APT opens Kings Canyon Wilderness Lodge

Australia’s newest Outback accommodation property, Australian Pacific Touring’s stylish Kings Canyon Wilderness Lodge has opened.

The lodge is exclusively located amongst Desert Oak trees (some believed to be over 400 years old) in a remote part of Kings Creek Station, 35 kilometres from Kings Canyon, 480 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs by bitumen and 300 kilometres northeast of Uluru (Ayers Rock).

The lodge site has 10 x 44sqm deluxe tented cabins with full en-suite (hot showers) and private decking looking into the bush and a separate 70 sqm dining/lounge facility and outside dining-campfire area 50-150m away from the cabins.

APT General Manager Sales and Marketing, Chris Hall said the lodge offered a quiet, stylish and private Outback bush accommodation experience.

“Extremely comfortable, roomy and well-appointed cabins combined with a very high quality of dining, a quiet, true Outback bush setting and just 20 guests maximum, make this lodge a special place for visiting Kings Canyon,” he said.

“As a dinner-bed-breakfast experience, it offers high value.”

APT also operates wilderness lodges in the Kimberley .

Eleven new packages from Alice Springs have been designed with exclusive short touring to the surrounding region.  Ancient petroglyphs (Aboriginal rock carvings), wild camels, kangaroos and other wildlife, guided Kings Canyon walk and overnight Kings Canyon Wilderness Lodge are on the itineraries.

Existing short break tours visiting Kings Canyon (ranging from 2 days to 14 days) operated by Australian Pacific Touring have the option to upgrade to stay at the exclusive Kings Canyon Wilderness Lodge.

Kings Canyon Wilderness Lodge is available for special interest groups and private self-drive travellers, on available status. Prices are $250 twin share per person and $435 single, which includes dinner and breakfast. Bookings are essential.

Three course dinner includes entrée of Morton Bay bugs, mains of barbecued barramundi/kangaroo/camel combination with vegetables and salads, dessert and tea/coffee … followed by campfire chat with fellow guests, APT guides and lodge staff as well as night sky telescope viewing.  The Lodge is licensed and offers a quality selection of beverages.

Breakfast is cereals and cooked meals to order, provided by chef-host team Rowan and Jacinta Wilson, formerly of Hinchinbrook Island .

About the cabins: The cabins are about 10 metres apart. They feature king size double beds or king single beds configuration, bedside tables, cane type chairs and coffee table, luggage rack, fan (summer) heater (winter), doonas, blankets, linen, overhead lighting and bedside lighting. Linen is quality cotton. Doona or blanket is supplied according to the season. Bathrooms feature instant heating lamp, power points, hair dryer, basin, toilet, hot shower. One of the tents also features a claw foot bath. Towels, soaps, shampoos etc., are provided. A breezeway separates the main bedroom from the bathroom. Patio has table and chairs.

A full fly covers the whole tent from patio to bathroom to provide shade and insulation. Cabin walls are double canvassed i.e. both the outside and inside walls are canvas, which provides some thermal qualities and also hides the steel frame. Flooring – bedroom is timber-look high quality lino; breezeway is decking; bathroom is tiled. 

Report by The Mole