Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve - quiet mountain hideaways

Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve offers three self contained cabins surrounded by the rainforest of Jamberoo Mountain. The cabins can be booked separately or together.

**Please note that prices quoted are for single cabins only.**
**Please contact us if the calendar does not show availability as only 1 cabin may be booked**

Be woken up by lyrebirds and spend the day enjoying the rainforest, creeks, glades and open paddocks. Ben Ricketts is home to echidnas, wombats, swamp wallabies, greater gliders and a great variety of birds. Listen to the lyrebirds, bowerbirds, catbirds, whipbirds, kookaburras and sugar gliders.

The cabin accommodation at Ben Ricketts is surrounded by abundant bird and animal life. Sitting on the deck of one of the cabins is a great place to watch the birds and listen to the frogs as the sun goes down behind the mountain.

Children are welcome, with plenty of open space for them to play and lots of nature to discover. There are marked walking trails on the property that start close to the cabins.

There are three self-catering cabins at Ben Ricketts, each with a fully equipped kitchen, shower facilities, a slow combustion wood heater. You need to bring your own sheets, pillowslips, towels, personal needs, indoor and outdoor footwear, torch and food. The cabins are a smoke-free zone and pets are not permitted.

We have three separate cabins to choose from.

Cabin 1 "Wombat": Sleeps 6 - four single bunks and a double sofa bed

Cabin 2 "Lyrebird": Sleeps 7 - five single bunks (2 in a separate room) and a double sofa bed.

Cabin 3 "Sugar Glider": Sleeps 4 - two single bunks and a double sofa bed

There is plenty to do in the nearby area.

The property is two hours south of Sydney on the Illawarra escarpment, 8 km west of Jamberoo Village. The cabins are in close proximity to the coast and the Southern Highlands, well known areas for great beaches, festivals, markets, arts and crafts and fine dining. Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, Budderoo National Park, Gerringong Falls, Carrington Falls and Minnamurra Rainforest are ideal bushwalking destinations nearby. Illawarra Fly and Jamberoo Recreation Park are also close by for an exciting day out.

Walks on Ben Ricketts: There are several marked walking tracks on the property which pass through rainforest and very tall eucalypts, untouched creeks, and beautful ferns, vines and palms.

Barren Grounds Nature Reserve: There are a variety of walks at this Nature Reserve including the Griffiths Trail, an 8km loop taking in the Natural Stone Bridge and the IIllawarra Lookout.

Carrington Falls has walking tracks to lookouts with spectacular views of the Upper Kangaroo Valley. Nellies Glen swimming hole in close proximity to the falls is a great place to cool off on a hot day

Minnamurra Rainforest offers accessible and easy walks through spectacular rainforest terrain, restaurant facilities and National Parks Visitors Centre

Beaches: There are several popular beaches at coastal town of Kiama approximately 20 minutes drive from Ben Ricketts.

Jamberoo Recreation Park a great place for the family is a short drive from Ben Ricketts.

Illawarra Fly, a spectacular treetop walk, is a few minutes up the road.