Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Blue Cottage) | Terrace/patio

Reviews of Lake Eacham Tourist Park & Self Contained Cabins

2.5 out of 5

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 48 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 114 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Kylie

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Coralie

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Debra, New Albany

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This property was musty & had roaches. I saw 6 in 1 cluster. Everything smelled. The bed is worn out The bathroom was dirty. When I went to the manager, his excuse was that, "It is a rainforest." Well, I've been in deeper rainforest cabins & they didn't have roaches & weren't dirty Debra Corbett 2 Dec - 3 Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Ruth, Toowoomba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Cabins are of an older type, but comfortable, air conditioned, clean and employees are friendly and helpful. Nice food and in walking distance to the lake. Really enjoyed my stay and will come back.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Virginia on 1 Dec 2023
Thankyou for the kind comments, we look forward to having you stay with us again.

8/10 Good

Wayne

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Judith

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was run down and shabby, overpriced. No internet as advertised.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Phoebe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

suzy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely quiet park
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Todd, Cooya Beach

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Have always found staying here to be very convenient to get to Yungaburra, Lake Eacham and Atherton. Cabins are always very clean, location is extremely quiet and staff are very friendly and helpful. Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Virginia on 14 Aug 2023
Thank you so much for your lovely review. It means a lot to our small business and we are so happy you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again.

10/10 Excellent

Sobhan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet and serene in the woods and was like camping with the comforts of warm water and bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Virginia on 14 Aug 2023
Thats exactly what we are aiming for! Thank you for your review, we are so happy you enjoyed your stay!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Geoff

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The cafe on site's food would rival any restaurant. Staff were top notch as well. Beautiful rainforest surrounds. Very peaceful and quiet.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Virginia on 14 Aug 2023
Geoff what a fantastic review! Thank you

8/10 Good

david, Charters Towers

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Family of five stayed in cabin Was enough beds but very small space Thankfully found reverse cycle aircon Staff very helpful Cafe had tasty food Was one klm drive to lake Enjoy
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Todd, Cooya Beach

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed at Lake Eacham several times and always found the Tourist Park to be very quiet, peaceful and extremely handy to get around whilst on the Tablelands. Staff are very friendly and amenities are fine. Cabins are well equipped and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Kendra

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
PROS: welcoming counter staff and comfortable bed. CONS: everything else. Quite a number of tiny cockroaches, dead and living in cabin. Ensuite floor needs a good scrub, camp ablution block and camp kitchen needs maintenance. Tenants should not be permitted to park their motorbikes IN the camp kitchen. We could go on, but…will not stay here again. Our friends who stayed in the camp site also stated they were very disapointed and would not be returning.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Virginia on 2 Apr 2023
Hello Anonymous, Thank you for your review. It is a shame you have chosen to remain anonymous as it is difficult to attend to problems if I do not know when and which cabin you stayed, I am sorry you had a bad experience with cockroaches, the little buggers love this time of year. You may have found dead ones as we bomb our cabins regularly to try and control them. It is the season for them and we do struggle. Our amenities are old but very well kept, our cleaner of the camp kitchen and amenities is very good. We have chosen to keep our camp kitchen rustic as we get so much feedback about how people love it and we get many guest gethering around the open fireplace playing their guitars and having a great old time. I guess you were after a more modern camp kitchen. When the weather is very bad we have allowed a motorbike to park in the corner of the kitchen to keep it out of the rain. He does not drive it in and it should not affect anything in the kitchen as it is far enough away from everything, I can't see how this affected your time in the camp kitchen but I shall look into it.

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The words 'tourist park' conjured up images of somewhere big, bold and brash! Nothing further than the truth.This is a small, quiet, layed-back retreat, set in rainforest. It has clearly been here for some time, so some of the facilities and the cabin in which I stayed have seen better days, but they suited my style of travel perfectly. Friendly and helpful staff, great cafe with a good meals menu. Could hardly be closer to the rainforest birdwatchers' delight a short walk down the quiet country road.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property needs attention it is not what is shown in the website. The park it self is very pretty
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The yellow cabin had everything that was needed Some instructions on how to operate the gas hotplates would have been very helpful.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vannessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie-Ann

