
3-Your Family Accommodation In The Daintree Rainforest
Your Family Accommodation in the Daintree Rainforest
A Daintree Rainforest family experience will be a highlight of your family holiday to Tropical North Queensland. The important thing as a family is that you have easy accessibility to the Daintree Rainforest tours and activities that surround you. This will give various members of the family with different interests a chance to explore these or if you have the same interests then you can find the tours and activities near to you. It is also important that you don’t blow your budget and yet find the perfect Daintree Rainforest accommodation that will allow enough living space for all your family to enjoy so that you are not on top of one another.
You can choose to visit the Daintree Rainforest in a Day Tour from Port Douglas or Cairns, or an extended overnight tour but if you'd like to be immersed in the Rainforest overnight, we have some great Daintree Rainforest family friendly accommodation suggestions. It is recommended that whilst you are in Daintree that you hire a car. Though many of the tours and activities are near your holiday accommodation and some tours arrange transfers to your resort holiday accommodation, having a car will give you greater flexibility to drive around and explore all the secret nooks and crannies of the region.
Ferntree Rainforest Resort Accommodation
Ferntree Rainforest Resort Cape Tribulation is nestled amongst the foliage of the World Heritage Daintree Rainforest. This is a comfortable budget option for families set in beautiful grounds and is great to use as a base to explore the wonders of your amazing surroundings.
This is great for families with children of all ages. For babies and toddlers porta cots are available. Rooms can have an added mattress for greater holiday accommodation flexibility. It’s only a short walk to the beach and there are many unguided walks you can go on (the Resort staff would be pleased to help you with these).
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- Short stroll to the beach
- Guest Laundry
- WiFi (additional cost)
- Bar/Lounge
- Onsite Restaurant
Accommodation:
- Private Cabin: 1 king and 2 singles
- Triple Cabin: 1 king, 2 singles + 1 single
- Garden Room with loft: 1 King and 2 singles – this is accessible by a ladder so the children will love it (not suitable for children under 5 years old)
- Rollaway bed can be used if extra bed is needed
All the accommodation is submerged unobtrusively amongst the Daintree Rainforest flora and fauna and offers uninterrupted view of this amazing natural spectacle.
Eating out and food catering:
The Cassowary Café is a timber building which consists of two wooden buildings with a wrap-around veranda. Guests can enjoy breakfast each morning, there is a a-la-carte bistro style dinner menu where you can dine under the rainforest canopy. Gluten free and vegetarian diets catered for. There is a children’s menu and high chairs are available for children.
If you have a car then you are within a few minutes’ drive of other restaurants in Cape Tribulation. Mason’s Café (Burgers), Whet Restaurant (fine dining), Cape Tribulation Beach House Bistro (bistro style) Turtle Rock Café (cheap, wholesome, quick bite), PK’s Jungle Village (Budget)
Heritage Lodge And Spa
This Lodge and spa is immersed in the Daintree Rainforest and adjoins Cooper Creek, so apart from the Lodge’s own swimming pool you can also swim in the clear crystal waters of Copper Creek in a real rainforest river. Go down with the children and skim stones, look for turtles or just swim with the fish in this crystal clear creek. Ideal for a family holiday accommodation.
The Family Rainforest Accommodation Cabins have been recently refurbished and are ideal for family occupancy.
- Private rainforest walking tracks from holiday accommodation
- Freshwater swimming holes on the holiday accommodation
- Swimming pool
- Complimentary Tropical Breakfast
- Guest library
- Free DVD library
- Heritage Lodge Day Spa
- TV and DVD
- Daily Service
Accommodation:
- Rainforest Cabin - accommodate up to 5
- Queen size bed + 2 single. Rollaway bed can be arranged for 3rd child
- Open plan with ensuite bathroom
- Port-a-cots available
Eating out and food catering:
Heritage Lodge and Spa onsite restaurant - On The Turps Restaurant:
- Breakfast featuring homemade jams, tropical fruits, local meats, milk, cheeses and other scrumptious goodies, along with coffee and Daintree Tea.
- Lunch and Dinner also served (Mediterranean menu a la carte)
For the kids: a fantastic children's menu is available along with a vast array of wildlife to enjoy. High chairs are available.
