Romantic Holidays Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Port Douglas is the gateway to exploring Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the amazing diversity of the marine life living in it as well as the Daintree Rainforest which is the oldest rainforest in the world.  Both these iconic World Heritage listed sites are joined like interlocked lovers and it is the only place on the planet where two World Heritage sites are actually side by side together as one.

Port Douglas is an ideal launching pad if you wish to explore the Great Barrier Reef or the Daintree Rainforest.  If you want to explore and do things you have never done before as a couple then you can choose to go ballooning in a hot air balloon, sky diving or take your own helicopter trip to a deserted tropical island. If you prefer to go under the water’s surface, then you can experience being underwater and scuba dive or view the scenery from a semi-submersible submarine or you can snorkel and watch the myriad of brightly coloured reef fish, turtles and giant clams and of course the amazing formations of the coral. For on land activities you can go jungle trekking, or zoom through
the rainforest canopy on a zip line. Any day tour you go on will be against the back drop of some of the most amazingly beautiful scenery of these World Heritage listed iconic sites.  Memories of your amazing honeymoon in Port Douglas will have you coming back here as an excuse for all your anniversaries!


Port Douglas also has the handy advantage of having award winning fine-dining restaurants for those honeymoon and quiet romantic celebration dinners, with an abundance of day tours and activities both day and night and some great little bars and live music for couples of all age groups.

Port Douglas is on the doorstep for most Australian’s as it’s only a short hop on a domestic plane flight to reach this amazing tropical paradise. It’s also a magnet for international and local pop stars, rock stars and lots of other rich and famous folks who like to mingle with the locals in all the regional attractions without being harrassed.

For those out of Australia, Cairns International Airport is only a one hour scenic drive away and you can whisk your lover to your romantic Port Douglas holiday accommodation in style either in a stretch limousine with a surprise bottle of bubbles waiting in the car for you or in a private low level scenic helicopter flight or even on the back of a really cool trike motor bike.

You won’t need your phrase book and the food is all freshly prepared by award winning top chefs in award winning local restaurants on a daily basis. So you know what you are getting here.  The food here is literally fresh from the field onto your plate as the region is known as the food bowl of Australia and produces exotic tropical fruits, fresh vegetables and obviously fresh fish from the Great Barrier Reef. With such a wide range of shops you’ll find everything you could possibly need (and yes, there is also an adult shop in Port Douglas too!).

Port Douglas is almost an island as 3 of its 4 sides border the water.  On the south side is the palm fringed iconic white sand beach of Four Mile Beach and on the north side is the inlet that leads from the Coral Sea to the Reef Marina, where yachts and luxury white boats from around the world are moored.

Most of the Port Douglas holiday resorts are either next to the beach, within a minute’s walk away or just a shuttle bus ride away.  So if you fancy walking hand in hand down the beach it’s not too far.  Or of course there’s always the resort pool to laze by on a sun bed and with a good book (or just you your new husband, wife or lover).

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