THE GREAT OUTBACK
A menu offering seasoned crocodile tail and bush bananas is just one of the highlights awaiting guests at northern Australia’s Cicada Lodge (61-8/8971-0877; cicadalodge.com.au; doubles from US$665), a remote riverside property at Nitmiluk Gorge, some 300 kilometers south of Darwin. Co-owned and run by the indigenous Jawoyn people, Cicada promises as stylish an outback experience as they come; its 18 earth-toned rooms are decorated with Aboriginal arts and crafts, while diversions range from canoeing and helicopter tours to sunset cocktails on the lodge’s eucalyptus-fringed pool deck. –Tim Hastings
Originally appeared in the April/May 2013 print issue of DestinAsian magazine (“The Great Outback”)