Mossman Gorge B & B
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Timber Tree House
Situated at the entrance to Mossman Gorge (the southern end of Daintree national park). Mossman Gorge B&B is a traditional bed and breakfast in a rainforest setting.
My timber tree top home combines stunning views and the experience of staying in a tropical Queensland home.
Guests share the upstairs level of the house, and enjoy access to indoor/outdoor living/dining areas, verandahs, a limited use kitchen and salt water swimming pool.
All the rooms are equipped with an ensuite bathrooms, ceiling fan and air conditioner.
Features
- The whole top floor of the house is guest space
- Two large verandahs
- Open plan, indoor/outdoor living and dining areas
- All bedrooms are air conditioned
- Ceiling fans in all rooms and on main verandah
- Saltwater swimming pool
- Rainforest acreage with creek
- WiFi
- Extensive natural history library including: wildlife, travel, local history and diving
- Foxtel
- Binoculars and bird books
- Telescope and star charts
- Fiction books from classics to current best sellers
- Large selection of board games
- Tea and coffee making facility
- Fridge/microwave/glassware, crockery and cutlery
- Laundry service
- BBQ facilities
- Picnic Basket
- Pool Towels
- Walking distance to shops and restaurants
- Local tour information, tour desk and booking agent
- Walking tracks and lookouts
Rooms
- Upstairs main level
- Double bed with all linen
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- En-suite bathroom
- Fully screened against insects
- Hair dryer
- Handmade soap
- Looks into the garden
- Non smoking
- Polished timber floors
- Upstairs main level
- Queen bed with all linen
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- En-suite bathroom
- Fully screened against insects
- Hair dryer
- Handmade soap
- Looks into the garden
- Non smoking
- Polished timber floors
- Upstairs main level
- Views of Daintree NP
- Queen bed with all linen
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- En-suite bathroom
- Fully screened against insects
- Hair dryer
- Handmade soap
- Looks out across the valley
- Non smoking
- Polished timber floors
- Bathrobes
- Trundle can be added to accommodate a third person or separate sleeping arrangements.
- Downstairs
- Double bed with all linen
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- En-suite bathroom
- Fully screened against insects
- Hair dryer
- Handmade soap
- Non smoking
- Polished timber floors
- A foldaway bed can be added to accommodate a third person or separate sleeping arrangements.
4 Reasons To Stay 4 Days
I offer a better price for longer stays, so you get to enjoy more of the area.
See the prices section for multiple night rates.
Here’s four reasons I think you’ll enjoy
1. The Great Barrier Reef
The blue jewel in the Far North Queensland crown.
Did you know:
The GBR has 3,000 individual reefs, 900 islands, and stretches for 2,600km around the same size as Japan or Italy. This incredible living system can even be seen from space.
It’s impossible to list all the species that live on the reef so here are some of the most impressive groups that call the reef home.
- 30 species of whale, dolphin, and porpoise
- 6 species of turtle
- 17 species of sea snake
- More than 1,500 species of fish and incredibly, 10% of the world’s fish species inhabit the Great Barrier Reef Reef trips depart from Port Douglas just a short 20 minute drive away. Visit in June, July and August and you’re likely to see whales on your day out
2. Cape Tribulation and the Daintree rainforest
The green jewel in the far north’s crown.
Did you know:
The Daintree is the oldest continually surviving rainforest in the world. At the ripe old age of 180 million years, this amazing collection of plant and animal life is 10 million years older than the Amazon and has continued to prosper thanks to its continuous high rainfall and humid climate.
The Daintree is the biggest tropical rainforest in Australia, the region stretches across 1,200 square kilometres which is roughly around four times the size of Malta, or it’s 162 times the size of Sydney Harbour.
A large percentage of Australia’s wildlife resides under this rainforest canopy, with 400 rare or threatened species included. Keep an eye out for the likes of the Southern Cassowary, the Tree Kangaroo, and the world’s largest frog, the White Lipped Tree Frog.
