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Global Luxury Wilderness Lodge Award
SWELL LODGE WINS WORLD LUXURY AWARD Christmas came early this week for Swell Lodge, a tiny eco-lodge nestled inside the Christmas Island National Park, winning the global ‘Luxury Wilderness Lodge of the Year’ category in the 2021 World Luxury Hotel Awards from...
Swell Lodge featured in Q Review
See what YOLO Traveller had to say in Q Review Magazine about Swell Lodge! It’s been a year of travel plans re-imagined. Of re-discovering the wonders of our own state, and supporting our WA tourism industry. Of embracing “little trips” and local journeys, from...
Australian Traveller Features Swell Lodge
Great feature in Australian Traveller Page 1 and 2 Page 3 and 4 Page 5 and 6 Imogen Eveson describes her incredible holiday experience on Christmas Island in Australian Traveller magazine as; "A tropical travel destination of remarkable wildlife, a world-class...
Swell Lodge on Destination WA!
Destinations WA features Swell Lodge on TV Trevor Cochrane from Destinations WA experiences the luxury of Swell Lodge & explores the jungles, pristine beaches, and wildlife of Christmas Island. Why Christmas Island? "The Indian Ocean islands are an amazing...
Swell Lodge in the News!
Great feature about Swell Lodge on the TV news last night, with some really lovely words of support from Aussie entrepreneur Dick Smith! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idiiKdeaP1M&feature=youtu.be
Crab Safe Vehicle Attachment
Keeping red crabs safe A young couple’s unique invention to save Christmas Island’s famous red crabs from being crushed by vehicles is gaining international attention, with countries a far afield as Colombia also now keen to reduce their crustacean road-toll. Every...
Swell Lodge Story – Video #1
Our first video blog, from when Chris first visited the island as a little kid of seven to now - announcing Swell Lodge to the world!
Behind the scenes blog – coming soon!
Where is Christmas Island? Why build an eco-lodge there? How do you even begin such a project? Since embarking on this adventure of designing and building Swell Lodge, I’ve been asked a lot of good questions (and I’ve asked a lot dumb ones myself) and as the whole...
Travel Journalist?
We’re inundated by journalists hoping for a free stay at Swell Lodge. We do consider each request, so if you write for a worthwhile title, do let us know.
Photo & Video Library
Writing about us? Here’s some great photos and videos you can use when promoting Swell Lodge.