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First Group La Montagne

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Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View | Living area | Flat-screen TV
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Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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100 Compensation Drive, Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, 4420
  • Place, Ballito Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Holla Trails
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Thompson's Bay Beach
    ‪20 min walk‬
  • Airport, Durban (DUR-King Shaka Intl.)
    ‪18 min drive‬

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

  • 71 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Single Beds

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Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Sea View | Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 107 sq m
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed and 4 Single Beds

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Studio, 1 Double Bed

  • 38 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Apartment, 3 Bedrooms | Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Apartment, 3 Bedrooms

  • 107 sq m
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed and 4 Single Beds

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Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View | Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • 71 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Single Beds

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Studio, 1 Double Bed, Sea View | Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Studio, 1 Double Bed, Sea View

  • 38 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double Room, 1 King Bed, Sea View | Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Double Room, 1 King Bed, Sea View

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 38 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

First Group La Montagne

Family-friendly beachfront location with outdoor pool
Catch some rays on First Group La Montagne's private sand beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants.
First Group La Montagne offers 120 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and an iron/ironing board. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Beds feature premium bedding. Accommodation at this 3-star hotel has kitchenettes with stovetops, microwaves and kitchenware and utensils.

Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered on a daily basis. Amenities available on request include hypo-allergenic bedding.

An outdoor pool, a children's pool and Access to hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

La Vita Spa has 3 treatment rooms, including rooms for couples. Services include hot stone massages, Swedish massages, facials and body wraps. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a hot tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is open daily.
During your stay at First Group La Montagne, you're just a quick walk from Boulevard Shopping Centre. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus 3 restaurants.
  • Free Wi-Fi in some public areas
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy local and international cuisine with pool views at Palm Terrace, one of the property's 3 restaurants
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool or soak in the hot tub
  • Treat yourself to aromatherapy, manicures and pedicures or Swedish massages at La Vita Spa
  • Services include babysitting, a children's club and dry cleaning/laundry
  • On-site recreation includes a steam room, a sauna and parasailing
  • Steps from Boulevard Shopping Centre and 4 minutes on foot from Ballito Beach
  • Airport and local-area shuttle service available for a fee
Unwind on the private sandy beach, located just 100 metres away. Pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa and enjoy amenities at First Group La Montagne such as an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

There are 3 restaurants on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafΘ and a nearby snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is on site and WiFi is free in public spaces. This beach hotel also offers a hot tub, a steam room and a garden. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3-star Ballito hotel.

Palm Terrace – Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specialises in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Crayfish Inn – Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specialises in seafood and only serves dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.
B-Bar – This bar overlooks the pool and specialises in local and international cuisine. Guests can enjoy al fresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
La Vita – Overlooking the pool, this coffee shop specialises in pizza and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • 3 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • B-Bar
  • Crayfish Inn
  • La Vita
  • Palm Terrace

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's club
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Hot tub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Parasailing
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's club (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Free supervised activities for children
  • In-room babysitting
  • In-room kitchenette
  • In-room microwave
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 1,679 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Beach towels
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • 3 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Hot tub
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Swedish massages

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • 1 building
  • 6 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Hob
  • Kitchenette
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Toaster

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 16

Check-out

Check-out before 9:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at First Group La Montagne

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 350 per room (one-way)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
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
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Reservations are needed for massage services and spa treatments. For reservations, contact the hotel before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Montagne Ballito
Montagne Hotel
Montagne Hotel Ballito
La Montagne Hotel Ballito
First Group Montagne Hotel Ballito
First Group Montagne Hotel
First Group Montagne Ballito
First Group Montagne
La Montagne
First Group La Montagne Hotel
First Group La Montagne Ballito
First Group La Montagne Hotel Ballito

First Group La Montagne Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 163 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 48 out of 163 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 163 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 163 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 14 out of 163 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Douglas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

revendra

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
House keeping poor Breakfast staff made note of the tipping system and it’s not added to the bill before introducing herself or asking if we wanted coffee. No coffee replenished in the room
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wynand

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Edson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was amazing
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Fatih

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Dion

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

AWFUL

What a terrible hotel - the lobby is under renovation (which was not mentioned when we booked) and the rooms are disgusting - I'd avoid like the plague!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pumla

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

LAURENCE, CUMBERLAND

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Keri

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location and sea view of la montagne was incredible! To wake up to the beauty of that was amazing, we stayed in a 3 bdrm apartment. Our room smelt so strongly of the fish restaurant the entire stay, our clothes smelt of it as well. The hotel is alot more worn than advertised, pictures looked alot nicer than what we walked into as well. There was rust around the showers and mold. Our keys daily did not work for the parkade as well as our room so that also got frusterating. I communicated my concerns to the front staff as well, they seemed to just say the maintenace guys would look at it. Other guests were having the same problems. Needless to say the surroundings of nature made the trip, the hotel left something to be desired unfortunately.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Naeem

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Stefan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zwelakhe

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

Happy chappy

Its was amazing, I was referred to this place and my ow my its a home away from home.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cindy

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Friendly and helpful staff

Enjoyed the stay, excellent wifi, good food, excellent service, friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lift was out for the 3 days but was there
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is not the newest on the block but they are busy with renovations and improvements. This was not disturbing at all. Still an amazing stay though. Service was always friendly and no hesitation to assist with requests. Food is absolutely top notch, from breakfast to dinner. Would highly recommend to families.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

maria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Good location, good property amentities

I have stayed at La Montagne before and enjoyed it so we returned. This stay we were given an amazing 2 bedroom apartment right on promenade which was great for views and easy access to the beach. Only negative was that there were no extra blankets in the unit in winter and only 2 sets of towels for a family of 5. When we asked for extra towels, it took the entire day to get it after having to ask again in the evening. With blankets when we asked for an extra one, we were told sorry no extra blankets due to the dryer not working and no blanket was brought to us. On the whole the property is gorgeous with really excellent restaurants that are priced well with good service. We will be back in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Anita

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tinus

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mornay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Leigh

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel has great access to the main swimming beach and is very close to a Pick n Pay. The hotel is in need of some TLC. The hotel holds functions which was noisy for us being on the pool level but they did finish at a reasonable hour.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anneke

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Nicola

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location, staff service was variable
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024