Boroka Downs

Boroka Downs Review

On 300 acres of bush, scrub, and grassland, bordering the national park, Boroka's six villas are nothing short of spectacular. The one-couple residences have soaring ceilings, roof-to-floor windows—which frame the bush-clad ridges of the Grampians—fireplaces, and enormous in-room hot tubs; the secluded two-bedroom bungalow has a log heater and an open-air deck spa. You can wake, in your king-size bed with pure cotton sheets, to the sound of kookaburras laughing, and sunset finds groups of kangaroos, emus, and wallabies grazing in the paddocks that skirt the villas. Owners Bob and Stephanie Adams are committed environmentalists. They are continuing the previous owners' policy of planting thousands of trees: the resort uses solar and wind energy and recycles just about everything. There's a three-night minimum stay in high season (long weekends, Christmas-New Year's) and a four-night minimum at Easter; however, during nonpeak times guests get one free night when they book a two-night package.