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The Sands @ St Francis

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Luxury
5.0 star property
9.6

Exceptional

Serene elegance by the ocean

Luxury boutique guesthouse by the ocean, The Sands @ St Francis boasts individually decorated rooms with balconies or patios, offering serene coastal views. Unwind in the sauna, enjoy a poolside drink, or savour meals at the on-site restaurant.

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Spa pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
The current price is AU$146
includes taxes & fees
28 May - 29 May
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Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 7:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 7:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
Cots (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; cash is not accepted
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including stag and hen parties
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

National rating

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

Frequently asked questions

Does The Sands @ St Francis have a pool?

Yes, this property has 2 outdoor pools.

How much does it cost to stay at The Sands @ St Francis?

As of 21 May 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Sands @ St Francis on 28 May 2026 start from AU$146, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is The Sands @ St Francis pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Sands @ St Francis?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Sands @ St Francis?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 7:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at The Sands @ St Francis?

Checkout is at 11 AM.

Does The Sands @ St Francis provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is The Sands @ St Francis located?

Situated by the ocean, this luxury guesthouse is within a 15-minute walk of St. Francis Bay Beach and St. Francis Bay Golf Club. Port St. Francis and St. Francis Links are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on selected room rates because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

9.4

Cleanliness

9.6

Location

9.8

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 29 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 29 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 29 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 29 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 29 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Beryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is excellent. Food excellent and very friendly people. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ashwani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Verified

6/10 Okay

Nikolaus

Liked: Staff & service

direkt am Meer.

Die Zimmer sind nicht mehr ganz up to date. Die Lage ist hervorragend.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was fantastic . The booking process via `expedia was very messy - 3 separate debits, two on the same day with a compensating credit the same day - all processed on different dates at different exchange rates. Very unsatisfactory.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

tizi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Splendida posizione, stanza grande e fornita di tutto, accoglienza perfetta, servizio ottimo. Eccezionale.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Diese Unterkunft ist ein Traum! Das Preis-leistungsverhältnis stimmt hier voll! Wir hatten das African Ocean Zimmer mit direktem pool Zugang und Blick aufs Meer! Die Zimmer sind sehr gemütlich eingerichtet und sehr großzügig! Der Whirlpool im Bad ist dann noch das absolute i Tüpfelchen bei dieser perfekten Unterkunft! Leider waren wir nur 2 Nächte dort, das nächste mal würde ich hier definitiv noch länger bleiben. Durch und durch einfach ein gelungen Hotel/ Resort und somit absolut 5 Sterne!!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Highlight der Gardenroute!

Das Hotel war das große Highlight der Gardenroute. 5 Schritte vom Wasser entfernt, großzügiges Zimmer mit Meerblick. Nettes Personal, Frühstück unterm Dachgiebel mit Meerblick. Es war sensationell!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alan

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

The Sands

Nice place in a good location for exploring St Francis bay. Great views over the ocean and a good place to watch surfers.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Wonderful location made up for what was a bit disappointing as a top rated venue . It was overpriced for what you got .Bin not empty when we arrived .No dinner service available although we were not told that until we arrived . Breakfast very average . That said best views of the coast we experienced.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Chantal

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

Happy

Loved our stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff and Dining were excellent. They prepared delicious daily gluten-free and dairy-free breakfast for me. Everything was homemade and healthy. We loved our stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

St. Francis Bay delight

A love.y room with a great view. Very hospitable! Amazingly friendly. Really loved it. Would definitely stay with them again. ,
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mariette

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

Stunning location. Great service.

