Beechworth Lake Sambell Caravan Park

Beechworth Lake Sambell Caravan Park sits on the banks of Lake Sambell at 20 Peach Drive, a 10 to 15 minute walk from Beechworth's historic town centre, and it takes dogs year round on sites and in designated pet-friendly cabins. The park holds a 4.7 rating across well over a thousand reviews, and the lakeside walking track that starts at the park gate is the reason dog owners keep booking it.

Dogs at the Beechworth Lake Sambell Caravan Park

Maximum two dogs per site or pet-friendly cabin. Dogs are welcome year round on powered and unpowered caravan and tent sites, and in specific pet-friendly cabins only: budget cabins, studio cabins and some villas. They are not allowed in non-designated cabins or on-site vans, and the park charges a $200 cleaning fee where evidence turns up of a dog in one. The cabin pet fee runs around $10 per pet per stay. Tell the park you are bringing a dog when you book so they allocate a suitable site or cabin from the start.

The rules

Dogs stay on a lead at all times within the grounds and cannot be left unattended, including on cabin verandahs, in vehicles or in trailers. You cannot wash dogs or their bedding in the park or the park laundry, so pack a towel and plan a wash off-site after lake swims. Bring your own bowls, bedding and treats; the park provides the sites, not pet kit.

The stay

This is a spacious, shady waterfront park that stays fairly quiet even in busy periods, and families make up much of its long-review base. The Lake Sambell walking track runs straight off the park for an easy on-lead loop around the water, which is rare convenience: most caravan parks ask you to drive somewhere for a decent walk.

Getting there and out with the dog

The park is an easy drive from the town centre along Peach Drive, with parking at your site. Queen Victoria Park and the Town Hall Gardens are within walking distance for shaded on-lead strolls, and the trails through Beechworth Historic Park give you longer options through gold-rush country. Cafes around Camp Street keep outdoor seating where dogs are welcome, and Bridge Road Brewers runs a dog-friendly beer garden on lead.

Close by with the dogs

tiny of beechworth and Coffee Staines cover the morning coffee run in town, Beechworth Holiday Park is the alternative park nearby, and The Woolshed Cabins is another pet-friendly option out of town.

Good for campers and cabin guests who want a lakeside base with a walking track on the doorstep and a historic town centre ten minutes away on foot.