Saint Lucia hotels

Pros: The host was very helpful, friendly andwent out of his way for us. Breakfast spread was amazing. Room was amazing as well

Pros: We really enjoyed our stay at St. Lucia Wetlands Guesthouse. Colin, his parents and the whole team are very friendly and helpful and ensure a beautiful stay from the first minute.

Pros: First of all the staff were so friendly, accommodating, informative, and made our short time at the guesthouse very personal. We arrived early and was treated to complimentary drinks and a very detailed explanation of the area by Colin, who also arranged our transfer back to Durban for us. Derek was kind enough to give us a lift into town one afternoon, even though it’s only a 15 minute walk. Nat took us on a private whistle-stop tour of Cape Vidal on our last day, and cooked a beautiful and varied breakfast every morning, and made eggs to order. The guesthouse is located right in between the town and the beach so everything is within a comfortable walking distance, just beware of the hippos at night if you don’t have a car! The room and property itself was spotless, we didn’t find time to try the pool but it looked lovely. The bed was huge and very comfortable, and came with a mosquito net. We would 100% recommend St Lucia Wetlands Guesthouse and we would definitely stay here again.

Cons: We could not fault anything with the property, room, location or people. The only slight inconvenience was that our room door lock was very temperamental so we had to leave our door unlocked sometimes. However the main door to the property locked and we took all our valuables out with us anyway so we felt comfortable and safe enough to leave it unlocked.

Pros: This is a very good guest house indeed. Colin and his wife were extremely welcoming, helpful and friendly. The location is very convenient and the house is lovely, set in beautiful gardens with a very nice pool. Our room was excellent with a superb bathroom and the guest areas are very comfortably furnished. Breakfast was excellent. Overall we really enjoyed our one night stay and would recommend the guest house without hesitation. Very good value for money.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Wonderful host...fabulous breakfast

Cons: Liked everything

Pros: We had a fantastic stay during our 3 nights at St Lucia wetlands. The guest house has a very warm family vibe and we were made to feel welcome from day 1. Prior to arriving we were sent a suggested itinerary for our stay which was very helpful as we could look at activities beforehand. The rooms were very spacious and clean. The breakfast was lovely and varied every day and we particularly enjoyed the homemade pastries. We really appreciated the additional extras such as car washing every day, and the snorkel and towels for cape Vidal. Thank you to all!

Pros: Rooms excellent. Greeting from the owner and local information he gave excellent and very useful. Great breakfast.

Pros: The hosts (Colin in particular) were so helpful and accommodating in every respect, sharing lots of information with us on the local area and providing us with a packed breakfast when we had extra early starts which we had not sought but really appreciated. We felt they went above and beyond in their efforts to ensure a very memorable stay.

Cons: No complaints!

Pros: Very clean and upmarket B&B, friendly and accommodating...I will be back!!

Pros: Welcoming staff and comfortable rooms. Breakfast was wonderful.

Pros: Great value for money! This place is really beautiful, the design is something that we didn’t see until now on South Africa. The room is big and wonderful, the garden is so nice, the breakfast was exactly what we want - fresh and delicious. Everything was clean, and the team was so friendly- the recommendations they gave us was awesome! Really enjoyed, we will definitely return.

Pros: The location was great. We enjoyed the breakfast. The room was beautiful and clean

Pros: We were welcomed by a lovely host - we had lots of nice chats during our 4-day-stay. Our room was huge and lovely decorated. Breakfast was fantastic. We would definitely like to come back!!!

Pros: Isabella was very friendly... we definitely come back to IGwalagwala if back in St. Lucia!

Cons: -

Pros: Very nice and kind hosts. Beautiful and clean rooms! Very good breakfast!

Pros: The accomodation was very neat, comfortable and the hosts were lovely. Would definitely recommend.

Pros: Excellent accommodation in a fantastic location. It's a short walk to the main strip, but set one road back so nice and tranquil. The Guest House was recently renovated and is upmarket and extremely comfortable. All rooms open onto the pool area. The owners were on site to welcome us, helped us book excursions and made dinner reservations. Breakfast was delicious. I would definitely recommend iGwalagwala to others.

