A LaTrobe Valley man who allegedly kidnapped his 17-year-old girlfriend convinced her they had both been abducted and spent several days with her naked in the forest evading their `captors', a court heard today.

Julian Buchwald, 22, of Budgeree, faced Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court today charged with kidnapping, abduction for sex and abduction for marriage.

Police allege Mr Buchwald took his girlfriend of two years to a property near Boolarra for a picnic on March 4, where he had earlier hidden a balaclava, rope, duct tape and a change of clothing.