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Wait-a-While Eco Retreat

Hotel in Cow Bay with free parking

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Wait-a-While Eco Retreat provides amenities like a garden and an arcade/game room.

Popular amenities

  • Parking included

Room options

Four-Bedroom House

  • Sleeps 8

About the neighborhood

Cow Bay is home to Wait-a-While Eco Retreat. Daintree Rainforest and Wet Tropics of Queensland reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Daintree Discovery Centre and Daintree Wild Zoo. Hook-A-Barra and Bat House Cape Tribulation are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with horse riding and hiking/biking trails.
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Lot 445 Buchanan Creek Road, Cow Bay, Queensland, 4873

What's nearby

  • Cow Bay - 1 min drive - 0.7 miles
  • Daintree Discovery Centre - 10 min drive - 4.6 miles
  • Jindalba Boardwalk - 16 min drive - 5.3 miles
  • Daintree Rainforest - 18 min drive - 10.0 miles
  • Daintree Entomological Museum - 19 min drive - 10.0 miles

Getting around

  • Cairns Intl. Airport (CNS) - 127 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪On The Turps - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪Lync Haven - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Thornton Beach Kiosk - ‬18 min drive
  • ‪Ricid - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Thornton’s - ‬18 min drive

About this property

Wait-a-While Eco Retreat

Property highlights
Wait-a-While Eco Retreat provides amenities like a garden and an arcade/game room.
You'll also enjoy perks such as:
  • Free self parking
  • Smoke-free premises, a billiards/pool table, and barbecue grills
  • Multilingual staff

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Property amenities

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room

Guest services

  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

Property is also known as

Wait-a-While Eco Retreat Hotel
Wait-a-While Eco Retreat Cow Bay
Wait-a-While Eco Retreat Hotel Cow Bay

Frequently asked questions

How much is parking at Wait-a-While Eco Retreat?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Wait-a-While Eco Retreat?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Wait-a-While Eco Retreat?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Wait-a-While Eco Retreat located?

Situated in Cow Bay, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Wet Tropics of Queensland and Cow Bay. Baralba Corridor Nature Refuge is 0.9 mi (1.5 km) away.

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