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Secluded within a National Park, enriched with diverse Australian wildlife and bounded by private beaches paired with personalised service – Lizard Island is truly like nowhere else. A luxury lodge of Australia, and the only luxury resort located directly on the Great Barrier Reef, your all-inclusive stay will be the experience of a lifetime.
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An island of countless tropical delights. Lizard Island is Australia’s northernmost island resort, located 240km north of Cairns and 93km north east off the coast from Cooktown. Lizard Island is an absolute tropical paradise, a haven of isolation, gratification and relaxation.
- Where Is Lizard Island?
- A Little Bit of History
- How Do You Get there?
- What’s It Like on The Island?
- The Accommodation
- The Food
- What to Do at Lizard Island
- Sorry, No Kids Under 10
Lizard Island is unique among the island resorts on the Great Barrier Reef. It’s neither a coral cay nor part of a group of islands. It is a remnant of a mountain range which, when the sea level was lower, was totally exposed. Now it’s a small, relatively dry island which in many ways is reminiscent of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Rocky out...
Lizard Island was known as Dyiigurra to the local Dingaal Aboriginal people and was regarded as a sacred place. The Dingaal believed that the Lizard group of islands was created in the Dreamtime. They saw it as a stingray, with Lizard Island being the body and the other islands in the group forming the tail. The first European to explore the island...
Most visitors arrive on Lizard by small, 19-seater Twin Otters which are flown from Cairns airport by Mac Air. The flight over the Inner Reef is heart-stoppingly idyllic. Below the reef itself, looking like some vast, flat piece of mottled blue opal, gleams in the sun. After an hour the island, with its picture-perfect Blue Lagoon and its small out...
Few resorts in Australia can boast a more idyllic setting. A well-kept lawn edged by palm trees which rustle in the tropical breezes gives way to a few metres of undergrowth before the visitor walks onto a coral-white sand beach, where the gentlest of slopes drops into impossibly clear and green-blue waters. At various points, no more than a few fr...
Life at Lizard doesn’t come all that cheap – but it’s the quality you pay for. The resort has a total of 40 guest rooms with four different grades. Overlooking Sunset Beach, and the most private of all the rooms, is the luxury villa called The Pavilion, which is a double room (not available as a twin share) with its own plunge pool and dramatic vie...
Perhaps Lizard Island’s greatest appeal, at least in terms of the resort’s services, is its exceptional food. It has long prided itself on being the best eating and drinking experience on the Great Barrier Reef, and this is supported by the excellent food offered at Ospreys Restaurant. Ospreys stretches along an open veranda where every table has v...
Lizard Island offers a range of activities which, because it is a relatively dry island, can be enjoyed all year round. There are a number of walks and nature trails, with the most energetic – which is usually accompanied by a guide – being a three to four-hour return hike to the top of Cook’s Look, which offers outstanding views over the whole isl...
Lizard does not permit children under the age of ten and doesn’t cater for kids in any way. There is no tariff reduction for meals or activities for children on the island. Trust me: this is a place for grown-ups who know exactly what they want. And they’ll likely find it.
Lizard Island, also known as Jiigurru or Dyiigurra, is an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, 1,624-kilometre (1,009 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island, and also part of the Lizard Island National Park.
Lizard Island. Room Type: Beachfront Suite. Typical Nightly Rate: $3,349 AUD. Stay Type: Hosted stay. Loyalty Program: Virtuoso. Intro. In the depths of the pandemic, Australia seemed like an impregnable fortress.
Experience Lizard Island on the reef, on land or in the tranquility of the spa. Guided and self-guided activities include snorkelling, diving, paddle boarding, kayaking, hiking, visits to the Lizard Island Research Station, tennis under night lights, morning yoga on the beach and indulgent spa treatments. Download Experiences Brochure.
