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Esperance Chalet Village
About
Overview & Vibe
Esperance Chalet Village is one of the town’s original holiday destinations, carved from sand dunes over expansive acreage and reworked into a small design-led retreat of white A-frame chalets, king shacks and log cabins. A wedding takes the whole place: weddings and events have exclusive use of the village and grounds.
Setting & Style
Ceremonies and receptions centre on The Creek House, a bespoke space the venue also uses for wellness retreats and long-table lunches, seating 36 or holding 60 for a cocktail reception. The grounds are planted with hakea, banksia, paperbark and saltbush, there is black bream fishing in the creek, and Bandy Creek boat harbour is a five-minute walk from the back of the property — close enough that you hear the waves at night.
Ideal For
Couples wanting a small Esperance wedding where everyone stays on site for the weekend, and who like the idea of cooking together as much as being catered to.
The Need-to-Knows
- Exclusive use comes with a minimum two-night stay — three nights over a public holiday weekend, and five nights over the Christmas period from 20 December to 14 January. The village buy-out fee is reduced for off-season and mid-week bookings.
- The village sleeps 36 across 17 rooms, and The Creek House seats 36 or holds 60 cocktail-style. Those two numbers together define the wedding.
- Most of the accommodation is adult only and stated as not suitable for infants or children. Check this early if your guest list includes families.
- There is no office or reception on site. All visits are by appointment, and guests self check in with a room number and gate code emailed beforehand.
- Catering and kitchen facilities are on site for groups to cook — a gourmet stove, an outdoor kitchen fire and a Gozney pizza oven — alongside the option of caterers.
- Published nightly rates run from $280 for a studio chalet to $350 for the king and twin shacks. No wedding or buy-out price is published.
- Complimentary kayaks and cruiser bikes, and a beach path into town.
Standout Feature
A whole village of white A-frames to yourselves for the weekend, five minutes’ walk from a boat harbour on the Esperance coast.
Amenities
- Exclusive Use Of The Village
- On-site Accommodation
- The Creek House
- Communal Kitchen
- Gourmet Stove
- Outdoor Kitchen Fire
- Gozney Pizza Oven
- BBQ Facilities
- Open Fire
- Self Check-In
- Complimentary Kayaks
- Cruiser Bikes
- Beach Path To Town
- Black Bream Fishing
- Native Bushland Grounds
- Complimentary Wifi
- Air Conditioning
- Appelles Apothecary Amenities
- Pure Linen Bedding
- Adults Only Accommodation
- Cottage Suitable For Families
- Five Minutes From Bandy Creek Boat Harbour
- By Appointment Only
Ceremony Setting
- indoor
- outdoor
- garden
- bushland
Dietary Options Supported
No details available.
Nearby Landmarks
- Bandy Creek Boat Harbour – A five minute walk from the back of the property
- Esperance – The town, reachable by the beach path
- Cape Le Grand National Park – Lucky Bay and the white sand beaches east
- Twilight Beach – On the Great Ocean Drive west of town
- Great Ocean Drive – The coastal loop out of Esperance
- Esperance Jetty – The town's foreshore landmark
- Recherche Archipelago – The islands offshore
On Site Accommodation
- The village accommodates 36 guests across 17 rooms and is taken exclusively for a wedding, with a minimum two-night stay. Room types and published rates: Studio Chalet from $280 per night, king-bed A-frame studios with crisp white interiors or queen-bed originals with timber-clad interiors, artisan tea and coffee, mini bar fridge, communal kitchen with gas cooker, BBQ and outdoor fire, smart TV, air conditioning and own bathroom. Large Chalet from $320, an A-frame hideaway with a plush king bed on the upper level and treetop views from the balcony, sharing the village kitchen. King Shack from $350, the two premium shacks with king beds, pure linen bedding, bath and separate shower, full kitchen, outdoor garden shower and private BBQ. Twin Shack from $350. All are two-guest maximum with a two-night minimum, five nights over the Christmas peak, and are adult only - not suitable for infants or children. A cottage suits families. Complimentary wifi and San Pellegrino in all rooms on arrival, Appelles Apothecary bathroom products, and crisp white linen with bespoke Bed Tonic pure linen in the King Shacks and King Cabin.
Price Notes
- What is published is the accommodation tariff and the structure of the buy-out.
- Exclusive use and minimum stay: 'Weddings and events have exclusive use of the village and grounds, min 2 night stay required (public holiday weekend 3 night min). Please note reduced village buy out fee applied for off season and mid week group bookings.' The accommodation pages add a 5 night minimum over the peak Christmas period, 20 December to 14 January.
- Published nightly rates, per room: Studio Chalet from $280 per night; Large Chalet from $320 per night; King Shack from $350 per night; Twin Shack from $350 per night. All are 2 guests maximum with a 2 night minimum.
- Adult only: the studio chalets, large chalets, king shacks and twin shacks are each described as 'adult only, not suitable for infants or children'. The cottage is the exception, described elsewhere as suiting families. This materially affects who can stay on site for a wedding.
- All visits to the village are by appointment only.'
- Self-catering is part of the offer: 'Catering and kitchen facilities on site for groups to gather and cook up a storm with gourmet stove and outdoor kitchen fire, including the restaurant quality Gozney pizza oven.'
Price Per Head
No details available.
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Contact
- Website
- esperancechaletvillage.com.au
- Phone
- (08) 9071 1861
- Address
- 29 Frank Freeman Drive, Esperance WA 6450, Australia
29 Frank Freeman Drive, Esperance WA 6450, Australia
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