“Where’s the best place to go glamping in Australia?” is a bit like asking where the best beach is. The honest answer is that it depends what you’re after, and also, honestly, that we’re spoiled for choice. Rainforest domes, outback safari tents, hot-spring hideaways, a pearl farm you can actually sleep at… this country does glamping properly, spread from the tip of Queensland to the red centre.
Rather than one generic “top 10,” here’s a genuine standout in every state and territory, so you can pick based on where you actually want to be, not just what ranks well on a list somewhere else.
Queensland: Habitat Noosa
15 minutes from Noosa’s beaches and cafes, but a world away in feel, Habitat Noosa tucks eco-tents into bushland by Lake Cooroibah. It’s the sweet spot between “proper wilderness” and “still close enough to get good coffee”, which, let’s be honest, is exactly what most people actually want from glamping.
New South Wales: Paperbark Camp
Paperbark Camp in Jervis Bay is basically where modern Australian glamping started: safari-style tents on raised timber platforms, deep in the bush, with a restaurant built around the trees themselves. Two decades on, it’s still the benchmark everyone else in the state gets compared to.
Victoria: Peninsula Hot Springs
Glamping and geothermal bathing, in the one booking: Peninsula Hot Springs on the Mornington Peninsula pairs its tents with direct access to the hot springs themselves. Roll out of bed and into 40-plus-degree mineral water; not a bad way to start a Saturday.
Tasmania: Bay of Fires Bush Retreat
The Bay of Fires is famous for those orange lichen-covered granite boulders against impossibly blue water, and Bay of Fires Bush Retreat puts you right in among it. Tasmania does glamping quieter and wilder than most states, and this is a good example of why that’s a selling point, not a compromise.
South Australia: Wilpena Pound Resort
Set inside the natural amphitheatre of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound Resort gets you genuine outback scenery (ancient ranges, red dirt, huge skies) without giving up a comfortable bed. Handy base for exploring one of SA’s most striking landscapes.
Western Australia: Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm
Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm is genuinely unlike anything else on this list. In the remote Kimberley, it lets you glamp on a working pearl farm, with some of the biggest tides on Earth right outside your tent. Not the easiest place to get to. Arguably part of the appeal.
Northern Territory: Longitude 131°
If money’s no object and Uluru is on the list, Longitude 131° is the one to know about: luxury tents facing the rock itself, in the middle of the desert. It’s the closest thing Australian glamping has to a bucket-list splurge.
Australian Capital Territory: Cuppacumbalong
A heritage homestead property just outside Canberra, Cuppacumbalong proves you don’t need to fly interstate for a proper glamping weekend. Bush setting, history on the doorstep, capital city 20 minutes away.
So, what’s actually “the best”?
Honestly, whichever one matches the trip you’re actually trying to have. Want a splurge? Longitude 131°. A weekend away without the flight? Cuppacumbalong or Habitat Noosa. Something no one else you know has done? A pearl farm in the Kimberley will sort that out.
Still deciding? Have a browse through the full Glamping Near Me directory, or start with our Guide to Glamping in Australia if you’re new to the whole idea.