Silky Oaks Lodge

Silky Oaks Lodge fully immerses its guests in the World Heritage-listed Daintree rainforest – the oldest living rainforest in the world. Its 40 treehouse-style rooms are built mostly from timber, with floor-to-ceiling windows that open to private decks. Take in the balmy ylang ylang-scented air and the orchestra of sounds emanating from the rainforest – a chorus of birds and cicadas, leaves rustled by resident lizards, possums and platypus, and the soothing flow of the Mossman River. 

Take a dip in the nearby billabong, or play it safe in Silky Oaks’ lagoon-style pool that’s surrounded by jungle. The lodge’s Treehouse Restaurant is perched over the river, and sources most of its produce from the massive on-site Kitchen Garden, where native tropical ingredients like pandan and finger lime are grown and harvested.

Tatler Tip: Why drive when you can fly? Have the lodge arrange a helicopter transfer from Cairns Airport. The aerial views over the Daintree are mesmerising.