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Lizard Island is surrounded by 24 private beaches on The Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

Lizard Island is a National Park covering 1,013 hectares with 24 sandy beaches and a lagoon. Our resort is easily accessible from Cairns.

Dining & Beverages Inc

Simple and relaxed, Ospreys Restaurant is the idyllic setting to take full advantage of the views along the seascape for a special dining experience on Lizard Island.

Elegant & Understated

Lizard Island accommodation on the Great Barrier Reef has something for everyone. Choose one of our air conditioned rooms or suites, featuring stunning views.

Rooms & Rates

Room type

Anchor Bay Room


		One King Bed Overlooking the lake, this 667-square-foot room opens to a furnished balcony. The ensuite bathroom has slippers, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. The iPod docking station makes it easy to listen to your own music. Enjoy welcome amenities. A minibar and a coffee/tea maker are provided. Conveniences include a ceiling fan, a safe, and a direct-dial phone. This room is Non-Smoking.

Sunset Point Villa


		One King Bed One Sleeper Sofa Bed This room features views of the ocean and beach from the comfort of a furnished balcony. To accommodate the family, a sofa bed is included, while a rollaway bed is available on request. Bathroom amenities include designer toiletries and complimentary toiletries. The iPod docking station makes it easy to listen to your own music. Enjoy welcome amenities. A minibar and a coffee/tea maker are provided. Conveniences include a ceiling fan, a safe, and a direct-dial phone. This room is Non-Smoking.

Anchor Bay Suite


		One King Bed This room opens to a furnished balcony, great for kicking back and taking in sea views. To accommodate the family, a sofa bed is included, while a rollaway bed is available on request. Bathroom amenities include bathrobes and a hair dryer. The iPod docking station makes it easy to listen to your own music. Enjoy welcome amenities. A minibar and a coffee/tea maker are provided. Conveniences include a ceiling fan, a safe, and a direct-dial phone. This room is Non-Smoking.

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Hotel Amenities

General

Number of floors - 1
Bar/lounge
Express check-out
Library
Restaurant(s) in hotel

Full-service health spa
Free wired high-speed Internet
Beach/pool umbrellas
Massage - spa treatment room(s)
Private beach

It begins with a special place. Your place - your own personal island retreat on the Great Barrier Reef. Beautiful, natural and wild and the most northern Great Barrier Reef resort, Lizard Island is a place reserved for the fortunate few.

The beaches are plentiful, 24 in all, with fine powdery white sand, undisturbed but for the occasional footprints. Your island is for snorkelling, if you choose, or deep-sea game fishing, or diving at The Cod Hole, one of the world famous dive sites just a short boat ride away. Enjoy secluded picnics on private beaches, five star cuisine and indulging spa treatments.

It’s for splendid accommodation - room for only a few but a choice between private villas, suites, or a pavilion. Watching the sunset on a day-bed overlooking the water, it’s easy to be lulled into the deep peace that comes with being in your own beautiful world on Lizard Island.

Little wonder your island consistently makes the Top 10 Hotels of the World list.

You’ll experience the best of The Great Barrier Reef’s weather right here. Lizard Island has a tropical climate, with an average year-round temperature of approximately 27 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit).

- Reception is open from 7.00am to 11.00pm

- Major credit cards accepted

- Limited foreign exchange

- Travelers cheque facilities

- Guest facsimile facilities

- Book and games library

- Island boutique

- First aid clinic

- Freshwater swimming pool

- Tennis court - night & day, equipment supplied

- Daily laundry service - unfortunately, no dry cleaning service is available

- The Azure Spa offering a range of massages, facials and other body treatments

- Gymnasium

- Disabled facilities available

- Guest Lounge with complimentary internet access

- Safety deposit facilities located in room

Guests should be aware that because of Lizard Island’s remote location there is no mobile phone service.

The Guest Lounge

The Guest Lounge overlooks the pool and houses the Azure Spa, a small Gymnasium and a lounge where a television, video and complimentary Internet access is also provided.

