Thala Beach Nature Reserve

Rainforest bliss what an amazing hotel; lovely staff, amazing rooms, golf buggies to get you around… We were in heaven!

Ein Hotel, für das die 5 Sterne wahrscheinlich gar nicht ausreichen werden. Super Abendessen (auch wenn etwas teurer), Noch bessere Zimmer Bungalows, Noch besserer Service, Und am Ende eine mehr als paradiesische Hotel Anlage. Tiere (u.a. Vögel, Kängurus, Varane, Kakadus, uvm.) , Wanderwege, Strand, 2 traumhafte Pools, mir fehlen die Worte zu beschreiben wie fantastisch dieses Hotel ist. Bucht das Hotel mitten im Regenwald! Ein Traum.

L’accueil a Thala Beach etait tres sympathique. Un service agréable. La nourriture laissait à désirer. Et malheureusement nous y sommes allé en mars 2025, et ne pouvions pas mettre les pieds dans l’eau de mer à cause des méduses pouvant etre mortelles. C’est dommage. Et il a beaucoup plu. Il vaut mieux choisir une autre période. Chambre / maisonnette propre et bien entretenue. Air conditionné : un plus (necessaire).

This is an interesting resort. Definitely up market, and tucked away in what I learned on a 6.30am guided nature walk was a woodland, although it seemed like rainforest. The natural setting is lovely and the owners and a dedicated gardening staff have worked hard to wild and maintain the environment. Wallabies, butterlies and birds all around. I found our stay a little long, at a week, as the resort is quite isolated (AUD64 return trip to Port Douglas). And as others have commented, the pool, which is a beautiful set of interconnecting smaller pools, has nowhere to sit in the sun and it was stinger season so no swimming (which I think crocodiles make impossible year-round anyway). We had breakfast included. The food was very pricey (although it not out of line at all with Australian restaurants in general). The menu is set and at the end of the week I would have liked some variety, however the food itself was absolutely excellent. I recommend you fall out of bed for a 6.30am nature walk, and any other activities they have. We were here at a hot and humid time, and as noted above, a week was a little long and I in future i would stay 4 nights and then a couple more in Port Douglas itself. Their insect non-deet alternative is excellent, by the way. And no bugs in the (wonderfully air conditioned) units which was quite the feat! I didn't mind the every-second-day service (they didn't top up the bar which I would have liked), as I find it wasteful.

The property is located on a nature reserve, so it very quiet. There are a couple of walks the stargazers is worth doing it is step access so to stay here you do need to be mobile steps to your rooms and to reception it is in the middle of nowhere so if your happy to have one choice of restaurant it is fine

Quite weird that the sandpiper suite is over $5000 for 3 nights and does not include breakfast. Their reasoning is they serve a la carte breakfast. Please!!!!! Why would you not average out the cost of person having a la care and set that into the price. It put my clients off and have decided to spend their money elsewhere. It’s something the company needs to think about.