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Shonalanga Lodge

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Flat-screen TV
Terrace/patio
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Desk, bed sheets

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Laundry room
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Mc Kenzie Street, St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, 3936
  • Place, The Gallery-St Lucia
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, St Lucia Crocodile Centre
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, St. Lucia Estuary Beach
    ‪3 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for 2 Bedroom 3 Sleeper SC Unit (Downstairs)

Flat-screen TV

2 Bedroom 3 Sleeper SC Unit (Downstairs)

  • Resort view
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Single Beds

1 Bedroom en-suite (Upstairs)

  • Resort view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

View all photos for 1 Bedroom en-suite (Downstairs)

Flat-screen TV

1 Bedroom en-suite (Downstairs)

  • Resort view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

2 B/Room 4- Sleeper SC Unit, Downstairs

  • Resort view
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

2 Bedroom 4- Sleeper SC Unit (Upstairs)

  • Resort view
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About the area

St. Lucia

When you stay at Shonalanga Lodge in St. Lucia, you'll be near the beach, within a 5-minute drive of The Gallery-St Lucia and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. .This family-friendly guesthouse is 1.3 mi (2.2 km) from St. Lucia Estuary Beach and 10.1 mi (16.3 km) from Mission Rocks Beach.
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What's nearby

  • The Gallery-St Lucia - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • St Lucia Crocodile Centre - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • St. Lucia Estuary Beach - 3 min drive - 2.2 km
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park - 4 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Cape Vidal - 59 min drive - 44.6 km

Restaurants

  • ‪The Ocean Grill - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Reef & Dune - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪John Dory’s - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Thyme Square - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Barraca - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Shonalanga Lodge

Shonalanga Lodge offers 18 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. Full-sized refrigerators/freezers and microwaves are provided.

Bathrooms include showers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

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

Make yourself at home in one of the 18 guestrooms featuring microwaves and flat-screen televisions. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. Additional features at this guesthouse include complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting (surcharge), and tour/ticket assistance.
Take advantage of the guesthouse's room service (during limited hours).
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • In-room full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • In-room microwave
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave

More

  • Desk
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 9:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Children up to the age of 3 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

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

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

Shonalanga Lodge St. Lucia

Shonalanga Lodge

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Shanalonga Lodge

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Shonalanga Lodge Guesthouse

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Shonalanga Lodge Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 2 out of 17 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 17 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 17 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 17 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 17 reviews

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Nice stay in St Lucia

It was a quick overnight stay, but the location was close to all the key spots in St Lucia
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Good lodge in a good position. Unfortunately a bit noisy because of the parking lot just in front of the rooms and the main road in front of the entrance. The pool is cozy although is almost impossible to stretch out on a deck chair for sunbathing. Wi-fi very weak
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gugulethu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Julia, London

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

Noisy, dingy and disappointing

We checked out a day early it was so bad. Signs up saying we expect people to keep noise to a minimum - neither enforced nor anyone available to deal with an outside singing party. Walls so thin we thought the baby next door was in our room. DIngy furnishings, cold water shower. Awful place

2/10 Terrible

Azima

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not for me.... It's a motel!

The hotel... more motel, is noisy! The rooms are all close together and the outside chill area and parking is right by the rooms. I couldn't sleep all night with rowdy people in the hotel. The windows dont shut to block or any noise. The rooms were damp with visible mould. The shower water just went everywhere except the body, wasting a lot, and flooding the bathroom. There is zero ventilation in the bathroom, leaving everything constantly musty. No window or extractor fan. It's just weird and oddly designed. The bed is like the worst, with scratchy polyester sheets and lumpy pillows. The decor was very nice, and the kitchen was decent.

4/10 Poor

Marge, Boston

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The parking facility was used as an eating place for guests who mad a noise till late at night

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Nice hotel and our room had a nice little patio!

On the main strip this hotel allowed us easy access to variety of restaurants and grocery stores within walking distance. The pool was a bit small but very pretty.

2/10 Terrible

Veronica khensani

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

dirty balcony and cockroach, shower was dirty,

Our stay was good, I'll come again if a place was a bit cleaner.

4/10 Poor

Philani

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My family really enjoyed spending the weekend in St. Lucia but my stay at Shonalanga was not rosy because of room condition. Room needs painting, and just basic cleaning. My wife who has a dust allergy suffered during the first night. Bathroom door on the other bedroom could only be opened from outside, imagine when you are alone in the room.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
although room was a budget room it could have been much cleaner .there was a musty odor in the room and ventilation was bad > staff needed to maintain a cleaner envirnomnet.

2/10 Terrible

Anthony

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

Disappointed

Cockroaches, lizzard in room. On arrival, leaked water all over bathroom floor. Dirty linen.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Pedro Agrela, Cascais, Porrtugal

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

Stay at Shonalanga Lodge

Really enjoyed staying at lodge. Beautiful, well organised staff and very lovely neighborhood. Very impressed with manager

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Greit nok, men ikke noe mer. Et lite svømmebasseng, men ingen solsenger. Rommet vårt var ganske trangt og upraktisk. Betjeningen hyggelig og greie.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

nabil

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

Très bien

Séjour d une semaine en basse saison donc très calme . chambre propre et le personnel est disponible , l hôtel est très bien situé

10/10 Excellent

Stefan, France

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

very good price quality

I feel I stay in a high class hotel. I don't understand why their was so much bad reviews. Room is nice, huge and confortable. Swimming pool, terrace, BBQ. It was quiet, just in the center in front of a supermarket. Just the staff has difficulties to handle my last minute reservation.

6/10 Okay

Clemens

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
De kamer is groot, met keuken, 2 slaapkamers en badkamer. Moet om handdoeken vragen. Wat ik helemaal niet leuk vond, er zaten kakkerlakken. Daar konden ze niets aan doen.