Did you know there are more tree species in one hectare of the rainforest than in the entirety of the United Kingdom, with the region home to more than 3,000 different types of plants.
3. Mossman and Mossman Gorge National Park
Did you know:
Mossman Gorge is a 56,000 hectare section of World Heritage Listed Daintree National Park and is best known for its spellbinding beauty and tree-clad mountains which rise sharply from the banks of the Mossman river.
More than 500 species of native plants, 430 species of birds, 18 species of reptiles, 12 species of amphibians and several species of fresh water fish call the gorge home.
But that’s not all that’s on offer here in Mossman, there’s the Australian chocolate farm tour, bird watching, Shannonvale tropical fruit winery, Janbal art gallery, Kuku Yalangi cultural tours and River drifts and stand up paddle boarding on the Mossman river.
4: Port Douglas
So much to do here and just a short 20 minute drive from the bed and breakfast, cafes, restaurants, flagstaff hill walk, shops, swimming at the beach, fishing, sunsets at stinger park
Our Prices
Standard Double
1 night
2 to 3 nights
4 or more nights
Standard Double
$150
$140
$135
SINGLE
$120
$115
$110
STANDARD QUEEN
1 night
2 to 3 nights
4 or more nights
STANDARD QUEEN
$160
$150
$145
Single
$125
$120
$115
DELUXE QUEEN
1 night
2 to 3 nights
4 or more nights
DELUXE QUEEN
$180
$170
$155
Single
$135
$130
$125
EXTRA PERSON OVER 10 YEARS ON TURNDLE
$35
$30
$25
Family
1 night
2 to 3 nights
4 or more nights
Family
$150
$140
$135
SINGLE
$120
$115
$110
EXTRA PERSON OVER 10 YEARS ON FOLD AWAY BED
$35
$30
$25
- Sorry I am unable to accommodate infants or small children under the age of 10
- Rates are in Australian Dollar and are per room, 2 adults sharing.
- Rates include a tropical continental breakfast.
- All rooms have ensuite bathroom, ceiling fan, air conditioning and are fully screened against insects.
- Guests at Mossman Gorge Bed and Breakfast will require a car to enjoy all the area has to offer.
Book your Stay
Your Host
I started our bed and breakfast, in our tree top home, in 1997.
The property is covered in lush tropical rainforest and boasts views across the valley to Daintree National Park.
I am a keen garden, and bird watcher and enjoy diving/snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.
I grow a large selection of tropical fruit, like mango, passion fruit, papaya, pineapple & dragon fruit and I keep 8 bee hives which produce delicious honey.
How I look at life:
- I love to share our home with travelers from all over the world.
- I try to do what I can to keep our environment healthy.
- There is air-conditioning in the bedrooms and I ask you to use them wisely.
- I don’t change your towels every day and I do not iron your linen.
- There are water saving devices in the bathrooms and I line dry our laundry when ever possible.
- I recycle what I can and ask you to do the same whilst staying here.
- There is off peak power and energy efficient lighting.
- I try to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible.
- I have solar power and I am careful not to waste it.
Location
Contact Details
7 Gorge View Crescent
Mossman Gorge
PO Box 1079
Mossman 4873
Australia
Phone: +61 7 40982497
Web: www.bnbnq.com.au/mossman/
Email: mossgorg@bigpond.net.au
Breakfast
with the birds
Breakfast is served on the main verandah each morning at 8am.
Most mornings, the verandah plays host to a collection of birds like Kookaburras & honeyeaters.
Guests can sit and enjoy the view of the Daintree NP while feasting on home grown produce.
Early or packed breakfast can be arranged for those venturing out to the reef, departing on early morning flights or on other adventures.
