south to Bottle Bay and set up camp among its 15 unpowered sites in three loops.
- Day 2, early morning. Drive the track to Big Lagoon and paddle it by kayak, canoe or stand-up paddleboard; motorised water sports are prohibited in the special purpose zone and the sanctuary zone across the lagoon's northern waters, where fishing is also banned.
- Day 2, afternoon. Swim and snorkel from Bottle Bay's day-use area — launching is over very soft sand — then pack out every scrap of rubbish, reinflate your tyres at the pressure station near the homestead and drive back to Denham.
One night. Camping is $15 per adult per night ($10 concession, $5 per child aged 6–15, infants free), booked through Park Stay WA; entry is $17 per vehicle per day ($10 concession driver) and there is no fuel, drinking water or bins anywhere in the park. Campfires are prohibited — gas cookers only, unless a total fire ban is declared for the Shire of Shark Bay — and generators run 8am to 9pm only.
Three days: the northern campgrounds and the birrida country
- Day 1. The one-day homestead, Skipjack Point and Cape Peron plan, with an early start so you are back at camp before dark.
- Day 2. Big Lagoon in the morning and Bottle Bay in the afternoon, as in the two-day plan, camping at Bottle Bay or Big Lagoon.
- Day 3. Drive the northern tracks to Gregories (six unpowered sites, sand over hard surface) and South Gregories, snorkelling the near-shore reef at Gregories at high tide, then swing by Herald Bight on the eastern coast, where pearl shell from a camp that ran from the late 1880s still litters the beach and the cannery ruins are visible.
Two nights. Camping is $15 per adult per night ($10 concession, $5 per child aged 6–15, infants free) and bookings are essential for every park campground — Park Stay WA only, one campsite per booking, up to 180 days ahead and up to the arrival day. Entry is $17 per vehicle per day ($10 concession driver); fill up and fill every container in Denham, and check the DBCA alerts page before you drive north — storms are common May to October and wet weather closes the sand tracks and the birridas.
Suggested gear for Francois Peron National Park
18 items
- Water bottles or a hydration bladder Carry at least 2 litres per person on the walks.
- Water treatment tablets or a filter Treat creek and camping-area water before drinking.
- Sun hat, sunscreen (SPF 50+) and sunglasses
- Sturdy, broken-in walking shoes or boots
- Day pack (20–30 L)
- First aid kit, including blister care
- Insect repellent
- Head torch with spare batteries
- Lightweight rain jacket
- Personal locator beacon Mobile coverage is unreliable in remote parks.
- Tyre pressure gauge and 12V air compressor The park's own guide says to drop to 20 psi or less, including trailers, before the soft-sand tracks, and to reinflate at the tyre pressure station near the Peron Heritage Precinct.
- Recovery gear — shovel, snatch strap and rated recovery points The tracks are single-lane deep soft sand, windblown sand bogs conventional vehicles on the homestead road, and there is no vehicle service anywhere in the park.
- Spare tyre and puncture repair kit You are 50km from Denham on sand and shell with no fuel, no workshop and no phone reception, and soft-sand driving punishes tyres.
- Jerry can of extra fuel Denham is the only fuel between the Overlander Roadhouse, about 130km away, and the coast, and tyre-deflated sand driving lifts consumption significantly.
- Water storage for the whole trip No drinking water is provided anywhere in the park or at any campground, and pit toilets are the only hygiene facility.
- Reef shoes Stonefish are common around reef areas and coneshells are present; reef shoes also handle the shell and rock at Bottle Bay and Gregories.
- A kayak, canoe or stand-up paddleboard Big Lagoon is made for paddling — motorised water sports are banned in the special purpose and sanctuary zones, so human power is the only way across the channels.
- Sealed food containers and heavy-duty rubbish bags There are no bins anywhere in the park and crows raid food at Big Lagoon; every scrap of waste, including yours, leaves with you.
How this compares
Francois Peron National Park vs Cape Range National Park
Cape Range pairs limestone canyons at Yardie Creek with reef snorkelling straight off the sand at Turquoise Bay on the Ningaloo coast. It is the more comfortable of the two: sealed roads, 2WD trailheads and swimmable water. Choose Cape Range for snorkelling a fringing reef and walking a canyon; choose Francois Peron for 4WD-only soft-sand coast, basic beach camping and a lagoon to paddle.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5 — Moderate
- Access
- Sealed roads from Exmouth, 2WD suitable to the main trailheads — about 5 hours' drive north of Denham
- Best for
- Snorkelling · whale shark season · canyons
Francois Peron National Park vs Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri delivers red-and-white banded gorges, Nature's Window and a run of Indian Ocean sea cliffs, all on sealed road in a conventional vehicle. It is the easier road-trip stop with far more walking. Choose Kalbarri for gorge and cliff walks without a 4WD; choose Francois Peron for a wilder peninsula where the vehicle itself is part of the trip.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5 — Challenging
- Access
- Sealed roads throughout, 2WD-friendly — about 3.5 hours' drive south of Denham
- Best for
- Gorge walks · wildflowers · cliff lookouts
Francois Peron National Park vs Houtman Abrolhos Islands
The Abrolhos are 122 islands and coral reefs off Geraldton, reached by scenic flight or charter boat, with sea lion colonies, snorkelling and the Batavia shipwreck story. Nothing is self-drive and everything happens on or above the water. Choose the Abrolhos for reef, islands and maritime history; choose Francois Peron for a self-drive 4WD trip with beach camping and lagoon paddling.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5 — Moderate
- Access
- Flights and boat charters from Geraldton — no self-drive access
- Best for
- Scenic flights · snorkelling · maritime history
Before you go
