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Vacancies available from March 2025 onwards.  April is starting to fill up.  Send us an enquiry...

​​We cater for dedicated birdwatchers and nature lovers, so we don't advertise on accommodation rental sites.

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Birdhaven Cottage Buff Breasted Paradise Kingfisher Chick the day it left the nest.jpg

Birdhaven Cottage, Julatten - Built with birdwatchers in mind...

  • Buff Breasted Paradise Kingfishers have nested. The young birds & parent birds are still around and can be seen in the area.

  • Our Birdwatchers Cottage accommodation is about a 90-minute drive from Cairns Airport.

  • The cottage has a bedroom with a queen bed, in the living room is a double sofa bed. (The cottage sleeps 4 people max)

  • The cottage looks out into a rainforest gully, with a bird-attracting pond at the end of a deck.

  • We have an almost perfect climate all year round, but the cottage has a reverse cycle split a/cond, just in case.

  • A fully equipped kitchen with 2 burner cooktop, microwave, kettle, toaster, sandwich toaster. Ziggy gas BBQ outside.

  • A wall-mounted smart TV with Blu-ray disc player along with free WiFi access. Mobile phone coverage.

  • There are also several walking tracks around the property, to view the birds and native wildlife.

  • A 35 minute drive to Port Douglas, for trips to the Great Barrier Reef, the Low Isles or the Daintree rainforest area.

  • The buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher is normally resident from late November to late in April.​

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