Pros: Absolutely amazing place and great hospitality. The breakfast was really tasty, the rooms clean and comfortable. Only good vibes and memories.

Pros: Friendly staff, very warm and welcoming. Helped us book a boat trip. Great room. Great location. Delicious breakfast

Cons: Would've preferred a darker curtain in bathroom

Pros: Beautiful and cozy B&B. Tasty, extensive breakfast, Very kind host.

Pros: Very friendly and cosy atmosphere. Clean quiet room with excellent beds. The cleanest pool we encountered in the entire holiday (christal clear). Very friendly hosts. Excellent breakfast.

Cons: -

Pros: Wonderful rooms, breakfast and propriety. Staff was very friendly. Nice location and a good explanation from the host about what to do in St Lucia. Rooms were tidy and big with a lovely bed.

Cons: Only minor point was slow WiFi, but that’s almost everywhere in South Africa, so not really an accommodation issue. Besides that really no downsides I can think of.

Pros: Lovely place and garden, great accommodation, super breakfast.

Pros: Joyce was a fantastic host. Booked all our trips. Very informative.

Cons: Room was nice but a bit dark

Pros: I felt like I was at home but away from the busy city life. I loved that fact that there was no TV in the room and therefore my wife and I spent quality time together.

Cons: There was nothing to dislike.

Pros: Quiet and cosy guest house in walking distance from the main street; simple but good, freshly prepared breakfast; muffins and danish were still warm when we got them; gluten free options available; when you arrive, Joyce gives you the full information package about St Lucia and surroundings and helps you to organise your tour program if you want.

Cons: pool was not clean but actually you don't need it and it was getting winter anyway

Pros: Very clean lovely rooms and a Joyce couldn’t do enough for us! Like having our own personal travel agent!! Lovely breakfast.

Pros: The breakfast was the best I have had on this trip. The 'ladies' made those eggs just how I wanted them. A lovely and relaxing place to stay.

Cons: Well the wifi signal was very weak and it seemed to go off altogether at night which was a bit of a nuisance if you want to stay in touch or skype home.

Pros: Everything was perfect - location, rooms, super helpful host!

Cons: Nothing to add

Pros: EVERYTHING ITWAS A1 all round

Cons: Having to heaven.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The bedroom don't have a TV and Bar fridge

Pros: Good information about what to do and excellent assistance arranging activities.

Pros: Lovely place to stay. Safe and secure. Very friendly staff and excellent cooked-to-order breakfast. Room very comfortable with good air-conditioning. Bathroom spotless. Would have liked to have stayed longer as there's a lot to do in the area. Only a small town but it's not everywhere that you have hippos wandering around the streets at night!

Cons: Nothing to say here!

Pros: We loved our stay at the Whalesong Guest House. The Staff/Owner were very very friendly and helpful. The room was very clean and the WiFi in the room was good. Breakfast was very delicious.

Pros: Quite and friendly

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Great feel about Whalesong and St Lucia. Outstanding service from Debbie and Sophie who couldn’t have been more helpful.

Cons: Unfortunately the credit card payment system was down when checking out, which meant I had to go in search of an ATM. A minor first world problem!

Pros: VERY friendly and helpful hosts, good location

Cons: nothing at all

Pros: Excellent guesthouse to stay in St Lucia. Neat rooms with good facilities, we only missed a fridge on our room (but there was a fridge in the lounge, which we used for some stuff). The breakfast is extraordinary! We enjoyed the wonderfully prepared dishes, served on the beautiful terrace. On our day of departure (5.00 a.m.) the owner was up as early as us, to let us out, giving us a well-stocked breakfast bag. Compliments for the staff. We visited the iSimangaliso and Hluhluwepark in the area. In our case, Hluhluwe was a better match, much more animals. A boat trip for the hippos in StLucia is a must!

Pros: Very nice and helpful host, delicious breakfast and very comfortable room! We really enjoyed staying at Whalesong Guesthouse!

Pros: The staff were really friendly, comfy bed, tidy room, baby friendly (they’ve got a cot, baby chair), breakfast was great. We enjoyed our holiday there

Pros: Very friendly and helpful staff Great experience

Pros: A well run, clean and friendly place to stay. The staff are very helpful and can organise trips for you. I would highly recommend the Lodge

Pros: Comfortable clean and very friendly service.

Pros: Everything was fine, thanks for your hospitality!

Pros: Excellent breakfast. Very helpful staff.

Pros: The breakfast was delicious. Bread, pastries, jams, meats, cheeses, yoghurts, fresh fruits, cereal, eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, potatoes, fresh juices, teas (including English tea) and coffees! On a couple of days we were leaving too early for breakfast, however if you inform the staff they make you up a packed breakfast and leave it in your fridge at no extra charge, thank you! There was an honesty bar which was a pleasant surprise, wines, beers, soft drinks, and snacks available at a very reasonable price. The room was spotless, the air conditioning was more like climate control fantastic! The bed was huge, so comfy and the linen was very high quality! The area does at times have short power cuts due to government load shedding, however the room is fitted with a solar light so that you are not plunged into darkness and the hotel has a generator to keep the water running. We spoke to some people who were staying in another hotel and they did not have a generator and therefore could not have showers when there was a power cut, we did not have this problem. The staff are wonderful, so friendly and genuinely interested in your stay. The communication before we arrived (and after) was fantastic. They booked all of our safari trips for us at no extra charge and gave us travel directions too. It is a very short walk from the local shops and restaurants and it is very safe to walk around also. What a gem, I definitely recommend!

Cons: Nothing

Pros: We liked absolutely everything! The rooms are located within beautiful garden, the breakfast was delicious, the staff was attentive and professional, we got a lot of worthy tips for our full satisfaction! It is only a walking distance to all other places in St. Lucia, highly recommended!

Pros: Breakfast

Cons: TV was faulty. and new one was purchased Electric shocks from reading light over bed

Pros: What a great place! We came here upon recommendation from my brother who stayed here 2 years ago - and we enjoyed every single minute! We were greeted warmly and the hostess sat down with us, served us a cooling drink and gave us great advice on the area. They were very helpful and booked us a great Hippo Safari with SHAKAbarker Tours (who picked us up at the Lodge! highly recommended!). The Lodge is wonderful! It oozes a very relaxing vibe, and it's just nice to see how lovingly everything is put together! Great eye for details, and a very helpful and wonderful staff made this an unforgettable stay! We would have loved to stay longer - but unfortunately for us, they were booked out! But I'll definitely come again and can highly recommend this Lodge for anyone who's looking for the best place to stay in St. Lucia!

Cons: If I have to criticize something about this Lodge it was the waiting staff during breakfast who were constantly hovering behind us 5 minutes before breakfast ended - with the clear intent to rush us to finally finish. This pressure does not fit with the overall great and relaxed atmosphere of this Lodge!

Pros: Felt as comfortable as being at home. Staff went out of their way to make sure we had an enjoyable and relaxing stay.

Pros: The breakfast and the hospitality of the accomodation were great

Cons: The room facilities were ok. The shower temperature and pressure were hard to control.

Pros: Very comfy bed and nice breakfast

Pros: Isabel, our host, was really friendly and helpful. She arranged all our outdoor activity tours. Her restaurant recommendations were perfect-they were all delicious. She also gained our hearts with preparing a take-away breakfast pack in really early in morning for our departure. Facilities are cozy, clean and well maintained. Highly recommended!

Pros: We had a short but very pleasant stay in St Lucia. The people at Marlin Lodge were extremely friendly and helped to organize our activities during our stay. We enjoyed this Lodge a lot and will certainly come back when traveling SA :-)

Pros: Super breakfast included in price as well as the extra-friendly staff members who were only too happy to help.

Cons: It didn't bother us but a room without a TV may bother some.

Pros: Very good breakfast

Pros: The breakfast was amazing and the staff were very helpful.