Number of floors - 1
Bar/lounge
Express check-out
Library
Restaurant(s) in hotel
Room service
Swimming pool
Beauty services
Wheelchair accessible
Free breakfast

Full-service health spa
Free wired high-speed Internet
Beach/pool umbrellas
Massage - spa treatment room(s)
Private beach
Snack bar/deli
Spa services on site
Swimming pool - outdoor
Wedding services

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Room Amenities

CD player
Balcony
Air conditioning
Phone
Minibar

Direct-dial phone
Dial-up Internet access (complimentary)
Wake-up calls
Daily housekeeping
Extra towels/bedding

CD player
Balcony
Air conditioning
Phone
Minibar
Coffee/tea maker
Bathrobes
Hair dryer
Iron/ironing board
Television
Furnished balcony
Climate control
Ceiling fan

Direct-dial phone
Dial-up Internet access (complimentary)
Wake-up calls
Daily housekeeping
Extra towels/bedding
In-room safe
Welcome amenities
Rollaway beds available
Ocean view
Garden view
Pool view
Beach view

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Dining

Ospreys Restaurant

Simple and relaxed, Ospreys Restaurant is the idyllic setting to take full advantage of the views along the seascape for a special dining experience on Lizard Island. With an accent on fresh seafood and superb local produce, the daily changing menus draw on the flavours of modern Australian, Asian and European cuisine.

Gourmet picnic hampers for beachside outings are available on request daily. A real treat.

Lizard Island is able to cater for any special dietary requirements, however due to the resort's location if you could provide as much notice as possible to ensure we can meet your needs.

Breakfast is available from 7:00am to 10:30am, lunch from 12:00pm to 2:30pm and dinner from 6:30pm to 9.00pm.

Bar and Lounge

The resort's relaxed lounge, open all day, offers comfortable sofas and an inviting bar area. Enjoy tropical juices, coffee and tea, Australian and imported beers. The extensive wine list features Australian and New Zealand wines or you may select your favourite spirits, liqueurs and cocktails. A Cellar Masters list is also available if you wish to purchase a special wine for the occasion.

Signature Beach Dining Experience

For a special Lizard Island dining experience, choose from two beautiful beach locations. Prior to dinner, you will have the opportunity to meet with the Chef to discuss your 7-course degustation menu and matching wine selection. Minimal service interruptions ensure the ultimate seclusion and privacy.

Private dining can be booked on arrival or during your stay at Lizard Island.

Chef Profile: Mark Jensen

Highly-acclaimed chef Mark Jensen has returned to Lizard Island to take up the helm of Executive Chef. Thirty-three-year-old Jensen has received several “Best Restaurant” awards and ‘Two Stars’ in the Courier Mail Queensland Good Food Guide, earned when he was the Head Chef at Marco Polo in Brisbane and Spicers Peak Lodge in Maryvale.

Jensen is keen to ensure Lizard Island’s guests are treated to some of the best contemporary Australian cuisine available. “In my opinion, Australia is a fast rising culinary world power and I’m a strong believer in ‘fusion cuisine’, focusing on the multicultural influences that make up Australia. Not being bound by tradition excites me,” said Jensen.

“On Lizard Island we draw upon some great culinary influences including Thai, Japanese, Moroccan, French and Italian. I love to create dishes that are rich yet light, sumptuous with a cleansing component, so our guests are longing for the next course. It’s a marriage of technique, flavour, presentation and style.”

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Recreation

Set right on the Great Barrier Reef and boasting its own beautiful fringing reefs, Lizard Island has the advantage of being able to offer diving enthusiasts both half and full day reef experiences.

Lizard's purpose-built dive boat, the MV Serranidae (the latin name for "Grouper" - the Potato Cod is part of the Grouper family) operates half and full day excursions to stunning inner and outer reef diving sites, including the world famous Cod Hole, renowned for its huge, but friendly, Potato Cod. Naturally, the Cod Hole is subject to weather and tidal conditions.

