The sounds of the Ladera resort are all natural and beautiful. the sounds were frogs, crickets, birds, wind, and other creatures of the night I could not readily identify, but they were all pleasant. To enhance this experience there is no fourth wall so the sounds are easily heard day and night. If you dont like the potential aspect of high luxury camping and the heavy sounds of nature I would not recommend Ladera. We loved all the sounds and it placed us to sleep easily each night. The view of the Pitons is the best on the island. We visited the Jade Mountain resort too, and their views are fanatastic as well, but Ladera is up close and personal. The beach resort below offers a decent scuba operation I used almost every day, and this is the place to catch a water taxi which is the quickest and cheapest way around the island. Taking and paying for cabs is expensive and time consuming because of the mountain terrain. This also leads me to my only real negative comments about Ladera: It is isolated, and thus if you want to do any type of activity you must hire a cab or take the trips offered by the hotel, and most of these are very overpriced. The dining options are limited, and you are forced to eat resort food which is great but also very expensive. Driving a car on the ilsland is not recommended, and we did not.

I did not do great research on the diving on St Lucia, but i discovered the best is all near Ladera, and the boat rides to dive sites were short and comfortable. The diving was all drift diving, and i considered it all easy.

Would we return ? Yes !!! We loved it. It was a nature expereince each day and night. We found and or saw new animals or insects. The discover of the Rhino beetle was really cool.

We went to the restaurant to see the view that is on the St. Lucia advertisements. I wouldn't have missed it for anything...please consider staying here, if you can get a room. Food was fabulous...we only went for lunch, but we were blown away. A gun on every table...a water gun in case the birds want your food...lots of fun, but the birds were not a problem. On a hill in the rainforest...don't miss it. Can take a boat from the north end of the island to Soufriere...very winding drive...don't sit in the back if you can get motion sickness. Check out their website!

Our Honeymoon at Ladera was the greatest experience of our lives! The views, the 2-story treehouse, the food, the service, the staff...all were top notch in our book. Seriously, we could not have written in any better! Worth every penny.

We stayed 6 nights at Ladera and from the time we were dropped off till the time we left, the service was great. In other reviews, you'll read alot about nightmares involving bats, bugs, and other creatures...not us. In fact , we slept great! The only creatures we saw in our room were birds and lizards...big whoop! I mean they didn't harm us in anyway! We stayed in a 2-bedroom villa (free upgrade-thanks Ladera) room G. The pool was amazing - once you have the waterfall running the pool heated up to the perfect temp. The housekeeping staff was great-they arrived each morning and thoroughly cleaned the villa and a pool guy came also daily to clean the pool. If I had to pick one thing I didn't care for in the villa, it would have to be the water pressure in the shower but that's it! We didn't get hot at night b/c there was a steady breeze plus we had a ceiling fan and a floor fan that did just fine.

Dasheene is one of the best places my wife and I have ever eaten...in fact we ate every meal there (except Friday where they took us to a small fishing village and ate seafood-really cool!). FYI, don't do the all-inclusive. Breakfast and afternoon sandwiches and cookies are already included in the room rate so we skipped lunch almost everyday. We just payed for dinner and drinks.

If you want the best view in the world at all times - from your room, from your dinner table, from your breakfast table, from the bar, from your shower - then go to Ladera. If you want a normal hotel room - don't go.

Well I'm actually writing this review from Miami airport, enroute to home from Ladera - so I'm just going to simply say that it was a wonderful hotel. You MUST Go. Just make sure you don't make the same mistake as us and head off to another restaurant instead of eating at DASHEEN - it has the best food in St Luica - the chef there is talented (Orlando).

the staff made the whole trip really special, they are so nice and helpful and offer to help without even asking! that's something we miss an awful lot when we travel - the customer service is second to none!

So really, all i can say is go and see for yourself the beauty of not only st lucia but this place also....