Condé Nast Traveler features the legendary Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island among its prestigious 2024 Hot List honourees for hotels.

Independently selected by the editors, Condé Nast Traveler Hot List is an annual compendium showcasing the finest new establishments in the realms of hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships worldwide. Following a year replete with traversing the globe the 28th edition of this year’s Hot List may genuinely lay claim to being the “best one to date”. Notably, it is the most eclectic, spotlighting not only the newly built luxury lodge Southern Ocean Lodge but also the world’s largest cruise ship and culinary establishments spanning across the world.

“A fixture on Kangaroo Island’s sensational stretch of wild southwest coast, the resort was originally opened in 2008 by husband-and-wife duo James and Hayley Baillie, and it quickly became the soft-landing of choice to explore the “Australian Galápagos.” This story received a much-welcomed plot twist in December 2023, when the resort reopened as a near replica of its former sci-fi self, shaped like a low-flying saucer hovering above the Southern Ocean, with uninterrupted last-stop-before-Antarctica views across the sea. The resort now comprises 25 glass-fronted suites that extend across the limestone cliffs, each with mid-century modern curves, sunken living rooms, fireplaces, and sliding doors that open to private patios and the fresh Antarctic breeze.”

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