Caravan Parks at Denham/Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia resort...

There 3 years ago - it's ok but I would head a bit further north.

we were there in August and due to windy conditions, the caravan parks didn't provide a lot of protection. we went to one of the local real estate agent and were able to rent a house for a couple of nights for a really reasonable price. If your travelling with others, houses of up to 5 bedrooms were available at about $150 a night. We paid $120 p/n for 2 nights and there were 4 of us.

G'day Rus,
we have stayed several times at Nanga Bay before heading to Steep Point.
Always enjoyed the Hot Artesian Spa :-)

However it's about 55 km before you get to Denham.
Here is a link:
Nanga Bay Resort

Cheers,
Mike

Rus,
We are camping at the Denham SeasideTourist Village in early May. Chose it instead of Monkey Mia on the basis of cost.
Powered site for two people at $ 21.15 / night with Top Tourist Park member discount.
Their website is www.sharkbayfun.com . Ph 1300 133733.

Hope this helps.
regards
Jon W

We travelled that way a few years back and wished we hadn't wasted the fuel. We free camped just short of Denham.

The sole purpose of the diversion was to experience the dolphin feeding. When we inquired at Monkey Mia about the event it was all too hard. You pay a ridiculous fee to enter and then the opportunity to feed a dolphin is in the lap of the rangers and you may not even get to do it bit pay to see some else do it. We'd seen plenty of Dolphins in the wild so decided to save our money and head to Coral Bay.

A bit of a tourist trap that you don't find out about until you have used a lot of fuel to get there. We investigate such tourist attractions to see whether it is vaklue for money. Denham it self is nothing special. Then again I though Broome was over rated!

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I use it all the time and have found it very useful.

Jack

Hi Rus,
Stayed at Monkey Mia and Denham many times ,was there last sept. It doesn't cost to feed the dolphins, it costs to enter the park $5 for a day pass or from memory $15/20 for up to 14 days. there is a trick to this though if you are staying at the c/park at resort. Firstly let me say i am not condoning anything illegal but calm are govmt. and work office hours! so its very difficult for them to collect money if you arrive early or late nod, nod, wink wink, and you can then wander around at leisure as the resort has nothing to do with calm.
At xmas 2004/5 my daughter had all the dolphins to her self whilst kayaking in bay.We find it a very relaxing break there as once you are camped there is everything on hand, we never bother with the calm dolphin sideshow fiasco and often find the dolphins will seek you out further west along the bay after the mornings feedind session. we always take everything foodwise with us as it can be very expensive to buy at resort. Denham has two supermarkets (but still expensive) and the Denham holiday village is also very good but can get windy! we found Nanga can get flyblown at times! You can also freecamp at the several small bays like Whalebone etc, but must ring calm in Denham for permit no. and its first come best dressed and no bookings!
Hope this helps Brian wa
ps you can also camp in Peron np but again access fees and you have to be totally self sufficient.

i recommend that you don't stay at money mia, its a rip-off. stay at denham or go into peron national park. plenty of wildlife everywhere, you could always visit money mia during the day for the 'been there, done that'.
might be worth getting a w.a. parks pass.

G'day

Was there last year and stayed at Nanga Bay.

They have good facilities including an artesian spa.

You will have problems getting your tent pegs in the ground. It is as hard as rock. Wet the ground first and you should be able to get the pegs in without bending them.

Rus,
g'day.
We stayed in Denham Seaside Tourist Village (website posted above) last year in July
We were originally going to be there for 10 days, but the wind came in good and Strong (I swear that we're wind magnets!!!), and made the camp unenjoyable. I wanted to do some fishing charters, which were basically cancelled due to excessive wind.
We have a Coleman Northstar 8 Tent, and needed to really tie it down.
After three nights of gusty winds, we cut short our stay and then headed to Kalbarri and stayed there for the balance (7 nights).
We had a great time in Kalbarri. The wind still blew, but the van park we camped in was sheltered.

If you're going to tent it in Denham/Monkey Mia, I'd recommend something without a seaview - we got a seaview in the Denham Tourist Village, and it was a pain. If you could guarantee 100% calm winds, then I'd say go for it, but hey - we live in WA (Windy Australia).
Monkey Mia may be more sheltered, we got hammered (by the weather!!) in Denham.

Cheers,
Dave

PS I agree - Broome IS Overrated !!