Breakfast Menu
- Freshly baked croissants, home made bread, Danishes, muffins or pancakes (changes daily)
- Freshly made tropical fruit salad using home grown fruit from our garden (in season savour mango, custard apple, lychee, rambutan, mangosteen, passion fruit and pawpaw as well as our staple banana, rockmelon, kiwi, pineapple)
- Juice, milk (soy and skim milk as required)
- Home made yoghurt
- A selection of cereals
- A selection of home made tropical fruit jams, marmalades and conserves
- Toasting breads and muffins: rye, grain, fruit
- Freshly ground coffee and locally grown tea
- Gluten free, wheat free, yeast free are available for a small extra charge for those with special needs, please advise on booking
What to bring
Green or wet season: November to April
Light weight clothing (cotton shorts/skirts/sarongs and cotton shirts) the lighter the better, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, small beach towel and swimmers, umbrella or if you have it tropical weight wet weather gear (normal wet weather gear is too heavy for the tropics), walking sandals or shoes you can wear in water.
Cool or dry season: May to October
Shorts for day wear and jeans/trousers for night plus a jumper/jacket, it can get cool in the evenings (you will be surprised just how cool it can get), small beach towel and swimmers, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, walking sandals or shoes, umbrella just in case (after all it is the wet tropics).
Things To Do
Reef
A day at the outer reef is a must do.
We recommend: Calypso reef tours or Wavelength
If you are short on time then Low Isles might be a solution.
We recommend: Calypso or Sailaway
Walk
Take a spin around the rainforest paths of Mossman Gorge NP and finish with a swim.
or
Enjoy a walk up Flagstaff Hill in Port Douglas
Food
Enjoy a half day with the Kuky Yalongi Cultural Habitat tour collecting bush tucker and learning to spearfish at Cooya Beach.
Wildlife
Spend some time at the Wildlife Habitat or get up close to a crocodile at Hartley’s Creek Crocodile Farm.
Day Trip
To Cape Tribulation for those on a tight schedule. Strolling along a beach, catch a glimpse of a cassowary, or hike a rainforest trail.
Boat
Meet some of the wildlife on the Daintree river. Scareface the crocodile, Dusty his girlfriend, spot a green tree frog or a python on Solar Whisper Wildlife tours.
Drive
Take a drive to Mareeba and Granite Gorge to meet the wild rock wallabies. Sample the local produce: – coffee, chocolate and cheese at the Coffee Works, Gallo’s or Mungali dairies.
Markets
If you’re here over the weekend then don’t miss out on the Saturday markets in Mossman, under the enormous rain trees and the Sunday market on the waterfront in Port Douglas.
Adventure
Go horse riding, birdwatching, reef or estuary fishing, hang gliding or jet skiing.
Relax
Spend the day by the pool, by a creek or on the beach.
or just do nothing at all
Public transport in a rural area is nothing like it’s big city cousin with limited services available. We highly recommend guests hire a car.
- Mossman township is just a short drive away
- Port Douglas with its marina and reef cruises departure point, cafes, shops and beautiful beach, is a 20 minute drive away
- Cape Tribulation is a scenic 1 hour away, as are the northern beaches of Cairns.
Check in: 2pm – 7pm
Check out: before 10am
Whilst we understand unexpected things can happen, we highly recommend travel insurance.
Cancellation must be made in writing, with a reply from us to confirm receipt of cancellation.
- Less than 24hrs – no show – 100% of total tariff
- Less than 7 days – 10% of total tariff
- Free cancellation if cancelled more than 7 days before check in
Bookings are subject to the following conditions, please read carefully.
- Credit card (visa and mastercard) details are required within 48 hours of confirmation email; bookings are not confirmed until these details have been received, no charge will be made to your card at that time. The credit card details will be held as a security only and the full amount of the account is payable on check out.
- Cancellation policy applies, see above.
- Check in: anytime between 2pm and 7pm
– sorry no early check in due to reduced staffing
– sorry no check ins after 7pm except by prior arrangement. - Check out: anytime before 10am
– sorry no late check outs due to reduced staffing
Connect with the host
Contact by
phone: + 61 07 4098 2497
email: mossgorge@bigpond.net.au
or via the booking link to receive the best price.
Booking direct cuts out the middle man and I offer you a better rate.
Mandy
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