Snorkel Lessons

Complimentary snorkel lessons are conducted every second afternoon followed by a guided snorkel offering a complimentary reef interpretive tour on the reef directly in front of the Beach Club in Anchor Bay. You will require a mask, snorkel and fins to participate, which are available from the Beach Club.

Beach Snorkelling

Find an abundance of reef snorkelling in Anchor Bay, in front of the Resort, as well as at Sunset Beach and Watson's Bay where large concentrations of giant clams can be viewed, both within short walking distance from the Resort.

Guide for Snorkellers

Whilst Lizard Island offers a variety of snorkelling for the novice through to the very experienced, it is also important to highlight the following points to ensure an enjoyable and safe experience.

•Snorkelling and swimming is permitted off any beach, however the Lagoon area is restricted by the tides. Tide times are posted on the Activities Board at the Beach Club and briefs on restrictions are always given before any organised snorkel activity.

•Watch your buoyancy so that you do not drag your fins on the coral and never stand on the coral.

•Do not snorkel or swim alone or out of sight to family and friends.

Snorkelling is generally a safe activity, however this exercise can aggravate certain medical conditions such as asthma and heart conditions. You should only participate in the activity with this understanding.

Complimentary Activities

•Explore Anchor and Watson's bay on a catamaran or glass bottom paddle ski

•Motorised dinghies

•Snorkelling equipment and lessons

•Interpretive glass bottom boat tours

•Tennis - day and night with all equipment supplied

•Picnic hampers for romantic and secluded beachside lunches

•Paddle ski tours

•Nature slide presentations

•Gymnasium

Other Activities (charges apply)

•Diving and snorkelling trips to the inner or outer Reef

•Diving courses

•Night Diving

•Full or half day private game fishing, Black Marlin season is from September to December

•Azure Spa treatments

•Research station tours

•Lizard Island dive and fishing charters on MV Fascination

•Champagne sunset cruises

Fishing nearby
Personal motorized watercraft on site
Boat launch on site
Boating on site
Dock on site
Helicopter/airplane tours on site

Motor boating on site
Scuba diving on site
Snorkeling on site
Swimming on site
Whale-watching on site

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Spa

Azure Spa offers a range of treatments inspired by nature to nurture the mind, body and spirit using LI’TYA products a high performance range of natural Australian spa care products that integrate the potent qualities of the Australian earth and spirit. These powerful spa treatments unlock the profound wisdom of ancient Aboriginal medicine and healing modalities that assists you to generate your own health and balance.

Combining ancient indigenous medicines and massage techniques, with aromatherapy, colour therapy, sound therapy and herbalism principles it will positively enrich your spirit whilst providing extreme skincare results.

Manicures and pedicures
Body wraps
Body scrubs
Aromatherapy treatments

Hydrotherapy treatments
Hot springs/mineral springs in spa
Body treatments
Facial treatments

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Policies & Fees

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out

Check-out time is 11 AM

Policies

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

No onsite parking is available.

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out time is 11 AM

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Additional Details

Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the inn prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.

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Awards & Affiliations

Details

Lizard Island Resort is listed in the 2010 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2010 Travel + Leisure 500.

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National Rating

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This property does not have an official STAR Rating from AAA Tourism Pty Ltd. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

This property does not have an official STAR Rating from AAA Tourism Pty Ltd. We have provided a rating based on our rating system.

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The preferred airport for Lizard Island Resort is Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.) - 247.8 km / 154 mi.

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Lizard Island Resort

Lizard Island is surrounded by 24 private beaches on The Great Barrier Reef

Hotel Amenities

General

Room Amenities

Dining

Recreation

Spa

Policies & Fees

Check-in

Check-out

Policies

Additional Details

Awards & Affiliations

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National Rating

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General

Room Amenities

Dining

Recreation

Spa

Policies & Fees

Check-in

Check-out

Policies

Additional Details

Awards & Affiliations

Details

National Rating

Details

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