Innovative Activities in Nature
Our Wildfest brand started as a festival 4 years ago and now offers premium events all year. We mix local produce, culinary artisans, award winning regional beverages with accessible luxury adding whimsical touches in unique natural environments to craft truly exceptional events. And as nature is exciting, rugged, beautiful, untamed and unpredictable, so too are our experiences.
Whatever your passion from heart racing adventures, soul fuelled explorations, outdoor wild food feasting or the calm quiet of sleeping under the stars, let us show you our region like never before.
Unearthed Collection
Forage Wild Food
In Autumn enjoy a Wild Food Adventure as we forage pine mushrooms in the forests of the Southern Highlands with local forager Joanne Dodd. Learn how to identify, find, cook and devour delicious edible fungi as well as enjoy tasting some local cool climate wines.
This Spring we are bringing back our edible weed workshops and basing ourselves in the village of Berrima. September sessions are on sale now.
Truffle & Olive Grove
The frosts of winter signal the start of truffle season with two incredible unearthed experiences on offer. One is our annual truffle hunts amongst the Iles and Robur Oak trees as we work with the truffle dogs to follow the mystical aroma of Black Perigord Truffles. You can then sit back to dine on a 3-course lunch or come to Kangaroo Valley for a 5 course Oil, Olive and Tapenade Degustation Experience in amongst the Olive Grove at Kangaroo Valley Olives
Off Grid Collection
Forest Bathing
It’s time to put wellness first.
The Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku—literally translated as “forest bathing”—is based on a simple premise: immerse yourself in the forest, absorb its sights, sounds, and smells, and you will reap numerous psychological and physiological benefits
Let nature, nurture you
Canoes, Cool Climate Wines & Canapés
Nowhere else in Australia can you paddle through a sunken forest, observe the native wildlife, sip local cool climate wines on a freshwater lake in our custom-built canoes.
Add in delicious local canapés as well as our expert qualified guides, and you have the most compelling way to experience some of the most magical waterways, imaginable.
Wander Collection
Local Stories
Tasting local produce and cool climate wines is just the beginning of our regional food trails.
The Highland Valley Forage is an introduction to the menu of the Highlands, Shoalhaven and Coast South of Sydney. From foraged indigenous herbs & spices, wild mushrooms, truffles, lovingly farmed produce to sustainably reared animals and small batch artisan products, our region offers a diverse range of produce. Dine where our menu originates, in nature, the start of our food story.
Wander the Wingecarribee takes a heritage approach and tells the story of Berrima through a historical menu and the tales that shaped this Georgian Village.
Food Trails
Sat 26 & Sun 27 March 2022
AUTUMN FORAGE
Kangaroo Valley
Sat 22 & Sun 23 Oct 2022
SPRING FORAGE
Kangaroo Valley
Sat 1 & Sun 2 April 2023
WANDER THE WINGECARRIBEE
Berrima
Nourish Collection
Feasting in the Forest
Each year we host a sold out, Winter Solstice Event – Feast of the Beast. The menu is designed around a whole beast cooked slowly with fire and in 2022 this event will be back, bigger and better than ever. Get ready for a seasonal culinary adventure with local wines, storytelling, fire-side music and revelry as we bring to life our own local Highland ritual. Expect a forest feast with Celtic, Nordic and Highland history, woven in. On sale in February 2022.