BodyHoliday

What is BodyHoliday in Saint Lucia?

BodyHoliday is an all-inclusive wellness resort on Cariblue Beach at Cap Estate, in the far north of Saint Lucia. The room rate covers meals, drinks by the glass, a daily 50-minute spa treatment and a long timetable of classes and sports. It is run by SunSwept Resorts and suits adults who want a programme.

The resort is open and trading under the BodyHoliday name, with a live booking site and a calendar of themed months running through 2026. It opened in 1988 and traded for many years as Le Sport, so older reviews and photographs may use that name. The wellness idea is the point of the place. Where most all-inclusive resorts are about the pool bar, this one is built around a timetable, and guests who like to be busy tend to get the most from it.

That focus makes it unusual among the hotels in Saint Lucia. Most of the island's best-known properties sell a view or a beach. BodyHoliday sells a way of spending a week, and it is worth deciding honestly whether that is how you want to spend yours before you look at room types.

BodyHoliday at a glance

BodyHoliday sits on Cariblue Beach at Cap Estate, in the Gros Islet district at the northern tip of Saint Lucia. The nearest town is Gros Islet, with Rodney Bay a short drive south. The nearest airport is George F. L. Charles near Castries, while Hewanorra International in the south is the main long-haul gateway, and the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority gives about 1 hour 30 minutes by road from Hewanorra to Gros Islet, with Cap Estate a little beyond. The style is an all-inclusive wellness resort of rooms, suites and villas on a crescent beach. It suits adults and older teenagers who want classes, treatments and sports, with a minimum age of 16 for most of the year. The rate typically includes meals, drinks by the glass, a daily 50-minute spa treatment, and most classes and sports.

Where is Cariblue Beach, and what is the setting like?

Cariblue is a crescent of sand on the northern tip of the island, at Cap Estate, on the edge of the Gros Islet district. The resort sits directly on the beach with tropical gardens behind it, and the buildings step up the slope so that many rooms have a sea view. The sea is not always flat, so the resort flies red flags when conditions are too rough for swimming and asks guests to stay out while they are up. Treat them seriously.

The beach itself is public, which the resort is open about, so it advises guests not to leave belongings unattended. In practice that is the usual Caribbean common sense rather than a worry. The resort's own morning walks head into the Cap Estate hills, to viewpoints that take in Pigeon Island and Cas en Bas Beach.

This is the quiet end of the island. You are not isolated, but you will usually need a taxi to go anywhere, and most guests find they simply do not want to leave much.

What is near BodyHoliday?

The nearest town is Gros Islet, a fishing village turned lively small town just south of Cap Estate. Its square, its church and its seafront are worth an hour on foot, but the real draw is the weekly Friday Night Street Party, when sound systems, dancing and grilled seafood fill the streets. Read our guide to Gros Islet for the detail, and take a taxi both ways, as the party goes on into the night. Further along the same stretch, Rodney Bay has the marina, a long calm beach at Reduit and the island's densest cluster of restaurants and bars, a short drive south of the resort.

For history and views, head to Pigeon Island, the national landmark just beyond Gros Islet. It has a quiet beach, a small museum run by the Saint Lucia National Trust, the Two-Gun Battery and the old military ruins, and the climb to Signal Peak rewards you with a wide view across Rodney Bay and the north. Our guide to historic forts and ruins puts it in context with the island's other fortifications. For somewhere to eat there, Jambe de Bois is a small beachside spot known for simple Caribbean dishes and fresh seafood. In Rodney Bay, Spinnakers Beach Bar on Reduit Beach is known for seafood, house cocktails and sunset views, and Callaloo Beach Bar and Grill, near Gros Islet, serves casual Caribbean lunches by the water. Our guide to beach bars and sunsets lists more, and our where to eat guide covers the wider island.

Things to do from the resort door are plentiful. The golf club is only about two minutes away by taxi, and our golf and tennis guide explains the options. Rodney Bay Marina is where many sailing and boat trips and catamaran sunset cruises leave from, and Reduit Beach has Splash Island Water Park, a floating inflatable park with slides and climbing walls. A smaller boutique alternative on the same northern coast is Cap Maison, while the wider area is covered in our guide to north Saint Lucia. The resort also arranges longer soft adventure tours that reach Soufrière, the Sulphur Springs, Diamond Falls and the Pitons.

The location is a strong base because so much sits within a short taxi ride, while the resort itself is quiet. You can spend the morning in a yoga class and the afternoon exploring Pigeon Island, then take dinner in Rodney Bay or join the street party on a Friday. Few other resorts combine a full wellness timetable with a village, a national landmark, a marina and a long beach so close. Check the time of year before you plan outings, as the Friday party and some venues vary by season, and confirm opening hours before you go.

What is included in the BodyHoliday room rate?

A great deal. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included, along with afternoon tea at the Clubhouse, coffee, smoothies and light dishes at the Wellness Cafe, and drinks by the glass. Each guest gets a 50-minute spa treatment every day except arrival and departure days, plus a body science consultation, yoga, Pilates, meditation, stress management classes and use of a far-infrared sauna.

On the activity side the rate covers fitness and dance classes, walks, cycling, golf and tennis lessons, archery, and a long list of water sports: sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, water skiing and tubing. Wi-Fi is free, rooms have a tablet and a Bluetooth sound system, and guests can use the resort's webroom to plan the week before they arrive.

