SILKY OAKS LODGE
An hour south of Cape Tribulation and a 20-minute (17-mile) drive from Port Douglas, on the edge of the Daintree Rainforest and the Mossman Gorge, is the exclusive Silky Oaks Lodge. It's a 4-star hotel with 50 treehouses, all named after Australian creatures. I was in the Crocodile Treehouse. Like the others, it nestled up in the gardens and rainforest, and offer plenty of privacy. All rooms have timber floors, a king-size bed, comfortable furnishings, a spacious bath with Jacuzzis, and a deck with a double hammock. I didn't have to worry about snakes or spiders there, because the staff did a great job keeping the rooms very clean. (Of course, my prankster colleagues had the manager leave a fake spider on my pillow. When I returned from dinner I almost had a heart attack). For more click HERE.