Set in the tropical gardens of Mindil Beach Casino Resort, the Lagoon Day Spa treats the Top End climate as an asset rather than a problem. Treatments run on iKOU botanicals, wild-harvested and organic, chosen to bring you back to level. Book anything over an hour and the lagoon pool opens up to you afterwards, which is the detail that seals it. Green, humid, unhurried. You can spend the massage listening to the gardens and the pool part of the afternoon doing nothing at all. This is the Darwin day spa people actually rebook. Come for the treatment. Stay for the water.