9th - 12th October 2025

Daintree Rainforest Retreat QLD

This October, the tranquil beauty of the Daintree Rainforest becomes the setting for a soulful three-night retreat designed to restore, reconnect, and rejuvenate. Silky Sanctuary is a curated wellness retreat hosted at the iconic Silky Oaks Lodge, where luxury meets nature on the banks of the pure waters of the Mossman River. Nestled within the leafy canopy of the world’s oldest living rainforest, the lodge offers the ideal sanctuary for deep self-care and immersive connection to place.

For the first time in 2025, the lodge welcomes Holistic Health Coach and Yoga Teacher Emily Spurling of Karma Being to lead this thoughtfully designed long weekend. The itinerary invites guests to pause from the demands of daily life and step into a slower rhythm – one shaped by movement, stillness, creativity, and community.

Each day begins and ends in the Treehouse Restaurant, where guests enjoy flavourful, local produce-led menus with views to the rainforest and soundtrack of forest birds and the Mossman River flowing by. Fresh greens and local native ingredients come freshly picked from the lush onsite kitchen garden, straight to the plate.

The Silky Sanctuary program includes daily yoga, breathwork, meditation, and a range of shared experiences designed to deepen wellness and cultivate connection. Highlights include a rainforest bathing walk at nearby Mossman Gorge and a Coral Sea Sunset Cruise with Sailaway.

Guests are also encouraged to tailor their experience with a bespoke menu of optional experiences – from treatments at the Healing Waters Spa to tarot readings, PSYCH-K sessions, or a cruise along the Daintree River.

Between sessions, guests can explore the Daintree at their own pace – swimming in the crystal-clear Mossman River, exploring the region by complimentary e-bikes, or walking the lodge’s signposted tracks to Fig Tree Rapids. The natural surrounds invite a gentle sense of awe and mindfulness at every turn.

Whether you’re seeking restoration, inspiration, or simply time to reconnect with yourself and nature, Silky Sanctuary offers a rare opportunity to immerse in the healing energy of the rainforest with like-minded souls, supported by expert guidance, nourishing cuisine, and the quiet luxury of one of Australia’s most celebrated lodges.

What's Included

3 Nights Accommodation

Accommodation in a luxury treehouse-style retreat

Daily Yoga, Meditation and Breath work session

with internationally renowned Mind-Body coach Emily Spurling

Daily Gourmet Breakfast

Each day begins and ends in the Treehouse Restaurant, where guests enjoy flavourful, local produce-led menus with views to the rainforest and soundtrack of forest birds and the Mossman River flowing by. Fresh greens and local native ingredients come freshly picked from the lush onsite kitchen garden, straight to the plate.

3 x 3 course Dinners

As the rainforest darkens, the ripple and rush of the Mossman River provides a hypnotic soundtrack for dining in the warmly lit Treehouse Restaurant. Native seed curry with locally-caught coral trout or succulent duck leave just enough room for kumquat ice cream or dark chocolate mousse. A sophisticated wine list invites careful exploring as the moon rises in the inky night sky. A seat at the bar is an ideal pit stop en route back to the suite.

2 x 2 Course lunches at the Tree House Restaurant

As you meander to lunch, immerse in a thriving kitchen garden provides both singing-fresh ingredients for the table as well as a chance for guests to wander among its prolific greenery and learn a little along the way. More than 100 plant types include the Mt White finger lime, passionfruit, pandan and betel leaf. Guests will see many ingredients growing just moments before they are picked for the days’ menu, making one of the shortest paddock to plate journeys around.

Sunset Sail

Soak up the peace and tranquillity of a tropical sunset over the Coral Sea as you sail along the coast off Port Douglas. Take in the ambient music, relaxed and friendly atmosphere and the spectacular mountain views while enjoying a welcome drink and delicious canapés.

Mossman Gorge Mindfulness Walk & Forest Bathing

Learn the Ancient Japanese Technique of Shinrin-Yoku & reconnect with your bliss

Reset & Glow Wellness Workshop

Practical Tools to De-Stress and Thrive, mind and body in the past pace of life.

Access to e-bikes for self-guided adventures

Self-guided Fig Tree Rapids walk

Optional Extras

Guests are also encouraged to tailor their experience with a bespoke menu of optional experiences – from treatments at the Healing Waters Spa to tarot readings, PSYCH-K sessions, or a cruise along the Daintree River.

Prices

Rainforest Retreat

$4995 Single or $6090 Twin Share

Teachers

Emily Spurling

Emily's laid back and inclusive approach resonates with first time students and advanced yogis alike. Emily has been recognised as an industry expert and can be found on FMTV.com alongside other wellness exerts such as Deepak Chopra and Jamie Oliver.

Emily is a Yoga teacher and Certified Holistic Health Coach who loves sharing the ultimate toolbox for becoming your best authentic self. Emily is an eternal student of yoga globally and is formally trained in Hatha and Vinyasa flow, she has beautifully combined these styles to create her own much loved yoga experience. This 'fusion' style is the perfect blend of light and shade, one flow will have you generating heat and building lean muscle and the next you will be blissing out in a slow, opening restorative sequence. Emily is also a Thai Masseuse whose hands on adjustments in class help you to slip into the perfect pose and a state of deep relaxation. 


Emily is drawn to yoga and meditation as a way to become fully present and 'show up' as the best version of herself in all areas of life. “We are all expected to wear so many different 'hats' every day, as a mother of two beautiful children, a wife, entrepreneur and teacher, to name a few, it can be really confusing and challenging to stay grounded, positive and on my path. If we are not living in the moment then we're not showing up, Yoga and meditation are my secret weapon and it is my pleasure to share this gift with you.”

Retreat Schedule

• Day 1

  Check-in to Silky Oaks Lodge
  
  Afternoon welcome circle with restorative yoga and meditation
  
  Pre-dinner drinks and canapés
  
  3 Course Dinner at Treehouse restaurant, with matched wines, hosted by Emily Spurling
  
  Overnight, Silky Oaks Lodge

• Day 2

  Invigorating Morning Yoga Flow
  
  Gourmet breakfast
  
  Time at leisure (optional bespoke wellness menu or free activities)
  
  2 Course Lunch
  
  Port Douglas visit
  
  Coral Sea Sunset Cruise with Sailaway
  
  3 Course Dinner in the Treehouse Restaurant
  
  Overnight, Silky Oaks Lodge

• Day 3

  Yoga, meditation and breathwork
  
  Gourmet breakfast
  
  Rainforest bathing and exploration of Mossman Gorge
  
  2 Course Lunch
  
  Time at leisure (optional bespoke wellness menu or free activities)
  
  Wellbeing workshop
  
  Pre-dinner drinks and snacks
  
  3 Course Dinner in the Treehouse Restaurant
  
  Overnight, Silky Oaks Lodge

• Day 4

  Vinyasa yoga, meditation and breathwork
  
  Closing circle
  
  Gourmet breakfast
  
  Check-out and onward journey