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was perfect!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The accommodation was clean and attractive. The on-site cafe was a bonus, with good food.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was greeted by friendly smiling staff. Unit was clean, had all amenities that I required; hot shower, jug for cuppa etc. Close by is the beautiful Lake Eacham that has great walking trail. Hope to return.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Virginia on 30 Jun 2021
Thank you for your lovely review, we very much appreciate you taking the time to write it. Hopefully you will be able to make it again sooner rather than later. Warmly Virginia

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Excellent check in with friendly staff throughout two night stay. Cabin clean inside but we could smell mould as soon as we entered. The entire outside of the cabin is covered in mould (including the aircon). This is surely an extreme health hazard. We had to burn incense sticks to deal with the musty smell. We also could not get wifi service at all whilst staying here.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Virginia on 3 Jun 2021
Hello , I am sorry you could smell mould. We try our best to not have mould on the inside of our cabins. I am suprised you could smell it. It is actually moss that is built up on our canopys etc, we are replacing all of them next week, it should look a whole lot better! We thought the insides were more important tro our guests so that is where we started and are now about to embark on the outside of all the buildings. There is Wi/Fi located free of charge and unlimited in the cafe area for all our guests to use. I apologise if you were unaware of this, we do try and tell all our guests upon check in about this, I will bring it up with my staff to make sure this is happening. I hope you are able to come back soon and see our frshly painted cabins. Kind Regards Virginia

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Building could do with overall clean particularly on outside- moss etc unappealing
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Virginia on 3 Jun 2021
You are absolutley right, we are repainting and replacing canopies in the next month, I am very excited to see these cabins with a fresh coat. Thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The quietness of the site. The bird calls were the main sounds you could hear.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Virginia on 19 May 2021
Thank you for your review. We do have a wonderful amount of birds in the park, you should be here in Spring, they really put on a show then!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Nicely shaded property. Good coffee shop attached. Lovely staff. Due to lack of cement paths, very sloppy when wet, cabin not as clean as would have liked.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Virignia on 15 Apr 2021
Thank you for your review. I am sorry you were not happy with the cleanliness of your cabin and we are addressing this. We try to keep our cement pathing to a minimum as we are trying to keep the park as natural as possible but I do understand that this does mean some muddy areas if raining. Kind Regards Virignia

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Virginia on 15 Apr 2021
Thank you for your rating, we appreciate you taking the time to score your stay. Kind Regards Virginia

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good base to see the Tableland
Stayed a few nights in a one bedroom cabin. Clean & quiet location. Nice cafe on site. Easy walk to Lake Eacham.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Terry, Cairns

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Very comfortable cabin Cafe was very good excellent location, close to so many beautiful spots
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Virginia on 2 Feb 2020
Hi Terry, Thank you so much for your review, we really appreciate you taking the time to do so. I am so happy you enjoyed your stay and hopefully we will see you again soon. Kind Regards Virginia

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Set in the forest backdrop, the LETP was located to all the other tourist attractions making the drive interesting n close by. Staff was great n vlose to all the local swim holes like lake eacham n lake barrine. We loved our dtay in the little cotrage n its homelike feel amongst the tropical trees n bird life. Thank you.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Virginia on 10 Dec 2019
Thank you Julie, we are so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us. It certainly is a beautiful part of the world!

8/10 Good

Shane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Virginia on 4 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review Shane, I am glad you enjoyed your stay,

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I liked the space, lay out, contents, etc. however, our (yellow colour) cabin had no wifi and no mobile phone access
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Virginia on 22 Sep 2019
Hello Anonymous, Thank you for your review. How I would love to offer you WI/Fi in your cabins, we have been in constant talks with Telstra and NBN in regards to this matter, it is simply not good enough that the mobile reception is dodgy up here. As you can imagine we keep getting the run around as does the rest of our neighborhood. Were you aware that we offer unlimited free wi/fi in the cafe and surrounding gardens? At this stage this is the best we can do and for the most part people are happy with this, alot of people we have found are happy to disconnect from their busy lives. Please know that this issue is out of our hands but we are working on it. Kind regards Virginia Hurst

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
friendly and staff very happy to help and answer questions very lovely place very clean quiet and cumfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Virginia on 23 Sep 2019
Hello There, thank you for taking the time to review us. I am pleased you enjoyed your time here.

