Located at the mouth of the Norman River, Karumba enjoys the distinction of being the only town along the southern Gulf of Carpentaria that is within sight of the Gulf. The Gulf’s extensive tidal flats prohibits settlement elsewhere along it’s shore.

With less than 600 permanent residents, Karumba boasts five caravan parks catering for the influx of tourists during the dry season. Excluding tourism, fishing is what Karumba is all about, evidenced by a boat in almost every driveway in town. Prawning commenced in the 1960s and is now a major industry.

New Century Resources operate a Zinc processing facility in Karumba with the capacity to store 80,000 tonnes of processed material ready to export. The zinc is pumped from the mine, as a slurry, via a pipeline from Lawn Hill over 300 kilometres away!

In recent years the construction of a boardwalk along the Norman River in the centre of Karumba affords locals and tourist a pleasant walk and view of the river environment.

Karumba’s War Memorial is positioned along the boardwalk in close proximity to the former site of the World War Two Royal Australian Air Force Flying Boat Base.

Bird watching the Savannah Way and around the gulf provides wonderful opportunities to see species not easily found elsewhere.

Karumba Point, about four kilometres from the Karumba town centre is a favorite place to watch the sun set over the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Visitors can learn the secrets of the mighty barramundi at Karumba’s Les Wilson Barramundi Discovery Centre, the only hatchery in the world to breed the Southern Gulf strain of the iconic fish!