We made a very last minute reservation (2 hours before arrival) during a road trip in Aug and received a very friendly reception. The room was perfect with spectacular views. The service was fantastic and they even washed our car!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

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

Highly recommended

The Sands provided accommodation which was comfortable, and even a little luxurious. I stayed only one night, and that was in winter so taking advantage of the two pools, including an infinity pool right on the ocean front, was not appealing. I had a welcome drink prepared for me on arrival and my car given a wash which were both signs that this is a hotel which goes that little bit further for its guests. The room was clean and very spacious with a sitting area looking out over the infinity pool and ocean. The only disappointment was the bed which was two single mattresses pushed together. The bathroom was also clean and spacious but did have a couple of features which seemed rather odd (to me at any rate): there was no wall, just a blind, between the bedroom and bathroom, which I suppose means you can sit in the bath and contemplate the ocean... There was also an extraordinary combination of shelves in the shower, featuring ones both impractically high and low. Finally, fussy me, the black toilet seat didn't seem classy. Anyway, this hasn't stopped me giving top marks and I haven't even mentioned the tea, coffee and minibar. I could definitely see myself returning in the summer for a longer stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Adzie

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

Luxurious with amazing views right on the beach

Great guesthouse in the middle of this beautiful town. Our room (African Sunset) and the breakfast/dinner/bar area had absolutely spectacular views of the ocean and the cape. Very luxurious set up all round including (for our room) a jacuzzi, beach chairs and a table for two on our private deck. Lounge area opens up to make you feel like your outside. Room was very big and had everything we could need, satellite tv with all the channels, espresso coffee machine, magazines, in floor heating, and so on. Could rave about this place, and the staff, for a while but in the end we didn’t want to leave. If I’m ever back in this area I’ll be staying here again...
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kjersti

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

Perfect place and service for great relaxation

The most wonderful stay with such great personal service that exceeded all expectations! The rooms are spacious and elegant decorated with direct access to a small pool and garden, directly on the cliff with stunning beautiful view over the waves and surfers. Lovely breakfast in the restaurant with all round view, unfortunately restaurant was closed that night fro dinner, but the host took us to a good italian at Cape Francis. Wonderful walk on the beach, with few people around. A place for real relaxing. Sorry we could not stay longer. Would love to come back! Went on to PE Hotel Group`s Pumba Resort and The Beach Hotel in PE, with the same wonderful experiences!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Neal

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

Beautiful B&B in stunning location on sea front

This B&B was in a truly fantastic location, right on the sea front, with stunning views. Service was very personal and the food very good. A lovely was to spend a couple of nights relaxing. We did not find too much to do in the general area around St Francis Bay, but the B&B was an absolute gem.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Giancarlo

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

PARA REPETIR

UNICO
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mark

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

A gem near the beach

We thought we had booked an hotel, so initially we ignored signs to The Sands B&B, but eventually drove to the B&B thinking that we had paid over the odds for our accommodation. As soon as we arrived however, we knew we had arrived at an upmarket destination and everything that followed confirmed that initial view. The bonus was finding out that they offered an evening meal which we elected to take rather than go to one of the nearby restaurants. Our meal of a cheese soufflé followed by a perfectly cooked rack of lamb exceeded expectations and with a great wine list to accompany the meal, we had a lovely evening. The room and the view were fantastic and our only regret is that we only stayed one night.
Verified

8/10 Good

Michel

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

Mooie locatie aan strand

Fijn kleinschalig Hotel aan het strand. Ontbijt, kamer en locatie is allemaal prima in orde. De Kamer met uitzicht is op zee is ons heel goed bevallen.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Great beach location!

Stunning place to stay...right on beach front, superb views...can walk along beach or go to see St francis bay.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

schönes Hotel in Traumlage

Koch fragt persönlich nach Wünschen für das Essen
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Viel Wind aber toll

Das Guesthaus liegt direkt am Strand in St. Francis Bay und hat sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtete Zimmer. Wir wurden super nett betreut und bekamen eine tolle Essensempfehlung (Sushi). Einziger Nachteil ist der Wind. Es stürmt häufig sehr stark. Das Haus ist sehr zu empfehlen.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Beautiful relaxing stay

We stayed a the Sands just for two nights on our trip to the eastern cape. just over 1 hours drive from Port Elizabeth it was perfect to relax at the beggining of our trip .Very friendly staff, small and cosy hotel. Very comfortable room, view from the upstairs room is stunning as it overlooks the beach and the ocean and also the small but very nice pool and garden. Would definatley go back to the Sands if I was to stay on this part of the coast again
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marlene

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023