- Bookings are essential for every Francois Peron campground for stays from 1 April 2026 — Park Stay WA only, one campsite per booking, up to 180 days ahead and up to the day of arrival if sites remain. Camping fees are paid by Mastercard or VISA when booking
- Entry is $17 per vehicle per day ($10 concession driver, $10 motorcycle); trailers including camper trailers and caravans are not charged. Pay at the self-registration box at the entry off Monkey Mia Road, when you book, or use a park pass for multiple entries
- There is no fuel, drinking water or supplies in the park. Fill up and fill every container in Denham — the only fuel between the Overlander Roadhouse, about 130km away, and the coast — and remember soft-sand driving burns more fuel than the map suggests
- Deflate to 20 psi or less at the tyre pressure station near the Peron Heritage Precinct, including trailers, and reinflate there. Only high-clearance four-wheel drives with low range suit the tracks north of the precinct; all-wheel-drive vehicles are not suitable, and caravans and large boat trailers cannot be towed in
- Check track conditions with the Parks and Wildlife Service office on Knight Terrace, Denham (08 9948 2226) and the DBCA alerts page before you leave town. Windblown sand regularly builds up on the homestead road and bogs conventional vehicles, wet weather closes the unsealed access road, and the birridas are slippery and boggy when damp
- No campfires at any time, including heat beads — gas or liquid fuel appliances are permitted unless a Total Fire Ban is declared for the Shire of Shark Bay (check Emergency WA). Generators run 8am to 9pm only, and dogs, firearms, weapons and fireworks are not permitted
- Carry all your rubbish out; the only bin in the park is at the tyre pressure station. Where there are no toilets, bury human waste at least 30cm deep and 100m from public areas and water, and never tip portable toilet waste or chemicals into the pit toilets
- Mobile coverage is limited or non-existent on the 4WD tracks. Call 000 in a life-threatening emergency, and if only SMS will go through, text SES on 0417 097 330 — DBCA also asks visitors in this remote park to carry a personal location beacon
When to go
seasons & the hard months
May to October is the season, and the comfortable core of it runs from about June to September: warm days, cold nights that need a proper sleeping bag, and the most reliable sand. Two natural events stack on top of each other from July — the wildflower season across the Shark Bay region and the annual whale migration — with humpback whales passing the peninsula's coasts from August to October. Winter is peak season, so the Denham caravan parks fill, campsites book out and the day-use areas at Cape Peron and Big Lagoon get busy from mid-morning. Start early, and you will often have Skipjack Point's platforms to yourself. Storms are common through these months, and any significant rain makes the birridas and the unsealed access road a problem, so keep an eye on the alerts page.
December to April is the hard part. DBCA describes the period as extremely hot with very high bushfire risk, there is almost no shade on the peninsula, and soft sand at 20 psi becomes genuinely punishing when the temperature climbs. Summer is also cyclone season on this coast and wet weather can close the tracks. If you visit in the hot months, treat the park as an early-morning and late-afternoon destination, camp at one of the bay campgrounds for the sea breeze, carry far more water than you think you need, and check Emergency WA for fire bans and warnings before you light a gas stove. The park is open year-round, but comfort, safety and access all point to the cooler half of the year.
Questions
6 answers
Not for everything. The park road to the Peron Heritage Precinct is unsealed but 2WD-accessible in dry conditions, so a conventional vehicle can reach the homestead, the artesian hot tub and the Station Life Trail. North of the precinct you need a high-clearance four-wheel drive with low range — the park's guide states that all-wheel-drive vehicles are not suitable — and caravans and large boat trailers must stay behind.
Entry is $17 per vehicle per day, $10 for a concession driver and $10 for a motorcycle; trailers, including camper trailers and caravans, are not charged. Camping is $15 per adult per night, $10 concession, $5 per child aged 6–15, with no fee for infants under 6. Entry can be paid at the self-registration box at the park entrance, when you book, or covered by a park pass.
Five campgrounds sit in the park: Big Lagoon, Gregories, South Gregories, Bottle Bay and Herald Bight. All are unpowered, all have pit toilets and none has drinking water or bins. Bookings are essential for stays from 1 April 2026 through Park Stay WA only — one campsite per booking, up to 180 days ahead and up to the arrival day if sites remain, paid by Mastercard or VISA. Camping is not permitted at Cape Peron or Skipjack Point.
At the campgrounds, yes — Bottle Bay, Gregories and Big Lagoon are the swimming and paddling spots, and Gregories has a near-shore reef you can snorkel at high tide. Do not swim at Cape Peron, where strong currents make it unsafe. Wear reef shoes around reefs, supervise children closely because stonefish are common and coneshells are present, and watch for stonefish when wading.
None of the three, effectively. No drinking water, fuel or supplies are available in the park; fill up and fill your containers in Denham, which has the only fuel between the Overlander Roadhouse, about 130km away, and the coast. Mobile coverage is limited or non-existent across most of the 4WD areas — call 000 in an emergency, text SES on 0417 097 330 if only SMS works, and carry a personal location beacon.
The peninsula is Project Eden country: bilbies and malleefowl have been returned behind the vermin-proof fence built across the isthmus from 1995, and woma pythons have flourished. Threatened thick-billed grasswrens live here too, along with thorny devils, bobtail skinks and knob-tailed gecko. Offshore, the cliff-top platforms at Skipjack Point and Cape Peron overlook dolphins, green and loggerhead turtles, dugongs, manta rays and sharks.
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