Need to know
Rooms
Four suites.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates usually include all meals, return transfers and the use of the house’s watersports equipment.
Also
The house is part of a family-run farm, which has more than 2,000 cattle, as well as lamb and goats, and produces grass-fed beef and organic coconut oil, and catches its own prawns.
Hotel closed
The hotel closes every February.
At the hotel
Beach, watersports, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, minibar, Smeg minibar, Crosley record player, TV and Meraki bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Each of the four villas has a similar style, with two either side of the main house. The decor is classic and colonial (rattan chairs, ceiling fans), with Smeg minibars, Crosley record players and smart-box-set-loaded TVs. Each also has a veranda with a day-bed, lounge chairs and bar counter, and an outdoor shower.
Poolside
There’s a saltwater Pacific-facing infinity pool with sunloungers and a bar, but the hotel also has 12 kilometres of private beaches to sunbathe on.
Packing tips
Come prepared to be marooned: bring your desert-island discs and all those books you’ve been meaning to read but never quite get round to.
Also
Unfortunately, the house is not easily navigable for wheelchair users.
Children
All ages are welcome, but the hotel is better suited to older kids. Rattan cots with handmade quilts can be added to all rooms for under-fours. Babysitting is available on request.
Sustainability efforts
The Palm House sits on 3,800 hectares of organic farmland and is run on solar and wind power. Much of the food is locally sourced, especially the beef, prawns and coconut oil, which are all farmed, fished and produced by the family that owns the hotel. Food waste is composted and everything that can be is recycled.