Baron Beach House

Baron Beach House & Baron Hacienda are two freestanding beachfront properties directly next to one another with garden gates opening onto a private stretch of beach in La Lucia, Durban. Both properties are fully self-catering, and all catering is brought in from the outside but for all events, guests are welcome to bring in their own caterer or alternatively we have trusted vendors for all catering. Our catering options range from floating canapés, harvest table, buffet, plated dishes and an all time favourite is lamb on the spit with great selection of side dishes to go with it. We offer professional wedding photography, drone footage, videography, bar setup, card bar or corkage, in-house wedding floristry, wedding confectionary, professional hair and make up, waitrons, barmen, Dj, lights and sound etc etc.. Currently Baron Beach House sleeps 16 adults sharing and Baron Hacienda 14 pax sharing in total.

What makes us unique is that Baron Beach House or Baron Hacienda become “yours” for the wedding weekend. Everyone can relax the day before the wedding and catch their breaths before the big day. We aren’t a hotel or a guest house with staff under foot or owners residing on the premises. The garden gate leads directly onto the beach and our stretch of beach is ideal for beach weddings with the ocean as your backdrop without strangers gawking at the proceedings or fishermen in the background.

Our inspiration for Baron Beach House was Island Style living a la India Hicks. La Lucia is sub-tropical with luscious vegetation and our vibe is boho beach chic. We are relaxed without being rustic. We are upmarket without being pretentious. We marry “ballgowns and flip flops” with flair and we aim for our the bridal couples and their entourage to have the wedding experience of their lives. We strive to be a ‘one stop destination’ for all our events and some wedding couples working overseas or from elsewhere only need to organise their wedding clothes. We also proudly accomodate elopements as we believe these are just as special as the extravant, large weddings.

Baron Hacienda sports vintage Spanish Colonial architecture with very distinctive large archways at the covered verandah seating up to 100 overlooking the pool. This covered verandah is ideal for a wedding ceremony or medieval long table for the wedding banquet. The fact that we are directly on the beach lends us to host beach wedding ceremonies with the ocean as a backdrop. However micro weddings up to 60 guests have the option to have their wedding ceremony under the Frangipani Tree in the front door courtyard or in the event of rain, we host ceremonies next door under the covered verandah at Baron Hacienda for up to 100 guests seated. The lawn at Baron Beach House can host an informal setting up to 170 guests in a cocktail style vibe with seat pods dotted on the grass.

For our formal seatings, we host up to 150 pax in the traditional U shape with a checkered dance floor in the middle. We own our own 15m clear marquee that we keep on standby in the event of an unexpected cold front with rain forecast. But ultimately we love using festoon lights criss-crossing the lawn or putting up our 15m wooden wedding pergola that we decorate with fresh foliage and fairy lights.

We are blessed in Durban with wedding weather all year round. The fact that we own our own clear marquee gives us the leverage to have a Plan B on standby for unpredictable weather. But ultimately, we love the night sky just at golden hour when the fairy lights start to shine.

Every wedding is unique and every bride has a blank canvas to tailor make her wedding exactly like she has always envisioned her princess moment.