Category Luxury glamping

15 Apr

Instagram Moments

We think Truffle Lodge is just lovely, but we own to being more than a little biased. So it is great when guests’ feedback confirms this for us. And we love it when guests share their favourite images from their stay at Truffle Lodge. Social media has become such a force in marketing. The more […]

4 Apr

Weddings & Functions

Our open function tent, the Canopy hangs over the river bank commanding lovely river and valley views. It is net to the lodge and the firepit, and is the first of our planned facilities for weddings and other functions. Over the winter closedown, additional facilities will be added, including marquee sites, dance floors and lighting, everything […]

4 Apr

Comparing other Glamping Resorts

I remember the reference to Rum Wadi in the movie Lawrence of Arabia, and I jumped at the chance to go there to stay in a Glamping hotel. Of course, my rationale is that I was benchmarking Truffle Lodge against yet another Glamping retreat, and indeed I was doing that. But just being in that […]

23 Mar

Attention to Detail

Guests often compliment us on our attention to detail, commenting that we seem to have “thought of everything”, and asking how we get the ideas for the detail. In my experience, the detail is easy once you have two fundamentals in place – the design concept, and the colour palette. Deciding our concept for the […]

20 Mar

8 Luxury Tents

We have finished all 8 of the riverfront tents, connected them to the Lodge and the function tent, the Canopy, by boardwalk, and compketed the plantings around them. The last three tents have been named Tanglewood, Black Stump and Top Gum. We now have 6 tents with Large King Beds, and 2 tents with Super-wide […]

13 Feb

Tasmanian Weather

Truffle Lodge is a stunning property. It takes people’s breath away. One tends to take most photographs in the sunlight, when the colours are striking. But is it just as beautiful when it is raining, with an overlay of mystery that is enticing. This summer has had some record temperatures, with some days of extreme […]

4 Feb

Intimate Privacy

The tents at Truffle Lodge have been positioned to minimize your awareness of neighbours, and this privacy will be enhanced as the trees grow. This lot of trees is growing well. I say this lot because it is our third planting. The first planting was a heart breaking and very expensive disaster. We had lots […]

13 Jan

Truffle Lodge Tent Names

We don’t just ‘name’ our tents, we agonize and argue over the name …. sounds a bit like naming a baby, doesn’t it! Each name means something specific to that tent. ‘Trout hollow’ stands above a great fishing hole, ‘Treetops’ is situated amongst the top branches of a huge gum. ‘Platypus point’ was so named […]

3 Jan

Cool off at ‘The Beach’

We have several deep plungeholes in the river at Truffle Lodge. Guests love to sit on the river deck, dangling their feet in the river, or to totally immerse themselves on the rocky outcrop. But last year, after the floods, we discovered a sandy little beach, which had not previously been evident because it was […]

2 Jan

Return to a Simpler Time

One of the things that guests really love about Truffle Lodge, is that it is a return to a simpler time. Guests often remember camping as children, swimming in a river, playing games. At Truffle Lodge we endeavour to bing that back by being deliberately unplugged, well partially at least, with limited mobile and no […]