An elderly man has been airlifted from a popular campground about 100km east of Albany after he fell down an embankment on a walking trail.

Emergency services, including the RAC Rescue helicopter, were called to the Cape Riche campground near Wellstead just before noon on Tuesday.

A Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson said it was in response to a man falling down an embankment near a walking track.

A St John WA ambulance crew was on scene before 1.45pm, but did not transport the man, who a spokesperson said was aged in his 70s, instead waiting for other emergency crews and the helicopter to arrive to safely move the man.

The spokesperson said the man’s injuries were believed to be non-life threatening.

The Albany State Emergency Service crew and Bremer Bay Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service arrived on scene just after 2pm and worked together to manoeuvre the man onto a stretcher and carry him to the waiting helicopter.

He was handed over to the RAC Rescue helicopter crew at 3.10pm and airlifted out of the site.