Licuala Lodge

Set on 2.28 acres of rainforest and tropical garden between North Mission Beach and Wongaling Beach, this owner-run bed and breakfast occupies a colonial-style timber pole house wrapped in wide verandahs. Five ensuite rooms share the communal lounge and a waterfall pool; breakfast, made partly with fruit from the garden, is served on the main verandah. The grounds back onto a protected cassowary corridor, and the birds are regular visitors among the palms and heliconias.