A few things sit outside the rate, and it helps to know which. Specialist treatments such as acupuncture, Ayurvedic programmes and holistic therapies are charged separately. Boat dives, night dives and snorkel trips to other parts of the island carry a fee, and so do the longer guided soft adventure tours. Golf lessons on site are included, but green fees at the neighbouring golf club are paid directly. Some food and drink items also carry a supplement, so ask when you arrive.

What are the rooms, suites and villas like?

Rooms are grouped by view. Garden View rooms are the entry point, and the solo garden rooms are sold with no single supplement, which is rare and a real draw for people travelling alone. Ocean View rooms sit on the upper floors of a four-storey building facing Cariblue Bay and were renovated in 2018. Oceanfront rooms and suites put you closest to the sand, and the Penthouse on the top floor of the oceanfront building is the standout suite.

The resort designs its rooms around what it calls a sleep programme, with noise-cancelling walls, air quality control and a pillow menu. That sounds like marketing until you try it after a long flight from London, when a properly quiet room matters more than a marble bathroom.

For groups and families with older children there are private villas. The Oasis Villas, Aurora and Calypso, each combine a penthouse and a junior suite on the hillside next to the wellness centre and can be taken separately or as one unit. Villa Firefly is a large West Indian great house with four double bedrooms, its own pool and a path down to the resort. Villa guests keep the usual inclusions, and the villas come with butler service and a kitchen. If you are weighing a private base against a resort room, our guide to private villas and VIP stays sets out the trade-offs.

How good is the wellness side?

The wellness centre sits above the resort, with its own fitness studio, dance studio, treatment rooms and a saltwater thalassotherapy pool. It also houses Pavitra, an Ayurvedic pavilion that the resort describes as the only genuine Ayurvedic temple on the island, and there is a skin clinic and a better-ageing clinic called BodyScience that begins with diagnostic testing. The resort says its centre has been voted among the world's best destination spas by a leading travel magazine.

The included daily treatment is a therapeutic massage style session, and you can book it ahead through the webroom or the resort app so that you are not queueing on day one. The resort also runs themed months through the year, including a sailing month in spring, a yoga month that runs through October, and a month for solo travellers in September. If you want the wider picture of what the island offers for this kind of break, read our guides to spa rituals and mud baths, yoga and mindfulness and detox and wellness retreats.

One honest caution. The programme is the product. If you want a week of doing nothing, a quieter resort will serve you better, and you will feel the timetable pressing. If you like structure, you will find it hard to be bored.

What is the food like, and what else is there to do?

Many people expect carrot juice and lettuce. The resort is clear that this is not the case: there are cocktails, wine, steak and chocolate cake alongside nutritionist advice for those who want it. Cariblue is the main restaurant, with a breakfast buffet that includes an egg station and an English breakfast, buffet lunches with a different theme each day and an international dinner. TAO serves East-West fusion for fine dining, Cariblue Windows offers a wine-paired tasting menu, and the Wellness Cafe and Pavilion Grill cover lighter and more casual meals. I-TAL is a Rastafarian farm-to-table experience, where you tour the organic garden and cook your own lunch.

Beyond the programme, the resort has its own PADI dive centre. Beach dives for certified divers and a three-hour Discover Scuba session are included, while boat dives cost extra. If diving is the main reason for your trip, compare this with the dedicated dive bases described in our diving and snorkelling guide. Golf lessons on site are included, while a round at the nearby golf club is paid separately. The ASA sailing school runs a weekly Saturday regatta, which is an easy way to meet other guests.

Who is it for, and how do you plan the trip?

BodyHoliday has a minimum age of 16, which drops to 12 during the Easter break, the summer months and the Christmas holidays, so it is not a resort for young children. It suits couples, friends and solo travellers, and it works well for a milestone birthday or a recovery week. If you are planning a romantic trip, it can also work as a honeymoon base, though our honeymoon inspiration page covers quieter and more private options.

From the UK, direct flights from London take around eight hours. The nearest airport is George F. L. Charles Airport near Castries, which handles regional flights, while most long-haul flights arrive at Hewanorra in the far south. Allow for a long road transfer from Hewanorra and book it ahead. Our getting here guide sets out both airports and what to expect, and our getting around guide explains taxis and hire cars, which you will need if you want to explore.

Think about timing too. The island is warm all year, but the dry season is the easiest to plan around, and our best time to visit guide explains the seasons. If you like the idea of a wellness break but want a quieter resort set in a smaller bay, compare it with the smaller resorts on the northern coast. For a livelier all-inclusive with more for families, see Windjammer Landing or Sandals Grande Saint Lucian. Rates, minimum ages, themed months and inclusions change, so confirm current details with the resort before you pay a deposit.

Planning St Lucia holidays around BodyHoliday

BodyHoliday is one of the St Lucia hotels we cover in detail, and the right choice depends on the kind of stay you want. Our guides to luxury hotels in St Lucia, all inclusive resorts in St Lucia and family resorts in St Lucia help you compare it fairly.

To build the rest of your holidays to St Lucia, check the best time to visit St Lucia, flights to St Lucia and our St Lucia itineraries. Couples can read about a honeymoon in St Lucia or weddings in St Lucia as well.

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