Sequoia Lodge – Exclusive Adults Luxury Retreat
Highlights
- Savour panoramic tree-top views over Piccadilly Valley from your private balcony, enhancing your relaxation experience.
- Indulge in luxurious suites featuring a large bathtub and fireplace, perfect for unwinding after a day of exploration.
- Explore the iconic Adelaide Hills and Barossa wine regions with curated experiences from the in-house Sommelier.
- Encounter native wildlife like kangaroos and koalas just moments away, immersing yourself in the quintessential Aussie experience.
Sequoia Lodge features 14 contemporary, luxurious, sustainably designed suites with unparalleled tree-top views over the Piccadilly Valley, vineyards, villages, and bushland.
Each suite sees guests able to take in the inspiring views from their private balconies, their lounge and fireplace while deep soaking in the bath or sky gazing from their king-size bed.
Sequoia provides the highest level of privacy, its own reception area, lounge and breakfast room, mineral hot springs, and a range of inclusive and exclusive guest experiences.
Award Winning Fine Dining Restaurant, Hardy’s Verandah, is less than a 100m stroll from guests suites. Guests can expand their culinary experience as they explore the iconic Adelaide Hills, Barossa and McLaren Vale wine regions curated for guests by their in-house Sommelier.
Just around the corner, guests can access the quintessential Australian experience with up close and personal encounters with Kangaroos, Koalas, Echidnas, Emus and more. Only a two-minute stroll sees guests able to wander the botanic gardens and hike the Heysen Trail.
Named after the three giant Sequoia trees planted around 1855 by original owner Arthur Hardy, Sequoia is an experience with tranquillity, sophistication and heart.
Sequoia Lodge only accommodates guests over 18 years of age.
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Accreditations
- Australian Hotels Association
- Gay and Lesbian Tourism Australia (GALTA)
- Meetings and Events Australia
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Sequoia Suite
Sequoia’s private open-plan suite is perched on the edge of the Piccadilly Valley, boasting panoramic views from the sunken lounge, bedroom and bathroom.
Sink into the large bathtub, take a nap or relax on your spacious private balcony daybed with a bottle of sparkling wine and a charcuterie platter. Watch the wallabies and kangaroos forage beneath your feet as you indulge in losing track of time.
Each suite features a large balcony with an expansive daybed, a gas fireplace, a ceiling fan, a hidden TV, a large bathtub offering views of the valley, and a luxurious wellness shower.
Current offers
Winter Stay 3 pay 2
Winter Stay 3 Pay 2 Sequoia Experience
TRAVEL FROM 1 MAY – 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
✓ 32 Signature Inclusions and Experiences
✓ One complimentary night
✓ Daily a la carte breakfast & barista coffee
From $1,332 per suite, per night
– based on the discounted per night rate
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- A lever handle on the door (easier to use).
- Enough space for a wheelchair to move around three sides of a double king sized bed (A pathway of 1200mm minimum width is required for wheelchair access).
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
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