Sequoia Lodge - Exclusive Adults Luxury Retreat
Adults-only suites inside Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
About this stay
The setting does most of the work here: Sequoia Lodge sits inside Mount Lofty Botanic Garden itself, so the suites open onto garden rather than car park, and the adults-only policy keeps the mood deliberately quiet. Cleland National Park, with its koalas and kangaroos, is a five-minute taxi away for a wildlife morning before the spa afternoon that most guests come here for. Hardy's Verandah is a minute's walk for breakfast without leaving the grounds, and room service covers the evenings nobody wants to dress for dinner. The outdoor pool and spa are the centrepiece, with an airport shuttle for anyone arriving without a car and an accessible layout throughout the grounds for guests who need step-free paths between the suites and the garden.
- Adults-only
- Spa and outdoor pool
- 5 min to Cleland National Park
- Room service
Our take
This suits a couple wanting a genuinely quiet base with a spa and a botanic garden setting, ideally paired with a wildlife morning at nearby Cleland. The adults-only policy and refined dining make it the wrong pick for anyone travelling with kids. Grey nomads mid-road-trip in a camper will find it a splurge night rather than a regular stop, which is exactly the role it plays best.
- ✓Book the spa ahead for the afternoon after a Cleland National Park morning, slots fill on weekends.
- ✓Eat breakfast at Hardy's Verandah on site rather than driving into Hahndorf, it is a minute's walk.
- ✓Use the airport shuttle if flying in, it removes the need for a hire car on a short Hills stop.
Why we love it
- Inside Mount Lofty Botanic Garden itself
- Five minutes to Cleland National Park
- Spa and outdoor pool on site
- Adults-only, genuinely quiet grounds
Why guests love itWe treated this as the splurge night on a longer Hills loop and it earned the extra cost. Waking up inside the botanic garden itself, with nobody else's kids running the corridors, made the spa afternoon feel like a genuine reset after a morning watching koalas at Cleland. Breakfast at Hardy's Verandah a minute away meant we never had to get back in the car before checkout.
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