A good sleep before the Cage of Death

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A good sleep before the Cage of Death

Ferocious appetite .. . inside Darwin's Cage of Death.

Ferocious appetite .. . inside Darwin's Cage of Death.

THE Novotel Darwin Atrium is taking experiential travel to a new level. The hotel has joined forces with Darwin's popular tourist attraction, Crocosaurus Cove, for a quirky Top End experience.

Guests can buy a Cage of Death accommodation package that includes a night's stay and the chance to get up close with a couple of large, ferocious saltwater crocodiles.

Guests, brave or foolish enough to want to look a croc in the eye, enter an acrylic transparent cage that is suspended over the croc enclosures at Crocosaurus Cove and are slowly lowered into the enclosure.

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The more faint-hearted - or should that be sensible? - can opt for the Swim with the Crocs option, where they cavort with the crocs in a pool that runs alongside the massive beasts' territory.

The Cage of Death package starts at $287 a night and the swim option is $197 a night for two adults.

See accorhotels.com.au or phone Novotel Darwin Atrium on (08) 8941 0755.

Five-star discounts

It's a sign of the times. The Accor Asia Pacific group has put 1 million rooms on sale from next Tuesday to Thursday night.

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During that time, prices at five-star properties will be as low as $79 in Australia, representing in some instances a discount of up to 75 per cent, $56 in Malaysia, $38 in Thailand and $68 in China, plus taxes.

See accorhotels.com/supersale.

Bottler of an idea

The Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens in Melbourne is claiming it is the first hotel in the world to put completely biodegradable and compostable water bottles in its rooms.

The bottles have been provided by South Australian company Goody Environment, which has developed a technique that turns single-use plastic into a soil conditioner. The hotel's general manager, Steve Finlayson, says a review of its environmental procedures led to the initiative as well a 70 per cent reduction in power and a 22 per cent cut in water consumption. He said the hotel had cut its contribution to landfill by 70 per cent in the past 18 months.

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