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Rascal’s Rest is a spacious detached beachfront property with four double bedrooms, each with the option of either a king or two twin beds. All rooms have an en suite bathroom. Bedrooms 1, 2 and 4 have showers in their bathrooms, while bedroom 3 has both a bath and a shower.

The house has a lovely, large, open-plan kitchen/dining room with an adjoining outdoor patio for long, lazy meals. The light-filled lounge is ideal to enjoy the view while taking in the sounds of the sea with recessed doors that can be opended on three sides on hotter days. The fire pit on the property is a great area for relaxing at night, while the wooden deck is the perfect place to relax during the day next to the sparkling, child-friendly swimming pool. 

The entire downstairs section of the house is available for use. The upstairs area is kept for private family use. The family does not stay there when guests are in the house. You have complete privacy.

Uncapped fibre Wi-Fi is provided at the property for guests to use. There is a file containing information on the area available to all guests on arrival. The file contains house-alarm details, a list of local restaurants and information on shopping and recreational activities in the area. Emergency numbers for doctors and hospitals are in the file as well. 

Blue and white themed kitchen. Kitchen cupboards are white with blue counter tops. There is a white ceiling fan, on a wooden ceiling. A silver fridge is available. A fire hydrant is to the left of the fridge. The floor consists of tan coloured tiles.
A dining area with wooden tables and chairs. One table is outside, one inside. Both tables have plants on the centre of them. There is a white fan above the inside table. There is an orange wall to the right side. A bar is also on the right side, with wooden counter top. The bar chairs are wooden, with white back rests. There is a blue vase with yellow flowers.Outside deck area. Open roof, yellow walls, wooden furniture, dark grey tiling.
A bird's eye view of the holiday home. This part of the home has yellow walls . Trees surround the home. There are pebbles towards the braai area. The pool is on the right side, surrounded by laid bricks. The ocean is in the distance. The sky is a clear pale blue.

House rules

  • Check-in: 2pm to 6pm
  • Checkout: noon
  • Self check-in with building staff
  • No smoking
  • No pets
  • No parties or events
  • Long-term stays (28 days or more) are not allowed
  • Portable braai is not to be used on the deck
  • No sand is to be taken into the pool – use the outside shower when coming up from the beach before entering the pool.

The property is wheelchair friendly

  • No curbs, steps or stairs to get to the entrance, and the path to the house is flat. The entrance is well lit
  • Well-lit path to the entrance – the pathway to the guest entrance has lighting that makes night-time navigation easier
  • Step-free path to the entrance. The exterior pathway – resembling a driveway or sidewalk – to the guest entrance is at least 81cm wide and flat, with little or no slope
  • The entrance guests use to enter the property is at least 81cm wide
  • There are no stairs or steps to enter the property and to get into the common area, and there’s a flat path through the entryway
  • The hallways on the ground floor are at least 96cm wide
  • There is a parking spot that’s been designated as suitable for a person with disabilities

Health and safety

Rascal’s Rest is committed to an enhanced cleaning process – a set of standards developed in partnership with experts – during the time of Covid-19 and beyond. 

We are committed to doing the following before every stay:

  • Sanitising every high-touch surface, down to the doorknobs
  • Using cleaning products approved by health experts, for example disinfectants with 70% alcohol or higher
  • Thoroughly cleaning everything (refer to our extensive room-by-room cleaning checklists)
  • Wearing a mask and gloves to help avoid cross-contamination
  • Washing all linen on a high-heat setting
  • Following all other local guidance and complying with local laws, including any additional safety or cleaning guidelines

Note:

  1. The property is sanitised daily.
  2. The property has no smoke alarm.
  3. There are security beams in the garden. The house has an alarm system.
  4. The pool is without a gate or lock, but is covered by a safety net.
  5. The property is near a body of water – guests can walk down the garden steps onto the beach and access the ocean.

Location

Dolphin Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Salt Rock is family-friendly and retains the charm of a seaside village. No apartments or timeshare estates are situated on the beach. The Salt Rock Hotel, which serves great curries, is a short walk away. Many lovely restaurants are also within walking distance.

The House is located midway, 200m, between the main bathing beach to the right and a tidal pool in front of the hotel.

Further down to the right, about a 1 km walk, there is a lovely large rock pool for swimming and the “grannies” pool where children can swim safely and have fun.

The main bathing beach is patrolled by lifesavers on weekends and holidays and the beach is shark net protected.

The house is situated on the beach, about a 100m walk from the lifeguard-monitored swimming area to the right of the house. 

The area boasts beautiful long, sandy beaches for beach sports, building sandcastles and long walks. Our neighbours on either side rent their houses as well. Please let me know if you have any problems with noise or disturbances. The vast majority of guests are families and are well behaved and considerate.

Doctors and Hospitals

Doctors

Dr Claire Julie De Groep

Telephone number: 032 648 0058

Address: Shop F6 Salt Rock Shopping Centre (close by), 59 Basil Hulett Drive

Useful links 

Saltrock Medical Centre

Medpages

Hospitals

Google 'hospitals near Salt Rock /Ballito'

Shops

Salt Rock and Ballito is served by a full range of shopping opportunities

Salt Rock 

  • Tiffany’s Shopping Centre 
  • Checkers Mount Richmond Village
  • Woolworths
  • Clicks Pharmacy etc
  • Salt Rock 
  • Sage Centre

Ballito 

  • Ballito Lifestyle Centre
  • Ballito Junction Regional Mall
Restaurants
  • Sage Café and Deli
  • Siggi's German Restaurant
  • Canelands Beach Club (perfect for special occasions)
  • Saltyz (delicious pizzas just down the road)
  • Variety of 26 other restaurants
Activities

A search on Google is usually the best as there are so much to see. Here are a few of our suggestions: 

  • Flag Animal Farm
  • King Shaka Heritage Route – Telephone number: 032 9463244
  • Sugar Rush Park – Telephone number: 0873512954
  • Holla Trails (Collisheen Estates) – Perfect for mountain biking and trail running - Telephone number: 074 8978559
  • Umhlali Country Club – Activities include golf, tennis and bowls - Telephone number: 0320471181
  • Dirty Harry Fishing Charter - Telephone number: 0825793878 
  • Microlite flights – Telephone number: 0842663359
  • Crocodile Creek – Telephone number: 0829200730 

Ballito

  • Monkeyland KZN – Telephone number: 0320040178 
  • Ndlondlo Reptile Park – Telephone number: 0825614969
  • Tidal Tao –  Snorkelling safaris – Telephone number: 0793070608
  • Clubventure – Ziplining  and  many other activities – Telephone number: 0329428014

Durban

  • uShaka Marine World – Highly recommended.  About an hour's drive from the property 

    St Lucia
  • St Lucia wetlands – World Heritage Site
  • Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park – 3 hours north

Getting around

It is best to have a car when travelling in South Africa. You can easily rent a vehicle at any of the major airports. The King Shaka International Airport is a 15- to 20-minute drive from the house on the highway.

” WAZE” is an ideal app to download to find your way around.

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Rascal’s Rest on the beach looking at the during during sunsetA bar with wooden counter top. The bar chairs are wooden, with white back rests. There is a blue vase with yellow flowers. A silver fridge stands to the back right of the image. There are 2 white ceiling fans. The ceiling is blue and wooden.Rascal’s Rest - lounge area, wooden and teal cushioned furniture. Looking out onto the oceanAngled sunset over sea view from holiday home, under patio, left side