Any recommendations for nice hotels in the rainforest around Mossman, Cape Tribune.

I've tried the Daintree Eco Lodge, Voyages Silky, Coconut Beach in Cape Trib, Cape Trib Beach House AND ALL are booked for the dates we will be there which is around Aug. 13,14th

I've been looking myself (but for next year). Here's some of the ones that piqued my interest:

Cockatoo Hill Retreat
Tranquility on the Daintree
Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm B&B
Thorton Beach Bungalows

I really hope you get some good feedback, and I am also interested. Good luck.

Excellent - thanks so much mistadobalina!!

nanabee, try www.bnbnq.com.au under heading "north of Cairns" - its a very busy time of year so good luck!

I stayed at Exotic Fruit Farm B&B for 3 nights in June, and it was one of the highlights of a 5-week trip in Australia. The Daintree region is wonderful, and Cape Tribulation is delightful. The Exotic Fruit Farm is an orchard that has hundreds of trees with, you guessed it, exotic fruit. They do tastings every day ($20 per person), which are very informative. They have two cottages on the property, both on stilts, isolated from each other and surrounded by gorgeous tropical foliage. They've carved out a walking trail on the hillside that gets you up close with the rainforest, and the walk to the beach is only about 10 minutes via an orchard shortcut. Each cottage is comfortably furnished, has an outside terrace with a table and chairs, and even has a gas barbecue and all the plates and utensils you need if you want to cook. The owners provide notebooks of information and suggestions for restaurants and activities, and offer good advice (and booking) on the quality of the many tours available in the area. The breakfasts are superb (as a "first course" they include an assortment of fruit from the farm, some exotic, some less so) and very filling. The owners usually invite guests to their home for drinks on one of the nights you are there (they require at least a two-night stay, I believe). A great place to stay!

Very informative, thanks a bunch. If I might ask some more - at the risk of hijacking the thread - what activities did they recommend?

thanks Pat and aprillilacs.
i am checking all of these out. I am emailing the Exotic Fruit Farm right now to find out if they have accommodations. (They are very small so we're keeping our fingers crossed).
Mista - your list is helpful, I'm looking into those too.

Another vote for the Exotic Fruit Farm. We satyed 2 nights in 2007. Self contaied, solar powered and all, great location, interesting hosts, home made preserves for sale, and lots of fruits. We did a half day with Mason Tours, well worth it. The best tour, short of Lezard Island with Daintree Air, which is incredible, is Pete Baxendell'day trip from Port Douglas.

mista,

There are lots of activities to keep you busy in the Daintree--some of EFF's recommendations are described on their web site. In our three days there in mid-June we had off-and-on rain, which influenced our choices somewhat. This is some of what we did and enjoyed:

- biked Myall Beach (on bikes provided for free by EFF)
- ate "exotic fruit" ice cream at Daintree Ice Cream shop
- strolled through the orchard
- spent a long time observing the plants and trees along the Dubjiji boardwalk
- took a boat trip in the rain on the Daintree River (saw crocs, a gorgeous kingfisher, and a few other interesting birds)
- walked Cape Trib beach
- enjoyed the afternoon fruit tasting at the orchard
- stared at the ocean and hoped it would become calm enough to kayak (it didn't)
- ate dinner twice at the wonderful Whet restaurant
and, probably the highlight:
- took a half-day reef snorkeling trip with Ocean Safari, a fast pontoon boat, on a windy (but sunny) day.

We waited to the end of our stay to take the reef trip -- it was really windy each day, so we kept putting it off (the boat didn't go out on one of the days), hoping for a drop in the wind. That didn't really happen, so we bit the bullet and signed up. $90 each. There were only 4 other snorkelers who were willing to come along, though the boat accommodates 20. It took just 30 minutes to get out to the reef. I must admit that I was petrified, and I'm pretty brave--it was like a wild ride at the amusement park. (I even asked the crew if the boat had ever flipped. They just laughed and said they wouldn't be running the boat if it had ever flipped.) Once we got the the reef the waves subsided and the snorkeling behind the reef was calm. And gorgeous! It was great with just 6 people snorkeling. Awesome, really. Highly recommended.

Sorry ... may I thread-jack..?

Just that I have a 17 yo about to sit HSC & keen on that part of the world

Travelling with Mum isn't fun at that age - but I'm equally interested...

What's my options?

the Exotic Fruit Farm B & B did not have any openings We are so disappointed.
But we were able to get reservations at Lilybank B&B which we were worried about because we made reservations so late.

April I love the story about the reef trip. I'll probably need sea sickness pills.

twi- Sounds like you've got family on each end of the age spectrum.
Hopefully others can make better suggestions that I can. This is my first trip to OZ.