Only 5kms from Healesville, Minkara offers peaceful surrounds only minutes away from the finest restaurants, cafes, wineries and some of Victoria's largest tourist attractions.


Minkara Homestay is a self-contained studio style setup in the idyllic Yarra Valley in Victoria, offering comfortable accommodation close to Healesville and its popular wineries, restaurants and cafes, National Parks, Healesville Sanctuary, RACV Club, Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery and racetracks. Minkara offers stylish open plan living with a fully equipped kitchen, a double bath designed for 2, and breathtaking views on 10 acres.

An ideal romantic getaway or a place to relax, Minkara Homestay is LGBTI friendly.

We are NOT a bed and breakfast so we don't provide food (there is tea and coffee). We do however provide a fully equipped kitchen including oven, stove, microwave and dishwasher. The local supermarket (Coles) is open til midnight and Aldi which is open until 8.30pm Monday to Friday. There is an organic farmers market on every Saturday morning until 1pm, or just head down into Healesville and enjoy some of the fantastic local cafe's and restaurants.

The cabin is heated by a full size Coonara wood heater as well as a split system. Please ask for assistance if you do not know how to light the fire. There is a ceiling fan and air conditioning for relief in the hot weather.

There are loads of bicycle and walking tracks nearby. BYO bikes. You can laze around our property and admire the scenery and wildlife, including kangaroos, echidnas, native birds and our horses.

We have adequate paddocks for you to bring a couple of horses. Horse riding is straight out from the property along the road, or you can float to the beginning of the Bicentennial Trail which is only 8kms away.