Lodge

Silky Oaks Lodge offers guests a stylish escape in the cool calm of the Daintree Rainforest. Set above the gently flowing Mossman River and among the leafy canopy, the airy, open spaces of the main lodge envelope guests in the sights and sounds of an extraordinary natural theatre.

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Our Luxury

A stay with Baillie Lodges is to experience the luxury of travel. Each Baillie property is located in an extraordinary natural location, with a personal connection to its culture and history, its art and natural heritage and local food and wine sourced from regional producers. Together, the luxury lodges are timeless in design, with myriad thoughtful details combining to create a genuinely warm welcome and a generosity of spirit. 

Our connection to culture

Baillie Lodges actively seeks engagement with the communities in which each lodge is located ranging from establishing supplier relationships with food and beverage producers to supporting local artists, school education initiatives, community events and work experience programs.

Baillie Lodges actively seeks engagement with the communities in which each lodge is located. Our teams work to establish supplier relationships with food and beverage producers, local artists and furnishing designers and support school education initiatives, community events and work experience programs.

Dreamtime walk

Dreamtime walk

The First Nations Kuku Yalanji people’s ancient culture is centred around a deep respect for nature and an intimate knowledge of its cycles. An Indigenous guided tour through Mossman Gorge is a must-do to discover first-hand the invaluable knowledge of Country and culture passed down through generations.

Indigenous arts

Indigenous arts

The textured works of local Aboriginal artists add a real sense of place to a stay at Silky Oaks Lodge. Guests will see an installation of 45 ceramic tiles created by artists from Yalanji Arts Centre as they arrive at the main lodge while handmade pots and vessels by Cairns-based artist Shireen Talibudeen are seen in the Kurribi Lounge.

Native flavours

Native flavours

A bountiful Kitchen Garden has been created on the site of a former tennis court where Executive Chef Mark Godbeer and his team cultivate local and Indigenous ingredients for use in the lodge’s daily changing menus. It’s perfect for a peaceful wander-through and for home gardening inspiration!

Walkabout tours

Walkabout tours

Walkabout Cultural Adventures offers half and full day tours of the Daintree Rainforest and Mossman Gorge. Owner Juan Walker together with his team offers unique experiences within Kuku Yalanji Country, sharing an introduction to their culture and connection to the land.

Our commitment to the environment

The Baillie Lodges environmental commitment is best expressed by each lodge’s interaction with its local natural and cultural surroundings. How we support travelling for good.

The Baillie Lodges environmental commitment is best expressed by each lodge’s interaction with its local natural and cultural surroundings. A dynamic environmental management plan featuring continually evolving technologies steers lodge operations and ultimately enhances each guest’s experience. How we support travelling for good.

Conservation

Conservation

Essential to the Baillie Lodges vision are initiatives designed to preserve the Daintree region’s pristine waters and broader rainforest environment, to maximise recycling and eliminate single use plastics and to conserve energy via smart technologies including LED lights and water-conserving bathroom fittings.

Flora

Flora

Silky Oaks Lodge is located in precious country. Around 3,000 plant species from over 210 broader families are found within the Daintree Rainforest and extended Wet Tropics region. The diverse range of plants includes primitive cycads, ferns and mosses and forms a natural archive of evolution in Australia.

Fauna

Fauna

Thriving among the lush vegetation around Silky Oaks Lodge are some of Australia’s rarest wildlife species. One third of Australia’s 315 mammal species call the Daintree Rainforest home. Thirteen of these species cannot be found anywhere else in the world, including unique green possums, rare bats, tree kangaroos and the Boyd Forest Dragon.

Produce

Produce

Silky Oaks Lodge takes a holistic approach to managing its impact on the natural environment. The use of organic and free-range produce in the kitchen complements mutually beneficial supplier partnerships with carefully chosen local food and drink producers who in turn embrace environmentally sustainable practices.

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Stay

Luxury lodgings

Forty luxury treehouses styled with contemporary furnishings and featuring local timbers offer peaceful retreat and views of the Mossman River or the rainforest, inviting guests to immerse themselves in the natural theatre of the surrounds.

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Dine

Taste of the tropics

The open-air restaurant and bar welcome in the peaceful sights and sounds of the rainforest, creating an extraordinary backdrop for relaxed fine dining. Menus are contemporary Australian in style with Asian influences, designed to be refreshing and light.

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Spa

Natural beauty

Inspired by ancient beliefs that celebrate water in the Mossman River as a renewing and life-giving force, the multi award-winning Healing Waters Spa offers six treatment rooms with rainforest or river views, including a couples' room and Vichy shower.

Heaven awaits

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