Grampians National Park camping: sites, bookings and free options

The visitor guide is clear that campgrounds with fees must be booked online before arriving.¹ Parks Victoria's notice gives the route: book on its bookings site or call 13 1963.⁶ There is no walk-up system for these sites, so a plan made on the day of travel leaves you with a drive and no place to sleep.

Prices change, and the pages that describe the campgrounds do not print a nightly rate. Visit Grampians sends campers to Parks Victoria for camp fees and how to book, which is the safe route for an up-to-date number.⁴ Any Grampians National Park fee for a campsite is shown on the booking screen; treat a figure on a third-party page as a guess.

The visitor guide lists the park's campgrounds with a note on each: Boreang is secluded with unsealed access, Borough Huts popular with sealed access, Buandik close to rock art with unsealed access, and Smiths Mill central with sealed access.⁷ Coppermine, Jimmy Creek, Kalymna, Stapylton, Strachans, Troopers Creek, Wannon Crossing and Plantation complete the list in the same guide.

Stapylton Campground in the north is booked online in advance, and campers bring their own firewood.²⁷ There are pit toilets and untreated tank water, but you should bring drinking water.²⁸ The local mob of kangaroos likes to graze there too.²⁹

Troopers Creek Campground requires all sites to be booked online in advance and has two large group camping areas for up to 16 people.^30,24 Jimmy Creek has 13 tent sites, 4 drive-in sites for caravans and campervans and 4 for camper-trailers, and sits halfway between Halls Gap and Dunkeld.^21,31 It is 2WD accessible, with shared pit toilets and a cold water shower.³²

Buandik Campground has 13 tent sites and four drive-in sites for camper trailers, caravans and campervans, with non-flush toilets and no power.^22,33 It is a base for the Billimina and Manja rock art shelters.²⁵ The Billimina Walk is closed after the 2024/25 fires, according to the Parks Victoria notice read on 7 November 2026.^34,35 Strachans has 6 vehicle-based sites and two tent-only sites, all booked in advance, and has reopened after major upgrade works.^23,36

A camp gives you dawn and dusk in the park, when wildlife is most active,⁵² and a night sky with little light. The 13-hour small-group tour sold on this site gives you daytime stops and a drive back to Melbourne. Choose by what you want from the Grampians: the evening hours or the day.

Two-day tours bundle a bed. One GetYourGuide listing describes basic dormitory-style accommodation, for adults aged 18 and over only, while another lists 1 night of accommodation with 3 meals and park fees included. They remove the gear, the booking and much of the driving, and the price is for the bed as well as the tour.

Check closures before you commit to a hike-in camp. As of the Parks Victoria notice read on 7 November 2026, the Fortress Walk and Hike-in Campground remain closed to visitors because of track damage from the 2024/25 summer bushfires.^53,35 Parks Victoria's conditions page lists all closures, and a call to Brambuk confirms it.