Travel & Leisure have announced The 100 Best New Hotels of the Year which includes the newly built Southern Ocean Lodge located on the stunning south coast of South Australia on Kangaroo Island.

The annual guide to the most game-changing hotel openings (and reopening’s) has led Travel + Leisure editors and contributors to 39 countries across six continents. Beginning with a roster of over 200 soon-to-open hotels, Travel + Leisure editors and reporters have traversed nearly 130 of them in the past 12 months.

Betsy Andrew for Travel + Leisure discovers the re-birth of Southern Ocean Lodge and how it has improved its eco-design and sustained its high standard and relaxed service.

“When Southern Ocean Lodge first opened on an island off the coast of southern Australia in 2008, it set the bar for all-inclusive eco-lodges in Australia with its spectacular setting, striking design, and precise yet easy going hospitality. But the resort burned to the ground in one of the devastating bushfires of 2020.

The 25 terraced suites have been updated to include soaking tubs, double vanities, and master controls for zoned lighting. Furnishings are smartly positioned — I could count the night stars through the floor-to-ceiling windows from bed — and the suites have also been angled to provide maximum privacy and views of the surf on the beach below.”

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