Lovango Resort & Beach Club

Style

Swish Family Robinson

Setting

Reef-ringed cay

Cast away on your own terms at Lovango Resort & Beach Club, a private-island stay in the US Virgin Islands. You’ll feel fully off-grid on the cay’s secluded north side, where luxury treehouses and villas gaze out over quiet waters criss-crossed by coral reefs. Down at the beach club, though, rum-laced tipples and life-changing lobster schnitzel beckon. Plus, jaunts to livelier St John are a doddle – so you can hold off on befriending a volleyball.

Facilities

Rooms

31, including 15 suites.

Checkout

10am. Check-in is at 4pm, but both are flexible, subject to availability.

More Details

Rates include a daily buffet breakfast, with Continental and cooked options to coax you from under the covers.

Also

One Treehouse has been adapted to ADA standards (with grab bars, lowered counters and a roll-in shower), and there's an ADA-standard restroom at the beach club, Sandpit and Waterfront Restaurant. The resort's pathways are also wheelchair-friendly, but please note that that Lovango’s steep hillside and the boat travel required to reach the island may mean the resort’s inaccessible for you if you have limited mobility.

Hotel Closed

Lovango opens seasonally from December to July each year.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

At the Hotel

Beach club, ferry service to St John and St Thomas, children's activity center, hiking trails, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: iPad, air-conditioning, minibar, Nespresso coffee machine, hairdryer, iron, bathrobes and Malin + Goetz bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Opt for an Ocean View Luxury Treehouse if a private terrace amid the forest canopy sounds tempting. For larger groups, the Three-Bedroom Villa will afford the whole gang personal space – there are three separate pavilions, each with their own patio.

Poolside

The beach club has a 70-foot saltwater infinity pool, with sea views worth going wrinkly-fingered for. Between paddles, spend the day mainlining margaritas and ceviche on a sunlounger, or book a cabana to cuddle up behind closed curtains.

Spa

There’s no spa, but staff can set up in-room massages with local therapists, and yoga sessions take place on Crescent Beach’s quiet shore.

Packing Tips

Lovango looks out over Congo Cay, home to a thriving bird sanctuary, so bring binoculars for a spot of tropical twitching.

Also

Swing by the open-air jungle gym for some beachfront sweat-breaking, either solo or in an instructor-led fitness class.

Children

Welcome. There’s a good choice of organised activities, family-friendly villas and treehouses, and free pack ’n’ plays can be added on request.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

For a front-row sunset seat, shotgun a spot on the Waterfront Restaurant’s terrace.

Dress Code

Cape Cod comes to the Caribbean.

Hotel Restaurant

At the Waterside Restaurant, chef Kyle McKnight has crafted a range of Caribbean-inspired dishes, packed with Caribbean seafood and produce picked from the kitchen garden. It takes a lot to stand out on a menu so stacked with heart-stealing dishes, but the lobster schnitzel is love-of-your-life material. Swing by on Wednesday and Saturday nights, and your dinner will be soundtracked by live performances from local musicians.

The Sandpit is a casual, counter-service spot by the beach club. Wood-fired pizzas, taco bowls, salads and seafood platters are worth taking a break from the beach club for, but if you’d rather stay horizontal, dishes can be delivered straight to your sunlounger.

Days start with soaring sea views out on the Treetops terrace. Fill your plate filled with fresh pastries, frittata and tropical fruit, then pick between a footsie-tempting table for two, or (ideal for the still bleary-eyed) a squishy sofa.

Hotel Bar

Cap off a hard day’s sun-basking with a shift at the Sand Bar, diligently working your way through the list of fruit-forward specialty cocktails – we’d start with the watermelon basil margarita.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served from 8.30am–10am at the Treetops. The Sandpit dishes lunch daily from 11am–4.45pm, and dinner on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 5pm–9pm. The Waterfront Restaurant serves dinner from 5pm–9pm. The Sand Bar pours from 11am–9pm.

Room Service

During restaurant hours, anything you fancy from the Sandpit or Waterfront Diner menus can be delivered to your door.

Planes

Direct flights touch down at St Thomas’ Cyril E King Airport from US hubs including New York JFK, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami. The resort can arrange private transfers (from $135 for up to four guests, one way) from the airport to Red Hook, where you’ll hop on the resort ferry to Lovango.

Automobiles

You won’t need wheels — there’s no call for a car on the island, and Cruz Bay in St John is a sea-salty-stroll sort of a town.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

When you fancy a break from the beach club buzz, Crescent Beach on the island’s north side is a secluded stretch of shingle and white sand, with coral reefs that make it a prime snorkeling spot. Follow the hiking trails to the island’s summit for horizon-spanning views across the ocean to neighboring cays. St John, with its boho boutiques and grid-worthy National Park beaches, is in easy reach – either hop on the resort’s ferry, or charter a boat to explore the coastline. Lovango also runs catamaran trips to Honeymoon Beach – not just for newlyweds, although after a loved-up stroll along those sugary sands, don’t be surprised if someone ends up down on one knee.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .