La Salamandre: Where the Lagoon is your backyard

The lagoon and activities

Simpson Bay Lagoon is the largest saltwater lagoon in the northeastern Caribbean, roughly 28 square kilometers of sheltered, calm water shared between the French and Dutch sides of the island. At La Salamandre lagoon reads differently depending on the time of day. Morning light turns it silver. By afternoon it's layered blue and green. At dusk it shifts through colors that resist easy naming. You can walk out of your bedroom straight onto the terrace, steps from the water, and watch the whole sequence.

What most villa guests don't expect: the lagoon is navigable. The same body of water that looks decorative from shore is genuinely explorable by kayak. The mangroves along the edge of the lagoon harbor birds, rays, turtles, and a different kind of ecosystem than anything you find on the ocean side. Your dock is the departure point.

Our Guest Experience Team can assist with renting a kayak, organising a jetski tour, starting directly from your private dock.

12 Guests

La Salamandre accommodates 12 guests across six bedrooms, and it was clearly designed with a group in mind, not just in terms of capacity, but in how the spaces flow.

The main living area opens completely on one side. The window-doors fold back, and the interior becomes an extension of the covered terrace, which becomes an extension of the pool deck, which leads to the (lagoonfront) beach. There is a bar built into the living room (not an afterthought), a proper bar, for exactly the kind of evenings that make a shared vacation memorable. The private pool has enough deck space around it that twelve people can be lounging without anyone feeling stacked on top of each other.

The bedrooms:
Five king bedrooms each open directly onto the terrace, with their own entrance and unobstructed lagoon views. The sixth room, connected to the interior, has two twin beds and is oriented toward younger guests who benefit from the connection to the main living space rather than independent exterior access. All six have en-suite bathrooms.

This layout works for a multigenerational family, a group of friends who want common space without sacrificing privacy, or any configuration in between.

Terres Basses

Terres Basses is quiet by design, not by accident. But it is not remote. Porto Cupecoy, with its marina, supermarket, and waterfront restaurants, is a five-minute drive. Marigot, the French capital, is ten minutes. Baie Rouge Beach, a 1 minute drive away, is one of the most striking beaches on the island.

The villa sits on the lagoon side, which means no surf, no current, no waves. The private beach is calm enough for young children to wade freely. It is also the starting point for a jet ski session, a kayak into the mangroves, or simply doing nothing in the sand while watching a pelican work the shallows.