Set in the heart of a lush coastal rainforest, a short stroll from Cape Tribulation's ... more
beach and its famous mangrove boardwalks, Ferntree Rainforest Lodge offers an affordable tropical getaway for eco-explorers.From the rooms and the café you can enjoy ...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. Near Cape Tribulation Beach Adjacent to Daintree National Park Near the ... more
Great Barrier Reef Hotel Features. On site restaurant and bar Two outdoor pools Tour desk Guestrooms. Private balconies or verandas Private bathrooms Optional dormitory accommodations
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Paradise, tropical beaches, lush rainforest, close to the coral reef, perfect! Disadvantages: Jellyfish, mosquitos, long way from anywhere.
and is in fact one of the few places in the world where the rainforest meets the sea. It is the only place in the world where two world-heritage listed areas meet ? the Daintree National Park and the Great Barrier Reef. One of the most amazing things I found about it was that one minute you would be walking through thick, lush rainforest and couldn?t even see the beach and then a couple of steps later I was standing on one of the nicest, tropical, white sandy beach I?d ever seen!
CapeTribulation area is really quiet as you would expect as it is so remote. There is a small convenience store, a pharmacy and a petrol station in the area but if you are traveling yourself it would be advisable to stock up before you leave Cairns or Mossman because the prices are pretty expensive here. If you do get it from here though, the stores and most ...
Advantages: Peaceful cabins in tranquil surroundings, beautiful beach Disadvantages: Remote, stinger season
accommodation directly on the beach in Cape Trib, the Beach House is about 4.5 km north of the 'village' - where the sole shop and the rest of the accommodation such as Ferntrees and PKs are located. This makes it difficult to pop out for a meal somewhere else unless you have a car, but not impossible as an enterprising local has set up a makeshift bus service that you ring up and order like a taxi, and that will take you anywhere in the area for a few dollars.
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CapeTribulation is the only place on Earth where 2 world heritage listed sites meet - the reef and the rainforest - and the picture they always use to illustrate this could well have been taken from the beach house as the rainforest truly does come down to the waters edge here. It is a beautiful place, and well worth a visit. And, I would recommend the Beach House as ...
Advantages: Suitable for all ages / Indoor Disadvantages: Bit small for whole day visit
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Where?
Hampstead Norreys
Berkshire
RG18 0TN
T= 01635 202444
enquiries@livingrainforest.org / www.livingrainforest.org
Openin Times
Open all year from 10am-5.15. Only closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Prices
Adults 6.30
OAP/Students/Consessions 5.70
Children 5-14 4.50
Children 3-4 3.55
Under 3 Free
Special Needs Caregivers Free
Family 2 adults and 2 children 18.85
Family extra child 3-4 2.65
Family extra child 5-14 3.55
Why Go?
During the February half term 2008, I decided to visit The Living Rainforest at Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire.
I had seen it advertised on brown road signs on the way to other places and thought it sounded like a nice place to take the children. Being indoors we didn't have to rely on the weather to have ...
