Campground bookings for Channel Point Coastal Reserve

You must book online and pay the camping fees.

This is a category A campground.

Find out how to use the parks booking system.

If you are ready, book now.

Your booking confirmation, camping tag and visitor permit will be emailed to you.

The gate to the campground is locked. You will need a key to access. Read below about how to collect and return the access key.

Collect your access key 4 working days before the start of your booking.

Where to collect

Collect the access key from Parks and Wildlife offices in Palmerston or Katherine.

You can collect or return a key in Katherine only by prior arrangement.

How to pay

To collect the access key you will need to:

• show the booking confirmation
• pay $250 deposit with a credit card
• provide photo identification, such as:
  • drivers licence
  • Passport or
  • NT Evidence of Age card.

You will also need to sign a form agreeing to pay $250 if the key is not returned, or returned damaged.

This information will be kept until key is returned to the office.

You must return the key to get your deposit back. Return the key:

• before 4pm
• no later than day 4 after your booking departure date.

Your credit card will be charged $250 if:

• key is not returned, or
• returned damaged.

You can arrive at the campsite after 12 noon on the day of your booking arrival date.

When you must leave

You must leave on your booking departure date by 11.00am.

This will allow campers to easily pass in and out of the campground.

Your group must follow the rules below when visiting the reserve.

Camping rules

When visiting the reserve, remember these camping rules:

• move into a campsite after 12 noon on the day you arrive
• move out of your campsite before 11am on the day your'e leaving
• small camp fires are only allowed in designated fireplaces in the picnic site
• you must not have a camp fire at your campsite
• use your own gas stove for cooking at your campsite
• use a torch when walking at night as there is a cliff edge close to the campground
• you can run a generator but you must turn it off between 10pm and 6am.

Rules for vehicles, boats and fishing

You should follow these rules when you are entering the reserve, in the reserve and leaving the reserve:

• before you enter, clean your vehicle to prevent the spread of weeds or cane toads
• your vehicle must be well maintained and equipped
• motorbikes, trail bikes, quad bikes and similar vehicles are not allowed
• don't bury fish waste but return it to deep waters or take it away.

There is a hard surface boat ramp but you usually need a tide over 3.5m to launch safely.

Local tides are 20-30 minutes earlier than Darwin tides with a range of 8m.

Leave all gates outside the reserve as you found them. If a gate is open when you come to it, leave it open. If it's closed, close it behind you.

Lock the main gate to the reserve behind you.

What you can't bring

You must not bring any of the following into the park:

• pets including dogs - guide dogs are allowed
• firearms or ammunition
• explosives
• hunting bows or crossbows
• any weapon
• animal poison or bait
• nets, traps and firearms - crab pots, cast nets and hand spears are allowed.

The camping area is on the beach cliffs, 500 metres from the boat ramp.

There are 10 unpowered drive-through camping sites for vehicles towing boat trailers.

Toilets and showers are near the campground.

There is a bore water tap at the boat ramp.

Use water sparingly and turn the tap off after use.