Bungle Bungles Caravan Park

Yeah, pretty exxy Ray, but what do you get over the National Park campsites at Walardi and Kurrajong at $9/night/person with basic facilities?

After all, you cannot take caravans in so what real need is there for electric power?

Anything is better than El questro.

$66 for two of us to camp on an unpowered partly grassed site. And there are better canyons etc elsewhere.

Total rip off.

Phil

That does look expensive, but in the Kimberley where costs are higher, so are the prices charged. They have a prime site for which there should be plenty of customers, and they will be meeting a market.

Prices may have risen since 2008, but by comparison at the more remote Drysdale River Station, we paid $28 for two unpowered (family rate $30); powered sites were $6 extra (only a few available). Amenities were very good and this park scored 9/10 on my rating system. At their unserviced Miners Pool, charge was $9 per person and children no charge. There was a rubbish tip for rubbish disposal - whereas the new Bungle Bungle CP has none. Drysdale did not charge for people leaving their caravan while continuing on to Mitchell Falls and Kalumburu whereas the new Bungle Bungle CP will charge $20 per day without power and full site fee of $45 with power for caravans left there. Drysdale also have a popular bar and restaurant area, and a mechanical workshop capable of fixing a huge variety of breakages.

Under the 2008 pricing structure at El Questro (then owned by Voyages) we paid $30 per night for two; same whether in the crowded village camp ground or in the unserviced individual riverside camps - we chose the latter. Add to that the "permit" charge and Voyages credit card surcharge, it was not cheap, but we decided that they had places well worth seeing, and were pleased that we went.

Motherhen

Those costs are very steep. Quite frankly I'd rather park the van on a powered site at Warmun (if the water has subsided) and commute to the Bungle Bungles from there. Or, park the van in the holding compound at Warmun (for $10 per night ) and commute to the Bungle Bungles and camp for a few days. There is also an area where i saw a few motorhomes and caravans parked just opposite the track leading off the highway into the Bungle Bungles.


WBS

That is pretty expensive. However we intend to leave the van and take the tent into the Bungles for 3-4 nights.

Was thinking to stay one night in the caravan park unpowered ($35), 4 nights storage unpowered ($80), 4 nights NP fees @ $10 each ($80). Total $195 or if you average it out, $39 per night.

For us, it's on our "must see" list of things and a couple of extra nights of free or low-cost camping will bring the accommodation budget back on track.

Didn't they have van storage at Warmun - has anyone heard how they are going after the floods?

Hi
In 08 we left our van at Warman (Turkey Creek) $10/night, and tented at Bungle Bungle - an amazing place and must see again! I'm getting rid of the big van and getting a single axle off road van in which we can go into places like the Bungle Bungle NP.
On the off topics matters re EL Q - yes its expensive, but we had a wonderful time there and would recommend it to anyone visiting the Kimberleys
Regards
TD

Both are such beautiful places. There was no way i was going to go all the way up there and not miss them both. We took out on road camper into the BB. We did let air out and had a nice and steady drive in.

To me its what you want to see rather than what it may cost, thats why we had budgeted for them. El Q was one of our most loved places on our trip El Q gorge is beautiful especially if you can get past the big boulder.


John