The beautiful natural rainforest surroundings, wonderful food, fine wine and all the little luxuries that include therapeutic massages, pampering treatments and yoga ensure guests leave feeling relaxed and revitalised. Escape the hectic pace and enjoy the peace, privacy and intimacy of Songbirds Rainforest retreat for that much needed weekend getaway or your precious honeymoon.

There are six luxurious villas on the property so serious food and wine lovers can stay and play. Each villa has its own unique features and luxuries and is designed for relaxation and romance. There's room for modern conveniences and simple pleasures. Each beautifully appointed villa offers a king size bed, lounge area, large open deck, spa bath, gas-ember fireplace, direct dial phone, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, television, DVD player and stereo.

Songbirds Rainforest Retreat and Songbirds in the Forest Restaurant offer a unique first class combination of nature, luxury and indulgence. Spoil yourself with a once in a lifetime Stay and Dine experience.
Songbirds in the Forest Restaurant
At Songbirds in the Forest, we believe dining should be a sensual experience. Aromas whet the appetite, presentation captivates, flavours delight. Songbirds’ ambience exudes the perfect laid-back atmosphere for making choices from the frequently changing menu. Songbirds’ offers a feast for the senses with five-star dining on a 54-acre rainforest property.

Songbirds’ creative culinary team selects the finest ingredients and uses organic local produce when possible and fresh seafood from the Gold Coast. Meals are prepared in a fresh, innovative style and served in a beautiful environment. The menu changes frequently to ensure diners enjoy the freshest seasonal flavours.

Dine a la carte; the rainforest canopy provides dappled shade over the veranda during the day and there are heaters to warm the cooler nights. The lush greenery and sweetly singing birds create a magical, exotic backdrop.

Songbirds in the Forest is fully licensed, diners are offered a selection of local and imported wines, beers, spirits and liqueurs as well as non-alcoholic beverages. Guests can ask waiters for their advice about food and wine matching. We take pride in our menu and the beverages chosen to complement each dish.

Songbirds in the Forest is open for lunch from Wednesday to Sunday and dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Bookings are required as the restaurant is very popular.
Massage: Feeling a little stressed? Need to be pampered?
Songbirds lifestyle massages make your visit truly memorable. Indulge in a therapeutic massage by one of our experienced, qualified therapists. A beautiful, pampering and relaxing massage incorporating essential oils and heated rocks is sure to leave you feeling refreshed, relaxed and revitalised. You may choose reflexology to treat your feet with a scented footbath and therapeutic foot massage. This will induce a state of balance and harmony between mind, body and spirit or experience Songbirds Shiatsu- an Oriental-style massage designed to release stress through acupressure.

For the Nature Lovers: Meet some of the birds that bring this paradise alive.

Kookaburra - The Aborigines believed any child who insulted a kookaburra would grow an extra slanting tooth. Whipbird - The whip-like crack sound is created by the pressure of a high-amplitude sound wave echoing off the leaves in the whipbirds’ rainforest habitat. Rainbow Lorikeet - Lorikeets are blossom feeders. These birds feed primarily on nectar and pollen by breaking the flower open with their sharp beaks.

Cockatoo - Around 45 to 50 centimetres tall, the cockatoo is white with a distinctive yellow topknot and a wash of yellow under its wings.

Activities
This is a naturally beautiful location with activities to suit all interests. Songbirds recommends:
Rainforest walks - Relax and reconnect with nature by walking through Songbirds’ rainforest pathways and Mount Tamborine’s national parks. Songbirds’ guests have exclusive use of more than 50 acres of pristine rainforest.

Visit the Knoll National Park - it takes about 45 minutes to complete the walk along 22 kilometres of graded walking tracks. Tamborine National Park is a great place for relaxed full day or half day bushwalking.

Witches Chase Cheese Company - Cheese lovers will enjoy a visit to Witches Chase. See artisan style cheese in the making. Try a variety of award winning local cheese including Camembert and Witches Blue Veins – one of only two Queensland-made blue cheeses.

Tamborine Mountain Distillery - Visit the international award winning Tamborine Mountain Distillery, one of only a handful of privately owned distilleries and Australia's smallest operating distillery still using a traditional copper pot to distil a variety of locally grown fruit.

Mount Tamborine wineries - Explore the Mount Tamborine wineries. These boutique wineries offer quality wines that are produced in small quantities and sold almost exclusively at cellar door outlets.

Play a round of golf- Golfers can play around at Mount Tamborine Golf Club, nearby Kooralbyn Hotel Resort or the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove. Transport can be arranged at reception.

Gold Coast shopping and beaches - Songbirds is only 30 minutes drive from the magnificent Gold Coast beaches and shopping hubs including Surfers Paradise, Pacific Fair and Marina Mirage. Transport can be arranged.

Eagle American Motorcycle Tours - Choose from a variety of exhilarating motorcycle tours. Bike through the wineries, share an Aussie pub lunch, take coffee at Canungra or see history come to life with an O’Reilly’s Plateau tour.

Future Plans
Songbirds Rainforest Retreat will soon undergo an environmentally sensitive expansion. Plans for an holistic resort designed to offer busy people all the benefits of the rainforest location with superb accommodation and spa treatments are now in train.

Songbird's range of holistic treatments will go far beyond the ordinary. Guests will have the opportunity to restore body, mind and spirit through world-leading operators and educators. The retreat will encompass 20 private villas and numerous treatment rooms; some treatment rooms will be created as private pavilions in the rainforest. Guests will have exclusive use of the grounds, tennis courts, swimming pool and gymnasium. An extensive range of therapies will be offered along with yoga, pilates and other exercise regimes. A food education centre and cooking school is included in the plan. Organic gardens are now being planted to provide the school and the restaurant with the best produce available anywhere in the world.

Location
10 Tamborine Mountain Road, North Tamborine, Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland.