Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse

5.0 star property
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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Exterior
Aerial view
42-cm Smart TV with satellite channels
Premium bedding, in-room safe, soundproofing, free WiFi

Reviews

9.8 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
119 Hornbill Street, St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, 3936
  • The Gallery-St Lucia
    11 min walk
  • Themba's Birding & Eco-tours
    11 min walk
  • St. Lucia Estuary Beach
    9 min drive
  • Hluhluwe (HLW)
    75 min drive

Room options

Parkside Suite 2

  • 50 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Parkside Suite 5

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Garden Room

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Parkside Suite 3

  • 50 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Parkside Suite 4

  • 50 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Garden Room 1

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Parkside Suite 1

  • 50 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

St. Lucia

When you stay at Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse in St. Lucia, you'll be near the beach, within a 15-minute walk of The Gallery-St Lucia and Themba's Birding & Eco-tours. .This luxury bed & breakfast is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from St. Lucia Estuary Beach and 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

What's nearby

  • The Gallery-St Lucia - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Themba's Birding & Eco-tours - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • St Lucia Crocodile Centre - 5 min drive - 3.1 km
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park - 5 min drive - 3.8 km
  • St. Lucia Estuary Beach - 9 min drive - 2.4 km

Getting around

  • King Shaka Intl. Airport (DUR) - 148 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪St Lucia John Dory's - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Kauai - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The Ocean Grill - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Reef + Dine - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪St Lucia Coffee Shop - ‬10 min walk

About this property

Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse

Luxury bed & breakfast with free breakfast and a rooftop terrace
Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse offers 6 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Beds feature premium bedding. 42-cm Smart televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. In-room massages and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the bed & breakfast include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 6 air-conditioned rooms featuring Smart televisions. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature separate bathtubs and showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a rooftop terrace and a garden. Additional features at this bed & breakfast include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM.

Languages

Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Zulu

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 8:00 AM–9:00 AM
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • 24-hour pool access
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Separate bath and shower
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 42-cm smart TV
  • TV/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • In-room massage
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 1250.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 1250.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
24-hour pool access

Property is also known as

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Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse
Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse B&B
Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse B&B St. Lucia
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Serene-estate Guesthouse
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Serene Estate St Lucia
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Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse Bed & breakfast St. Lucia

Serene-estate Boutique Guesthouse Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews" "

10/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Serene through and through
As soon as we arrived we were greeted warmly by Olaf who informed us that our room was already available despite us being nearly four hours before check in time. She gave us each a fresh orange juice as we checked in and then spent time with us explaining the highlights of St Lucia and booked us a wetlands boat trip for the next day. Breakfast was delightful. This was truly serene in name and nature.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Clive a

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
St Lucia escape
Spacious room, niceness hosts, and good breakfast on edge of national park. Convenient for game park and river tours

10/10 Excellent

Julia, London, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet, minimalistic, relaxing
Best breakfast of the trip! Lovely hotel with huge rooms and lovely aspect with a well stocked, wildlife friendly garden and decent pool.

10/10 Excellent

Jane, Yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
October 2016

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
serenity
fantastic!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New building with modern rooms
New building, modern room, nice breakfast, helpfull owners. A bit a high price for the room, but so far everything was good.

10/10 Excellent

Stefan, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and cosy place
The Estate is very nice, a modern house in a nice setting with a wonderful garden. Breakfast was very delicious and the staff very helpful.

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stylish B&B
Lovely place and very quiet and safe, although I felt that style had overtaken practicality (eg strange flooring like a rather coarse tarmac road, not uncomfortable but how can they keep toilet and bathroom floors clean?). Only reason that I have not given 5 in all categories is the feeling that I was being "sold" outings rather than "offered". Breakfast good. Saw antelopes in garden only feet away.

10/10 Excellent

Brianne, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best guest house in St. Lucia
Serene is by far the nicest and most modern guest house in St. Lucia. Staff are very friendly and the rooms are huge! Breakfast is served daily and includes omelette and hot meal options.

10/10 Excellent

Sophia, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
splendid getaway
PEACEFUL AND TRANQUIL, BEAUTIFUL ROOMS, GOOD BREAKFAST AND EXCELLENT SERVICE.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A must in St. Lucia
We had a wonderful time at Serene Estate in St. Lucia. The staff and owners could not have been more helpful and accommodating, the space was beautiful, and the breakfast was delicious. Our only complaint is that we didn't stay longer.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lucky find
We arrived late and left rather early, but Serene-Estate will be visited again the next time I'm around St. Lucia. The house is beautiful, the attention to service is exceptional, and the surroundings are really breath-taking. Even though my friend and I had to share a bed after I asked twice for a room with 2 beds, it was completely forgotten as we experienced a beautiful hippo coming within 4 meters of us to get some water near the fence that separates the house from the park and estuary. AMAZING!

