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South Australia’s marine parks help pro­tect and con­serve marine bio­log­i­cal diver­si­ty and habi­tats, nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al fea­tures and allow for eco­log­i­cal­ly sus­tain­able development

Drones (remote­ly pilot­ed air­craft) Low fly­ing air­craft can severe­ly dis­rupt rest­ing and breed­ing animals

If you would like to hold on event or activ­i­ty in a nation­al park, you must apply for an event agreement

Ama­teur film­ing and pho­tog­ra­phy A per­mit is not required to under­take film­ing or pho­tog­ra­phy in South Australia’s nation­al parks for ama­teur purposes

Any com­pa­ny, organ­i­sa­tion or indi­vid­ual propos­ing to car­ry out com­mer­cial activ­i­ties with­in the parks sys­tem requires a licence

When plan­ning your tour itin­er­ary we encour­age you to first deter­mine if your pro­posed activ­i­ty is per­mit­ted in the park you are visiting

To become licensed, oper­a­tors need to: com­plete an Appli­ca­tion form 

Com­mer­cial Tour Oper­a­tor (CTO) Licences are avail­able for terms from two months to five years

Oper­at­ing in pro­tect­ed areas out­side South Aus­tralia Tour oper­a­tors should be aware that to oper­ate com­mer­cial tours in pro­tect­ed areas man­aged by the com­mon­wealth, state or ter­ri­to­ry gov­ern­ments, per­mits or licences are required