A location that combines a haven of wildlife, breathtaking natural beauty and unsurpassed luxurious comfort. Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley is in a very secluded location about 3 hours drive from the hustle and bustle of Sydney. It's a very unique resort location in New South Wales, Australia and I wanted to share this experience with you guys, so I hope you enjoy the post!
Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley is a resort owned by a name most well known for it's airline, Emirates. It's run by One&Only which manage the world's most luxurious resorts in exotic locations such as Dubai, the Maldives, Mauritius, Bahamas, South Africa and of course Australia, just to name a few!
This particular resort is carbon-neutral (built to help offset carbon emissions from Emirates airlines) actively works to protect and preserve natural habitat and indigenous wildlife species all whilst delivering first-class and ultra-luxurious resort facilities.
It's set in a remote region of Australia and there is no mobile reception or service. We knew we were in the outback when we were getting closer to the resort and was greeted by this cutie, little did we know that the resort was home to hundreds of them.
We arrived at the base, parked our cars and transferred to an awesome Land Rover Defender to take us from base deep into the valley. We crossed rivers, drove into the forest and finally made it to the resort. The ride was a bit bumpy so no photos unfortunately but here we are after we arrived.
First stop, horse riding. Meet Marshmellow :) A very sweet and gentle horse but very experienced at navigating river crossings and going up and down mountains!
Once our trail ride was over, we were greeted with a Welcome to Wolgan Valley drink, our own personalised itinerary and a beautiful view of the resort built in the middle of rolling hills and 7,000 acres of natural terrain.
We then headed down to lunch (all meals at the resort including breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in the price of your stay and the food is gourmet prepared by chefs specialising in all different cuisines).
Short walk amongst the hills to our villa...
Time to check out our new home for the next few days...
Porch with two rocking chairs, perfect for watching the kangaroos, wallabies and wombats come out to play...
Huge bathroom with a natural sunlit shower (or to shower under the stars!)
Beautiful bedroom with a fireplace
Make-up corner of course :)
Walked to dinner and look who was next to the pathway!! They literally come right up but not too close, they usually run away before we get too close but this guy was right next to us :)
Beautiful country backdrop for dinner
They were so nice and prepared a special dessert for our anniversary...
We were so full but I asked if we could have a look into their cheese room and of course they were happy to oblige
This was Day 1 of our weekend so stay tuned for Day 2! We did a self-guided bike tour, more eating, drinking and of course more kangaroo and wallaby sightings and some even came up to our villa by the pool.
Let me know what you guys think and if you've ever visited any resort like this before, it was a first for me so I'm really keen to hear your experiences.
@phamished xx
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