A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes a camera section; a fixed unit including a protrusion section formed of a magnetic member at least partially and having a shape of at least a part of a spherical face; a movable unit for supporting the camera section, and a conical contact face with which the protrusion section of the fixed unit is loosely engageable and contactable by the magnetic attracting force, the movable unit being freely pivotable with respect to a sphere center of the spherical face of the protrusion section; and a fall preventive member including a fall preventive regulation section distanced from the movable unit by a prescribed gap in a direction of the optical axis, the fall preventive member being fixed to the fixed unit.