Port Douglas Australia has multiple accommodation options, as you can see on our map, below. There are campsites, hostels, motels, luxury resorts, holiday lets and rentals. You will find them all on our accommodation map, further down the page.
We’ll also give you a few recommendations for the best Port Douglas accommodation to suit your travel style, along with where in Port Douglas you should stay.
If you have your own vehicle and can drive from your hotel to the marina and restaurants, you can stay anywhere in or near Port Douglas. To get the best quote on car hire options, use this tool.
December 2023 – January 2024, the road from Cairns (the nearest airport) is closed due to cyclone damage. You can still get to Port Douglas from Cairns by road, via the range roads, Mareeba and Julatten. The drive will be about 2 hours. Alternatively, various boats are operating a ferry service between to Port Douglas from Cairns, and back. We’ll update our information as soon as we know the road is open. Most of the Great Barrier Reef cruises are operating in December and January, but the Daintree Rainforest cannot be reached by road currently. We recommend this Great Barrier Reef snorkel tour.
If you’re visiting Port Douglas without a vehicle, you can use taxis, shuttle buses and tour vehicles, but you may like to stay closer to the heart of Port Douglas village (near Macrossan St. and the Port Douglas Marina, or Four Mile Beach).
We’ll help you choose, and our map is fully interactive, you can click through and book directly from here.
Accommodation Near Port Douglas
There are a few hotels near Port Douglas, close enough to use as a base for a Port Douglas vacation.
You may like to consider the following accommodation options:
Silky Oaks was recently closed for renovation. Bookings at Silky are available now (Dec 2023). Silky Oaks is actually near Mossman in an area called Finlayvale. You have to book Silky Oaks on Expedia, here, we can’t find it on Booking.com.
Find these on the map by zooming out.
Thala Beach has its own spectacular semi-private beach and is a great place to spot local wildlife,
Thala is a short drive (about 30 mins) south of Port Douglas.
Thala Beach is a popular Instagram drone location for the coconut tree plantation just outside.
It’s on the Port Douglas side of the Daintree River, so you won’t have any ferry hassles, the drive from Port Douglas to Daintree Ecolodge is about 45 minutes.
There are multiple other, less expensive, places to stay in and around Daintree Village and in the Daintree Rainforest, but the Daintree Ecolodge is a well-known special destination hotel.
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If you’d like to read more about accommodation options in Port Douglas, see the post about this in the related posts section below. You should also check out our post on the best restaurants in Port Douglas.
