Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk Uncovered.

Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk is an exclusive 4 day 3 night guided experience and is the perfect short break hiking holiday. Taking in the last half of the Great Ocean Walk from Castle Cove (40-56km), this walk is east to west and ends at the Twelve Apostles with a scenic helicopter flight showing you the end of the track you just walked. An Apostle in its truest sense is a messenger, a wanderer, a journeyman, but one with a destination in mind. For four days your anticipation grows for the limestone rock stacks that stand strong against the wild southern ocean. Twelve originally, but four have succumbed to the relentlessness of nature.

Fear not, time will ensure other sections of the cliff take their place. There’s no doubt you will come with the Apostles as your goal, but perhaps another section of the trail will ambush your heart and make itself your favourite. Personal epiphanies are often had while walking the two kilometre stretch of Johanna Beach, moments of realisation that the simple things in life are what matter from the lookout at Ryan’s Den, new friendships cemented in the wide Australian bush trail from Moonlight Head to The Gables and many a “Day 2” is gasped at the end as being both challenging and rewarding. Tackle that and people can take on the world.

The sum of our parts add up to something pretty special, but a large piece in the puzzle is the trail. We utilise a trail known as the Great Ocean Walk, which runs from Apollo Bay in the East to the Twelve Apostles in the West. The Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk uses the second half, the section from Castle Cove to the Apostles themselves, via Johanna Beach and Moonlight Head. It is up to 55km in length, but there are options for shorter days and of course our team and the comfortable lodge are your support along the way.

So you think all walking lodges were created equal? Uh-uh. No way. The Lodge at the heart of the Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk is the “jam in our donut”: that special surprise you hoped was there and good, but Oh! It’s so much nicer than you could have imagined.

We have all the functions covered: Five large, beautiful king bedrooms with an ensuite, that cleverly divide in half for two singles (with no single supplement); plenty of water, hot hot showers, heating, passive solar design, foot spas, live in chef and a central licenced dining room that makes you long for old fashioned family dinners every night of the week.

Gavin and Dana incorporated many best practices into the building: self sufficient water supply, on site waste water treatment, low consumption electric and water fittings, hydronic heating, composting, kitchen garden. That said, we aren’t a boot camp! We provide hair dryers in your room, use Myrtle & Moss toiletries and can readily cater for special dietary requirements. The lodge has mobile coverage (with Telstra only) and wireless internet with power points in your room to charge batteries.

We allow ourselves a rare stroke of selfishness when it comes to the Lodge. We don’t share it with anyone else, so the only way to stay is to join a walk. The upside is you can make yourself at home, and that the dress code for dinner is anywhere between pyjamas and a suit.