Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(unpowered sites per vehicle & 3 people $29.60-32.80, powered sites per vehicle & up to 8 people $49.30-54.70)
Tidal
River has 484 camp sites, but only 20 powered sites. For the Christmas school-holiday
period there's a ballot for sites (apply online by 30 June at
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
)
.
CABINS
$
Park Huts
(4-/6-bed huts from $72/109)
If you're travelling tent-free, these cosy wooden huts are a decent
budget option, with bunks and kitchen ettes, but no bathrooms.
Park Cabins
(d $186-207, additional adult/child $27/18)
The spacious and private self-contained cabins sleep up
to six people and have large, sliding-glass doors and a deck, and overlook the bush or
river. The Lorikeet Units are equally comfortable, sleeping up to four people, but they're
closer to the visitor centre and parking area.
CABINS
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Wilderness Retreat
(
www.wildernessretreats.com.au
;
d $302.50, extra person $24.50)
Nestled in bushland at Tidal River, these
are the most expensive tents on the Prom. The luxury safari tents, each with their own
deck, sleep up to four people and are pretty cool, with a bathroom, queen-sized beds, heat-
ing and a communal tent kitchen. It's like being on an African safari with a kookaburra
soundtrack.
SAFARI TENT
$$$
Yanakie & Foster
The tiny, dispersed settlement of Yanakie offers the closest accommodation outside the
park boundaries - from cabins and camping to luxury cottages. Foster, the nearest main
town, has a backpackers and several motels.
Prom Coast Backpackers
( 0427 875 735;
www.promcoastyha.com.au
; 40 Station Rd, Foster; dm/d from $30/70; )
The closest
backpacker hostel to the park is this friendly YHA in Foster. The cosy renovated cottage
sleeps only 10 so it's always intimate.
HOSTEL
$
Black Cockatoo Cottages
( 03-5687 1306; 60 Foley Rd, Yanakie; d $140-160, 6-person house $180)
You can take in glorious views
of the national park without leaving your very comfortable bed - or breaking the bank - in
COTTAGES
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