The Baillie Lodges experience embraces the luxury of travel. A stay with Baillie Lodges is about connection with the landscape, its culture and wildlife, a celebration of superb regional cuisine and luxurious lodgings. It offers a genuine sense of place, a union of sights, scents and tastes that immerses guests in their surrounds. Guest itineraries are tailor-made, creating a personal, lasting connection with the destination. A stay with Baillie Lodges offers time to reconnect with the people and places that matter most.
With clever architectural design, organic finishes and signature curved lines making the most of the dramatic ocean-front location, Southern Ocean Lodge blends effortlessly with the rugged beauty of Kangaroo Island. Floor-to-ceiling windows extend panoramic views of white-sanded beaches and rolling wilderness, with the Southern Ocean waiting below.
The expansive Great Room lies at the helm of the lodge and is the hub of all activity, from lounging with a book with panoramic views of the Southern Ocean to sharing a drink at the open bar and planning the next day’s adventures. Outside, a wet-edge pool lines the lodge terrace inviting a plunge into the landscape.
A sweeping panorama of ocean provides a dramatic backdrop for savouring world-class contemporary cuisine with a proudly local provenance. A convivial open bar and walk-in cellar offer help-yourself premium beverages, including a hand-picked collection of fine local wines representing some of the best-known regions in South Australia.
Overlooking rolling bushland, the Southern Spa offers three treatment rooms, a sauna and gymnasium while outside on the terrace hot and cold plunge pools are perfect for soaking in the moment. A menu of signature treatments features the Australian-made alkeme spa care range alongside Kangaroo Island’s own natural beauty botanicals.
Envisioned by life and business partners James and Hayley Baillie, Southern Ocean Lodge was designed by Kangaroo Island-born architect Max Pritchard, opening in 2008 to instant and ongoing global acclaim. Following the lodge’s destruction in the summer bushfires of 2020, Baillie Lodges and KSL Capital Partners immediately committed to the rebuild of its flagship property, delivering on the promise in 2023.
Eager to ‘do even better’ the second time around, the Baillies once again joined forces with Max and his design partner Andrew Gunner to steer the design of the new-look lodge. Southern Ocean Lodge complements Capella Lodge, Longitude 131°, Silky Oaks Lodge and The Louise in a premium experience of Australia’s most extraordinary destinations and Huka Lodge, Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge, Tierra Atacama and Tierra Patagonia in international waters.
Southern Ocean Lodge represents a new style of luxury accommodation offering a journey within the destination and where clever architectural design, premium appointments, locally commissioned artworks and custom furnishings create a timeless appeal.
Luxury Lodges of Australia is a collection of independent luxury lodges and camps offering unforgettable experiences in Australia’s most inspiring and extraordinary locations. There are currently 19 lodges in this stellar collection of the nation’s most lauded and highly sought after properties. Southern Ocean Lodge is a founding member of the esteemed collection.
The Baillie Lodges environmental commitment is best expressed by each lodge’s interaction with its local natural and cultural surroundings. View our sustainability policy
A 20-metre wilderness buffer is maintained around the lodge and the area has been cleverly planted with fire-retardant native succulents and Kangaroo Island’s own endemic juniper. The bushland and coastal wilderness that surrounds Southern Ocean Lodge is protected to safeguard it for its wildlife residents and for future generations.
Investment in a large reverse osmosis system sees the use of solar power to convert bore water to fresh water and storage capacity is now 5.8 million litres of potable water. All rainwater is stored and harvesting produces some 12000L of drinkable rainwater from every millimetre that falls on the site.
Environmental sustainability is core to the design of Southern Ocean Lodge with significant hybrid solar and battery infrastructure allowing the lodge to generate its own power and continue to run off grid in its remote location on Kangaroo Island’s southwestern coast. A computerised building management system minimises usage.
The lodge actively engages with the island community, choosing to almost exclusively work with local growers and producers. Collaboration with a community network of small businesses provides a veritable boost to the regional economy and creates a homegrown identity for Southern Ocean Lodge.
The Southern Ocean Lodge team is small and close-knit, attracting hospitality professionals from Australia and around the world. Renowned for their intuitive first-name service style, our people are what keep our friends returning for more.
Esteemed industry veteran Robyn Bautovich steers daily operations at Southern Ocean Lodge with the sole aim of delivering the best luxury lodge experience in Australia. Prior to making Kangaroo Island her home in 2024, Robyn’s stellar career saw her leading luxury resorts in Southeast Asia and Australia’s tropical north.
Dream team Natalie Lang and Rachel Dehne bring exceptional industry experience along with a warm smile and passion for the details in their joint role of Assistant Lodge Manager. Well-versed in the challenges and rewards of remote luxury lodging, they provide invaluable support to Robyn in offering guests an extraordinary encounter of Kangaroo Island’s natural playground.
Tom Saliba savours his role as Executive Chef and brings a passion for fresh seasonal produce and good, honest food, as well as a drive to work with local producers to the daily-changing menu at Southern Ocean Lodge, an approach that is essential to the Baillie Lodges dining experience.
Two things draw me to ‘Australia’s Galapagos’: its luxury eco-retreat, Southern Ocean Lodge, and the fauna. Sustainability is in the bones of the former, whose architecture harnesses the elements. Meanwhile, more than a third of KI is protected, making it a haven for koalas, fur seals, glossy black-cockatoos and - of course - kangaroos, all of which I behold.Liam Freeman Tatler
The retreat has a light touch sustainable DNA that involves using local products, ingredients and people as much as possible.Chloe Sachdev Condé Nast Traveller
When you combine such rugged beauty with luxury, you get the best of both worlds.Jo McKay Qantas Travel Insider
Southern Ocean Lodge provides an iconic accommodation experience on Kangaroo Island and is designed as an intimate sanctuary of comfort and style.
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Dining at Southern Ocean Lodge is an exclusively local affair, with fresh regional ingredients paired with premium South Australian wines, offering a true taste of Kangaroo Island.
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A physical and spiritual retreat, the Southern Spa indulges body and soul. Three treatment rooms, a sauna and gymnasium offer guests a serene and indulgent retreat.
Heaven awaitsFor more information about Southern Ocean Lodge and the other properties in the Baillie Lodges portfolio please download our brochure.
