Dirk Hartog Island Eco Lodge

We were lucky enough to stay at DHI Eco Lodge last week. Our hosts Kieran and Tori couldn't do enough to make us feel welcome. Tori is an excellent chef and host. To cap off our stay we were able to watch Geelong beat the Doggies on Thursday night. My recommendation? stay with a group of friends and book more than a couple of nights to really relax into Island time.

The Dirk Hartog Eco Lodge is fantastic. It exceeded my expectations in every way. The attention to detail was excellent and hosts Tori and Kerian's hospitality was great. Tori is a chef of the highest standard. Highly recommended

We have both wanted to visit DHI for long time. Having somewhere luxurious to stay after several days of wild camping g and full on 4wd corrugated roads it was like finding nirvana. I celebrated my 64th birthday there. Tory and Sophie and the crew made it very memorable. Your every need is catered for and staff go the extra mile to ensure you have wonderful time. Can’t recommend the Eco Resort highly enough. Amazing experience.

We’ve been locked in to our state during COVID so it has been a magic opportunity to explore WA. Dirk Hartog Island has been on my bucket list for years. On enquiring “what might suit 4-5 families” we were offered Jed’s Beach camp. Having just returned, this would be my pick of homestead camping in the future. We had the whole camp including kitchen, two showers and two flushing toilets all to ourselves. Each family had their own site which fronted the beach. It was perfect. A short stroll up the beach landed us at the bar for afternoon beverages. None of us have been so far off the grid so there was a fair amount of planning involved. Five families worked perfectly to split recovery gear and camp kitchen items as well as food and refrigerator options. That we were travelling together made it far easier. We had 10 children between us aged 9 through to 17 years. With almost no wifi they were kept busy fishing and tracking wildlife, card games, sitting fireside and enjoying adult conversation. During the day we enjoyed exploring just a small amount of what the island has to offer. Everyone, kids included, walked away feeling it was one of the best things we’ve ever done. The trip took two days to get on to the island with a three hour 4WD just to get to the barge pick up. Stuck on the beach in a strong Northerly we waited 5 hours for the barge to arrive, but the captain committed to keep driving until we had all crossed. Another 45 minute 4WD to get to the homestead made for a late camp set up but where else did we have to be? Our welcome was warm. Our stay was blissful. A couple of tires blown (2 out of five cars and four trailers - one on the ill-fated boat trailer). Staff couldn’t have been more helpful in arranging repairs in Denham, welding assistance and at the end of a long day, generous pours of #inscriptiongin Sitting under the Milky Way made every day seem better than the last. DHI may have been a bucket list item but I’d wager we will be back. Thank you Wardell family xxx

We (2 couples) spent 5 nights here and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Tori, Keiran and all the staff made us feel so welcome and we were made to feel like we were part of the family. The food was exceptional and we had such a relaxing time, we wished we'd booked at least a couple of nights longer. I loved how we could freely make tea/coffee and cold drinks any time we liked. I think the highlight for us was all the family animals who freely wandered around us while we relaxed around the homestead. They gave us a lot of laughs over our time there. I'd highly recommend anyone to stay here - it was the most relaxing holiday I've had in a long time. We loved exploring the island too and the staff were really helpful at suggesting places to visit. We will be back one day.