Your own little island escape

Your friendly hosts, Michele and Brian, welcome you to Rhyll Haven—a peaceful hilltop garden retreat where personal hospitality meets luxurious comfort. Whether you’re enjoying a couples’ getaway, celebrating an anniversary, proposing, honeymooning, getting married, gathering with a small group or staying with a wedding party, settle in, slow down and feel wonderfully away from it all.

Tucked away on Phillip Island’s tranquil eastern bayside, we offer a gentle change of pace. Here, the biggest crowds are often the black swans and pelicans gathering around the sandbars of Rhyll Inlet, just a 10-minute stroll from our gate. Every major island attraction is within a 10–15-minute drive, while the Wetlands Farm Café, The Seaside Cafe and Rhyll Tavern are within walking distance, with lovely views of the Rhyll Foreshore.

Just 90 minutes from the centre of Melbourne, Phillip Island feels wonderfully removed from the everyday. Beautiful beaches, coastal walks and natural attractions are yours to explore—or simply settle in and enjoy the comfort of your own private retreat.

Take a walk, take your time

Explore at your own pace, then come home to a soothing spa bath and the warmth of a fire.

Rhyll: Walk five minutes downhill past the mangroves to the grassy foreshore, restaurants and pier. Continue past black swans and seabirds to Rhyll Inlet’s sandbars, then follow the wallaby boardwalk to Conservation Hill and on to the koalas—about 90 minutes each way for the full walk.

Cape Woolamai: Discover the wild Bass Strait coastline on a brisk 90-minute return loop to Pinnacles Lookout and up to Snapper Head.

Kilcunda: Venture off the island to the historic trestle railway bridge overlooking the sea, with coffee and cake at the Kilcunda General Store.

The Nobbies: Just past the penguins at the island’s western tip, explore the south coast road and rugged cliffs, watching for birds of prey, wallabies and Cape Barren geese.

Thoughtful comforts included in you stay

Finding you favourite place to unwind 

All our apartments have a lounge and dining room, fully equipped kitchens or kitchenette;, one bedroom with ensuite spa-bathrooms, individual décor and thoughtful comforts for couples. Choose the setting that feels right for your escape.

The Black Swan and Pelican Lofts are cosy and above the Suites surrounded by mature cypress trees. Acess via a rear ramp, a timber boardwalk with a few stairs to the Lofts. It has a large bedroom, a queen bed, bathroom ensuite with spa-bath/ shower combination and a steeply sloped ceiling on one side of the bed. Tall ones will have to duck. A lounge dining area and kitchenette with lounge and bedroom A/Cand a lounge gas log fireplace. It has its own private deck area with outdoor dining and a Weber BBQ.

The Sandbar Suite is sunny, and bright, at ground level, with a spacious bedroom, a king bed and bathroom ensuite with a spa-bath/shower combination; lounge and dining area and equipped kitchen.  There are bedroom and lounge overhead fans and a A/C; a lounge gas log fireplace. Its designed for couples only and has its own private courtyard with outdoor dining and a Weber BBQ.

Mangrove Suite is romantic, at ground level with a spacious bedroom, a king bed and seperate bathroom with a spa-bath/shower combination; a a spacious lounge and  diningroom area and a equpipped kitchen. It has bedroom and lounge overhead fans and  A/C's and a lounge gas log fireplace. Roll-away bed available for a third guest private verandah with garden views, with outdoor dining and Weber BBQ.                                

Rhyll Haven Cottage, a spacious Hampton style at ground level with a spacious bedroom, a king bed and bathroom ensuite with a double spa-bath and separate double shower; a a spacious lounge and dining room area, an equipped kitchen, laundry and seperate 2nd toilet. It has bedroom and lounge overhead fans and  A/C's and a wood fireplace. Roll-away bed available for a third guest. It is surrounded by garden views with a private large timber deck and verandah overlooking the garden and a private garden courtyard. Outdoor dining and Weber BBQ.                                                                                                                                                                                  

Make you escape a little more special 

Whether it is a birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, a honeymoon, or simply a little time together, you deserve something special. Slow down, reconnect and celebrate your own way.

Curated romantic packages are available by arrangement. Tell us what you’re celebrating and enquire about the options for adding a personal touch to your stay.