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Where to stay near Cape Range

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Prioritise Exmouth for services and day trips into the park. Book official coastal campgrounds only via Park Stay WA when you want dawn beach and walk access.Coral Bay is a secondary gateway further south. Official camping: Park Stay WA · Cape Range park page.

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Coastal camping landscape at Lakeside Beach area, Cape Range National Park

Inside the park

Park Stay WA campgrounds

Kurrajong/North Kurrajong, Osprey Bay, Yardie Creek, Neds Camp, Mesa, One K/Boat Harbour, Bungarra, North Mandu, Tulki Beach and others — book only via Park Stay WA. Camp notices checked 8 Oct 2026 do not list a 1 November close. They say book now for stays departing on or before Thursday 1 April 2027, and confirm the April release on Park Stay (the published open was Tuesday 6 October 2026). Peak dry season and school holidays sell out. Self-sufficiency matters: toilets at many sites, no power, limited/no drinking water. This site does not affiliate Park Stay WA camping fees.

Book camping (Park Stay WA)

Fuel, food, medical — by stay intent

Last town services sit in Exmouth (primary) or Coral Bay (secondary). There is no fuel inside Cape Range and no drinking water at typical Park Stay coastal camps. No invented prices.

Families / services-first

Sleep in Exmouth. Fill fuel and water before Yardie Creek Road. Emergencies: 000. Milyering is interpretation, not a supermarket.

Early starts / closest to icons

Park Stay camps (when booked) buy dawn Turquoise Bay and cool-hour Mandu. Still carry all drinking water. If camps are full, Exmouth plus an early alarm is Plan B — not a walk-up beach camp.

Coral Bay / southern reef

Use Coral Bay when your product is genuinely southern Ningaloo, not as a shortcut to Mandu Mandu. Cape Range gorge days still want Exmouth-side fuel and time.

Gateway commercial stays

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Clear turquoise coastal water near Exmouth and Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Coast

Exmouth

Primary services hub for fuel, food, recovery and commercial beds. Strong day-trip base into Cape Range and the Ningaloo Coast with early alarms.

Coastal water context near Exmouth / Cape Range — not a hotel exterior

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Arid coastal range and landscape in Cape Range National Park, Western Australia

Coral Bay

Secondary base further south on the Ningaloo Coast. Useful for multi-stop Coral Coast trips; most Cape Range day visitors still base in Exmouth.

Arid coastal range context — not a specific property photo

Search stays — Coral Bay

Tours & gear around your stay

Snorkel and wildlife tour searches plus arid-coast packing links. Park entry and Park Stay camping stay official-only.

Guided tours

Cape Range / North West Cape searches — prioritise operators who respect Traditional Owners, heat and flood rules

A tour does not replace checking Explore Parks WA advice, entry fees, camping rules or your own fitness for Class 4–5 gorges.

What to bring

Wet-rock shoes, hydration, sun defence and ocean and heat recovery kit

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