Daintree Crocodylus Village
Daintree Crocodylus Village is located in the heart of the World Heritage Daintree Rainforest at Cow Bay. This is ideal budget family accommodation. It is set in its own 21 acres of rainforest so your family can become totally immersed in the amazing jungle surroundings. Your Daintree Rainforest accommodation comes with a host of family activities available on your doorstep to avoid anybody getting bored – or broke! Experience living deep in the rainforest where there’s no manicured lawns or air conditioners.
This family accommodation provides adventure living for the whole family. You will have the independence of self-catering or tasty, budget tropical fare from the Kingfisher Café. The Crocodylus Village provides a wonderful area for children to cut loose and enjoy their surroundings in a safe environment.
Accommodation:
- Ceiling fans
- Mosquito nets
- Accommodation in timber framed huts with canvas walls and mesh windows
- Coin operated laundry
- Communal Self Catering fully equipped kitchen
- WiFi
- Rainforest Bungalows can accommodate families of 4, or larger families up to 8.
Free Activities:
- Swimming Pool
- Board games
- Waterhole swimming
- Three national park walks
- 3km Crocodylus Jungle Walk
- Beaches
Eating out and food catering:
Shopping: Daintree Crocodylus Village has its own general store for basic food and convenience shopping. If you are self-catering it is recommended to stock up with basics from Woolworths in Mossman for cost effectiveness and more variety of choice.
Eating onsite:
- Kingfisher Café – breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
- Gecko Bar – Fully licensed Bar
- BBQ Sundays – set price smorgasbord
Self catering: Their self-catering kitchen has gas cookers and BBQ with pots, pans, fridge (no oven) and you will be provided with your own personal catering pack (plates, cups and cutler) when you arrive.
Daintree Holiday House WAW
This is a stunning architecturally designed pole framed house modelled on a New Guinean long house. It is the largest single holiday accommodation dwelling in the Daintree Rainforest. With its polished wooden floors, large ceilings and design features this offers discerning, spacious accommodation for the ultimate family holiday.
- Salt water pool
- Cow Bay Beach 600 metres away
- Surrounded by rainforest with Coral Sea views from the upstairs balcony
- Pool Table
- Satellite TV
- Gourmet kitchen
- BBQ facilities
- Indoor dining and Al fresco veranda dining
- Large outdoor decking
- Solar powered
- Guest library
Daintree Rainforest Accommodation:
- Sleeps 6 but can accommodate up to 9
- 3 bedrooms (2 x king beds, 2 x king singles)
- An additional single bed can be set up in the 3rd bedroom and an additional double bed can be put in on the Mezzanine level at additional cost
Eating out and food catering:
- Grocery store with basics at Crocodylus Resort, Cow Bay
- There is an IGA half way between Cape Tribulation and Cow Bay 12km (9 miles) which also sells petrol and diesel
- Friendly Grocer is opposite PK’s in Cape Tribulation 24km (18 miles)
Dining in the Daintree Rainforest
- PK Jungle Village (Budget)
- Fan Palm Boardwalk Café (hot food and snacks)
- Thornton Beach - Café on Sea (Burger)
- Cow Bay Hotel (pub food),
- If you have a car then you are within a few minutes’ drive of other restaurants in Cape Tribulation. Mason’s Café (Burgers), Whet Restaurant (fine dining), Cape Tribulation Beach House Bistro (bistro style) Turtle Rock Café (cheap, wholesome, quick bite)
Daintree Rainforest Tour and Activities available:
Tours that can pick up from your holiday accommodation include snorkelling on the Barrier Reef, sea kayaking on the reef, Daintree Rainforest night walk, 4WD Daintree Rainforest Tours, Horse Riding, Exotic fruit tasting, wild crocodile river and guided tours through the Daintree Rainforest.
- Snorkel tour on the Great Barrier Reef
- Daintree Rainforest Tour
- 4WD Daintree Rainforest
- Crocodile River cruise
- Self- guided boardwalk tours
- Daintree Discovery Centre
- Beach and Rainforest Horse Riding
- Bird Watching Tours
- Exotic fruit tasting
- River, estuary and reef fishing
- Guided night and day rainforest walks
Discover more about the Daintree National Park to assist you plan your family Daintree Rainforest experience and contact the local holiday specialists to assist you with all your Daintree Accommodation and Day tours.