Pros: The place was clean and quiet. The breakfast was so nice

Pros: The staff was friendly and helpful about the activities around. The dogs in the facility were so discipline.

Cons: It would have been better if there was a television in the room.

Pros: The staff... the breakfast was awsum... perfect location.. Peaceful just btfl We will be back

Pros: The room and bathroom were spacious and comfortable. Beautiful location, the whole hotel was beautifully designed.

Pros: The friendly staff, good mattress and good bed linen, clean

Cons: Dark rooms, definitely not 4 star, old curtains, old furniture, no place to put suitcases down.

Pros: Very clean place, the staff and owner are super friendly and the breakfast was great!

Pros: The service was excellent!

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Our cabana was lovely, clean and tidy. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here but one night wasn't enough... we'll be back! A perfect location with secure parking in St Lucia. Provided with keys and gate remote for increased flexibility. Ndiza arranged a St Lucia boat cruise for us, we'd highly recommend this with pick-up from the lodges, we enjoyed seeing Hippos, Crocodiles, a variety of birds and other nature! The breakfast was great - juice, coffee, fruit salad, fresh eggs & selection of hot items, toast/pastries and cereals etc!! The communal area where breakfast was served, guests can enjoy and choose to use an honesty bar until 10pm has the most spectacular views! The staff here were amazing and we witnessed the most beautiful gospel singing at breakfast in celebration of another guests birthday - a wonderful touch! :)

Cons: Nothing we can think of, it was great!

Pros: the situation, the building with view on the beach and the wetlands. the terrasse along the room where you can seat and have rest .

Cons: nothing

Pros: There were no croissants

Cons: The shower and the water was not too hot

Pros: Location and view from the upstairs deck... Too Beautiful!!!

Cons: Bathroom to Cabana 5 was really too small and difficult to shower with the bathroom door closed. Can't say if the other units are the same. Had we been large people, it would have been impossible!!

Pros: The position is very good and the staff as well. The hotel has a great potential

Cons: The 2 rooms we had were closed to the breakfast area and it was very noisy in the morning (before 7 am) and we could smell the smell coming from the kitchen. Breakfast was just normal, nothing special. The hotel needs for renovation and maintenance in the rooms

Pros: Well designed, garden beautiful, more suitable for overseas tourists. Nice welcome from owners.

Cons: It was noisy due to alterations being done. Very limited tv channels.

Pros: Amazing place and people....home away from home...best place to stay when in St Lucia

Pros: Very nice setting and garden. Kind stuff. Liked the little river running down in front of our room.

Cons: Wifi wasn‘t very good

Pros: It was like staying in a tropical forest, with trees and flowers everywhere on the property. Great location for St Lucia.

Pros: The service was great!! the full family help you to have the best stay at their place and at StLucia. All the Safaris were planned by then and they also suggested the best activities according to their experience. Plus, we have the chance to meet the monkeys, stealing some of the delicious breakfast :D

Cons: nothing I disliked

Pros: Amazing lodge all the staff was super The owner has been wonderful !!! Thank you

Pros: Simply the best in St Lucia: you just cannot go wrong here with location, atmosphere, food and service. Perfect!

Cons: Pool was cooold

Pros: It was amazing ! The staff is really nice, they gave us good advise of what to do around Saint Lucia, they booked a boat for us to see the Hippo ! The breakfast is really delicious The lodge is well located, near the main street where there are some restaurants, supermarket, near the gate to see the reserve and near the beach The lodge inside is really beautiful and the room is comfortable :) We really enjoyed our holiday here ! Thanks again for your warm welcome

Cons: Nothing !

Pros: From our arrival we were so warmly greeted and made to feel welcome. The tours that we chose were organised through them and nothing was too much of a problem. The breakfast was great, and the lodge within easy walking distance to the town. We loved everything about this accommodation and would definitely come back again!

Pros: Better than what I expected.

Cons: Gate not locked.