8/10 Good

TRACEY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful part of the east coast. We went In the winter and it was perfect weather with plenty of people about. We only stayed one night but the cabin had everything we needed and the hosts are really nice people. i understand they have recently taken over the park. There was a lovely cafe attached and a shop where you could buy basic needs. Also there was the possibility to have a meal prepared and delivered to you. Worth a stay for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Virginia on 23 Sep 2019
Thank you so much for your lovely review Tracey, we are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Kind Regards Virginia

6/10 Okay

North

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
we were three adults and booked seeing double and two single beds, the room had small bunks for children.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Virginia on 19 Jul 2019
Hello and thank you for your review. I am sorry you were expecting a different configuration than you got. It is written in the cabin description online exactly what is in each cabin, with measurements of the beds. Our family cabins are made for a couple of adults and kids in bunks, we do have other cabins here that may have suited your needs better. Our bunk beds are the same length as a normal single bed, just a little narrower. Kind Regards Virginia

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

LA, Townsville

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
beautiful location, no communication re what available re amenities and check out times etc
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Lake Eacham Tourist Park on 7 Feb 2019
Hello LA, Thank you for your review. We are in a beautiful location. In regards to check out times etc you will find a book in your cabin with all the details you required. It is also stated in the amenities and in your booking platform (expedia), you will find that 90% of accommodation in Australia has a check out time of 10am unless otherwise stated. We have pamphlets in our shop and in the camp kitchen with lots of things to do in the area. We do not like to clutter up our cabins with all these brochures and have popped them in an A4 found in the drawers of all cabins, with lots of other interesting information for the area. We are also extremely happy to help you plan you day if you are in need of a bit of extra advice. Very Kind Regards Virginia and Cameron

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
There is only a double bed, so for two people it is a bit of a tight fit. I liked how the kitchen was and we were able to cook and make a meal with the supplies we had. I wish the floor was a bit cleaner, it made our feet all brown when we were walking around in it.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Toilet flooring always wets after shower... should plan to isolated wet and dry area. Parking area beside the container are small and is big challenges for Bigger car.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marianne, Townsville

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique small set up of the cutest little cabins, great spot to base a Tablelands adventure. One note WOTIF - please update your check-in details- that the office closes at 5pm not 6pm on a Sundays.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Virginia on 28 Nov 2018
Thank you Marianne for your review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay. Hopefully we may see you again.

8/10 Good

Ray

We enjoyed our cabin. Very spacious and well appointed - however, because of its location, 3G and 4G reception was difficult and intermittent.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, Cairns

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great budget accommodation, just outside of Yungaburra. Very quiet, friendly staff and good value. Well placed for exploring the local area.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Virginia on 31 Oct 2018
What a lovely review Andrew, we appreciate you taking the time to review our park and we are so happy you enjoyed yourself. Hope fully we will see you again.

8/10 Good

Leigh

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great location
Stayed in the blue cabin for a family trip to the tablelands. Cabin had definitely seen better days but perfect for what we needed. Very generous with toiletries and tea/coffee. Well equip. Great location. Lake is beautiful
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Virginia on 31 Oct 2018
Hi Leigh, yes our cabins are in need of an upgrade and you will be happy to know that we are starting this month, we are very excited. Thank you for your review and yes that lake is divine.

10/10 Excellent

david

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful weekend
We just stayed one night in a cabin . This was our second stay at Lake Echam . It's a lovely quiet park near by to a great crater lake that you can swim in and walk around . Nice little camp kitchen and the staff were friendly and helpful .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Virginia on 31 Oct 2018
Thanks David, we really try to go out of our way to help our guests enjoy their stay. I am so glad you did.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet and comfortable cabin with all the facilities needed for a short stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Lake Eacham Tourist Park on 29 Aug 2018
Thank you so much. We are glad you enjoyed your stay. We will keep on working on improving our park for our guests comfort. Kind regrads Virginia

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean tidy cabins equipt with what you need.
We did not stay long, so I cannot comment on the park in general, but our cabin was clean and tidy and staff were friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Virginia on 25 Jul 2018
Thank you for your Review, Hopefully you can stay longer next time. Kind Regards Virginia

10/10 Excellent

John, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden paradise on the Tablelands
These comfortable, quiet cabins are set close to Lake Eacham and all the Atherton Area has to offer. The park has ample room for the kid to play and the 'camp kitchen has every thing you need and a great open fireplace to sit around at the end of the day.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Lake Eacham Tourist Park on 16 May 2018
Hello John, Thank you for your review. It is nice to know people think the same as we do about this beautiful park and area. You are right a swim in that beautiful lake is an absolute must! Cheers Virginia