Congo Campground; one of the best NSW coastline options
Want to camp metres away from a pristine creek that flows to an amazing beach a short walk away? Congo Campground does this and much, much more, making it easily in the top 5 best camping in NSW for us, so far.
We’d been thoroughly enjoying the NSW coastline, with more magnificent places than you can poke a stick at, but a lot of the camp sites aren’t really that close to the water. Yep, we’re spoilt, but Congo Campground ticks all of the boxes and more, and if you haven’t stayed here, its so worth a few nights. This is a ripper Camping in New South Wales option.
Where is Congo Campground?
Congo Campground is located in Congo itself, and backs onto Congo Creek, and the Ocean. It’s 4.5 hours south of Sydney, and about 20 minutes drive South East of Moruya.
What amenities are at Congo Campground?
Congo Campground has flushing toilets, rubbish bins, water (not advised for drinking), big sites, grass, a boat ramp, camp kitchen and rooms for you to get changed in, or have a shower (with your own shower!).
It’s really well set up, and gets cleaned and mowed often.
What does it cost to camp?
Camping here is $24.60 per night for two adults, and for our family of 4 its around $37. This is not exactly cheap compared to what we’re used to, but for good national park camp sites on the NSW coastline, its normal and you either cough it up, or struggle to find free camping options as everything else is incredibly expensive.
What’s it actually like?
We absolutely loved Congo Campground. The NSW coastline is absolutely magic, and for us to literally have our camper 5 metres away from a crystal clear creek (when the water is flowing), on a relatively grassy site, with some shade and protection from the wind was nothing short of mind blowing.
We extended our 2 night stay another night here, because it was such a laid back, peaceful and beautiful place. If you have kids, they’ll fall in love with this place. I guarantee it.
When the tide comes in, the creek fills up with beautiful clear, cold water, and then it slowly makes its way out again. This is perfect for the kids to splash around in (or learn to snorkel, like ours), and its such a stunning spot to sit and enjoy.
Dogs and fires
Being a national park, you’re not allowed dogs here (unless they’re exempt). Wood fires are also off limits all year round, which is a small price to pay for what you get.
Fishing at Congo Campground
We saw quite a few people fishing off the rocks here, and met a few guys that had a small boat, and who’d done very well with flathead, salmon and a small shark. We never bothered fishing here with the boys as it was a bit hard off the rocks to keep them safe, but it’d be a great place to flick lures around, or bottom bounce.
Book at stay at Congo Campground
We’ve stayed at a ridiculous number of camp sites now, and Congo Campground is as good as it gets for easy to access, waterfront camping. Our kids loved it, and we’d happily return for a few more nights.