10/10 Excellent

John D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luxury in St Lucia
Very enjoyable 3 nights in this contemporary design guesthouse (no dinners offered). Views of the wildlife park just the other side of the pool, fabulous breakfasts, friendly serving staff and a very helpful, informed manager, Jackie who could answer any question! Spotlessly clean throughout . St Lucia gives easy access to surrounding wildlife parks and beaches and also has good selection of resturants and even a Spar!

10/10 Excellent

ELUISA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tranquilidade e Atendimento com Excelência!
O lugar é incrível, lindo e muito bem cuidado! Fomos super bem atendidos pela Ingrid desde o início da reserva e não mediu esforços para que tudo desse certo. Ela atende todos os hóspedes com muita gentileza e atenção! O quarto é enorme, com espaço para esparramar muita coisa! :). Cama confortável e toalhas de ótima qualidade. Tivemos momentos de muita tranquilidade e paz! Registro ainda a cordialidade dos proprietários que são presentes, conversam com os hóspedes e oferecem ótimas dicas de turismo.
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Atendimento da equipe. Através da troca de emails recebemos todas as informações sobre os passeios e conseguimos reserva-los com a devida antecedência. Boas dicas de restaurantes e de passeios também. Deveríamos ter ficado um dia a mais na cidade
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Marijke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kwaliteit en hartelijke ontvangst verzekerd
Prachtig verblijf in alle opzichten. Zeer modern ingericht, ongelooflijk hartelijke ontvangst van Olga. Goede uitleg en tips over de streek. Zeer verzorgd en lekker ontbijt. Alles om u tegen te zeggen, tot in de details. Het zwembad is echt een zwembad , geen plonspool. Hier komen we terug. De matrassen zijn heerlijk.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

JEAN CHARLES

Fabuleux
Tout est absolument parfait. La résidence est magnifique avec de grands volumes, le tout entouré d’un jardin luxuriant avec grande piscine. L’accueil et le service sont irréprochables. Le petit dejeuner est excellent et gargantuesque. Les chambres, très grandes, sont parfaitement agencées avec dressing et coin salon. Belle déco, beaux matériaux. Avons quitté à regret après y avoir passé 3 nuits. Séjour fabuleux au Serene dans une ville délicieuse et super agréable à parcourir. Des activités : hippos, big five dans le parc, plages, artisanat Zulu, restaurants...
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Fedor E

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice modern guest house
Great new modern guest house! Huge rooms! Very friendly people. Lovely breakfast, but it only starts at 7:45 am. You have to request earlier, if you have to leave early in the morning. There's a nice swimming pool. Be aware of the hippos in town at night. Make hippo safari at the river. Also visit the St. Lucia Wetlands park and see many Rhinos! White and black! Definitely will stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mikael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Trevligt ställe. Bra pool. Bra frukost
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christian Kalt, Stuttgart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top-Unterkunft
Tolle Architektur, sehr gutes Frühstück, sehr nettes Personal und nette Besitzer! Sehr zu empfehlen!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Hippos und Crocs
Eine tolle Unterkunft mit ganz tollen Gastgebern! Wir wurden wie in einer Familie aufgenommen und haben tolle Tips für Unternehmungen bekommen. Das Frühstück läßt nichts zu wünschen übrig und auch glutenfreie Ernährung ist kein Problem!

10/10 Excellent

Natalia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

PATRICK, Nantes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Idéalement située pour partir visiter l'estuaire, Guest house au design très moderne, notre chambre sur jardin était très spacieuse et comfortable,les petits dejeuners sont merveilleux.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Harmonie pur!
In diesem außergewöhnlichen Boutique-Hotel passt alles zusammen: Die Architektur (Bauhaus/Le Corbusier) des Hauses, die man an diesem Ort in Südafrika nicht erwartet, die aber dennoch sehr schön in die Umgebung (unmittelbar angrenzender Naturpark mit Tieren) passt; ausgewähltes Innendesign mit Liebe zum Detail; liebevoll dargereichtes Frühstück. Perfekt!

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian, München, Bayern

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wohlfühlhotel mit Herz und Service
Seit langem nicht mehr in einem so schönen Hotel gewesen. Zimmer...perfekt! Service...perfekt! Frühstück nicht "english" ... genial!!! Alles perfekt! Wir kommen ganz ganz sicher einmal wieder... Danke für die tolle Zeit.