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff

Cons: Bed was not so comfortable

Pros: Breakfast perfect

Cons: Smoking area to far

Pros: The reception when arrived @ Buya Fuhti were outstanding and feeling at home. The staff were very helpful in supplying info in regards to places to visit in and around ST Lucia.

Pros: The lounge area Coffee Bed

Cons: Parking Location No shower

Pros: The host and the staff were amazing!!!!

Pros: Nice staff: they helped us to organize the night drive in the park and the horse ride. They were able to make us stay two days instead of the only one we booked. Position is not central, but St Lucia is very small and it's maybe better to be closer to the nature than to the shops!

Cons: Price is a bit high comparing to what you get in general. Breakfast was not so rich in quality and quantity. The second room we slept in had no shower, but we knew it so it's not something bad.

Pros: Comfortable room with great breakfasts. Pleasant staff who helped us with booking activities

Cons: There was nothing we didn't like

Pros: Good swimming pool. Big room, good breakfast.

Cons: Weak door look keeps opening unless looked by the key

Pros: Loved the whole experience there, particularly the setting.

Pros: very warm welcome!!!

Pros: Amazing places, very modern . The owner and staff are very friendly. Our room near by the pool & Garden, a lot of animals around. We had a very good time to relax and enjoyed in this place. We will be back again.

Pros: Nice large room Great breakfast

Cons: Second visit This time there was a lack of smiles

Pros: Everything was good

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Wow, what a lovely, peaceful place. Delightful owner. Also great breakfast.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: This was our third stay at Serene-Estate. It is well situated, the rooms are large and overlook the pool and park beyond. It will always be our first choice should we be lucky enough to return.

Cons: I do not believe there is anything not to like.

Pros: Amazing breakfast. Very friendly staff. Amazing setting.

Pros: The hospitality of the staff. Their assistance and taking care of our needs. Due to the border of the guest house Close to the reserve we got the chance to see hippos next to the piscine. This is one advantage of the situation of the guest house close to the reserve. We got a late arrival but Mrs. Debbie wait for us. She makes all her best to get all the comforts.

Cons: The TV size compare to the room size and the position not face to the bed. The A/C was having a problem and it was fixed the second day.

Pros: This was the best stay my husband & I ever had in the area and the continent really. Truely worth it. Amazing architecture, attention to detail and cleanliness cannot be faulted! I was happy! I would go back and spend the money all over again! Peaceful- PVT- all you can ask for! Zama- JHB

Cons: Can not fault it!

Pros: Location, convenience, friendly staff, decent food

Cons: Monkeys. Jeez they open the patio doors in the morning while cleaning and leave them open for monkeys to literally INVADE. can’t leave anything in the room. I had to ask them NOT to clean just so they didn’t leave me open to the monkey hoardes

Cons: Power and water cuts

Pros: The accomodating and warm reception . the tranquil and peaceful getaway.

Cons: had a bit of a water and plumbing issue.

Pros: Received a voucher for discount on dinner and a boat cruise. This came very handy. Staff were very friendly. Breakfast was good.

Cons: Nothing comes to mind. The hotel was good.

Pros: Nothing!

Cons: Rooms. Moving to 2 rooms in one hotel and then another 2 in another hotel at 21h00 after a long drive from Johannesburg. Requested a lake view room - there is no lake view. They should delete the option.

Pros: Hippo outside breakfast window

Cons: Water problems. No wifi in the rooms

Pros: Breakfast great. Friendly staff. Comfortable rooms. Excellent stay.

Cons: Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

Pros: Hotel is right in the middle of the small town of Saint Lucia. Easy to find food and activities. Breakfast is good. Staff is good

Cons: Smell of the old carpet and very small shower room.

Pros: location is perfect, staff is reasonably friendly, but we have stayed here before, about 7 years ago and it has not been maintained well, needs a major upgrade.... the safari trip that we booked at the hotel, a night drive, was fantastic, the driver was very friendly, taught us a lot about nature and the history of africa

Pros: Location was great and staff were very friendly

Cons: Air Conditioner was not cooling efficiently enough - told staff to look into.