Hotel in Pristine Lord Howe Island Tops List of Best Hotels in South Pacific

Looking out to Mount Lidgbird from below the Get Up Place on Mount Gower on Lord Howe Island. Monday August 7, 2017. The group of oceanic islands of volcanic origin are world-heritage listed. AAP Image/Julian Drape

A sixth-generation family-owned B&B has topped the best hotel in the South Pacific and in Australia, according to the travel website Tripadvisor.

Pinetrees Lodge on Lord Howe Island was named “Top Hotel in Australia” and “Top Hotel in the South Pacific” in Tripadvisor’s 2023 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards, released on May 24.