St. Lucia (part 2)

After we left Coconut Bay, we drove North West for about 45 minutes to a town called Soufrière. Soufriere is on the West coast of St. Lucia and it used to be the capital of St. Lucia. We arrived at our next resort Ladera. "Ladera is the only resort in St.Lucia located on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, overlooking the Pitons and the Caribbean Sea. It is located on the Soufriere Volcano" ( -Ladera website)

As soon as we arrived to Ladera we were greeted by friendly staff with some spiced drinks and were lead to our room. I could not believe my eyes when I walked into our room. It was probably the most beautiful view that I have ever seen!!! Ladera is known for having a private pool in all of their villas and also for their 3 wall rooms. Yes, 3 wall rooms!! This means that one side of the room has no wall and you just have the most amazing view of the Pitons (triangle mountains) and ocean. (Even the shower is just outside with no walls!) We were a little skeptical at first about this concept because of bugs and animals. However after staying there, bugs and animals were no issue! We did get couple of mosquito bites but nothing worse. (they do provide bug spray and after bite stuff)

We relaxed in our amazing room for the most part but we did go to Sugar beach one day and did the Soufriere experience tour another day and it was amazing! For the Soufriere experience, we went to the Botanical Garden, we went into the mud bath, walked up to the volcano, and went into a waterfall. It was such an amazing experience!

Our amazing villa!

The second floor had an extra small bedroom, main bed, shower, and bathroom!

The mosquito net around the bed was a life saver! At night there were lots of lizzards trying to catch bugs! It was so fun to watch them hunt =) (Animal Planet LIVE!)

Our heated private pool!

love love loved our room!

I seriously told my husband that I could live here ;)

We checked out Sugar Beach right down the street from our resort. (Ladera provides a free shuttle and it takes about 10 min to get there)

I love these floaty things!! Genius!!

Such a beautiful beach! I snorkeled and there were sooooo many beautiful fishes right under our floaties! I saw a bunch of Uni (sea urchins) too!!

There was a guy selling fruits off this boat! We bought a platter and it was so delish!

Had a drink at the beach =)

Soufriere experience tour. Took a dip in this waterfall! ( it was pretty cold!!)

The world's only drive in volcano! It was so stinky :P

Went into the mud bath and our skins turned so smooth =)

The suset was so beautiful!

The birds were so friendly! and they sure did a great job at waking us up at 6am every morning ;)

Can never get tired of this view!

There were humming birds everywhere =)

We had such an amazing time at St. Lucia and for those of you who are thinking of going there should definetly do it!! You will not be disappointed!!! Ladera and Coconut Bay provided us with two completely different vacations and we are SO happy we stayed at both!! If you are going for a honeymoon or you want to mainly relax and have private time, Ladera is definetly the place to go! And if you are looking to mingle with other groups or taking your family/kids, Coconut Bay is so much fun!!

Please feel free to comment or ask questions via email/ig/or on here if you are planning a trip to St. Lucia! I will be more than happy to help out as much as I can!

thank you for reading!

xo, Lisa