Cooinda Estate- Whole Estate (sleeps 25)

From the very beginning, Marc & Tracy have been a dream. Booking this venue for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, our hopes were that it would be magical - that’s exactly what it was. The most beautiful property. Fine details like the bedding, condiments in the kitchens, hair dryers in the bathrooms. Everything was perfect. The venue itself is super large, and the view incredible. Would recommend to anyone wanting super clean, super comfortable, picturesque venue to host friends and family for a reunion. It was perfect for ours!

This was the perfect weekend stay for a large extended family with activities for every age and a main kitchen/dining area that catered easily for 25 people for a birthday dinner. We will return.

Pros: Beautiful location although you’re adjacent to other properties, the view out of the backside of the main gathering building were stunning. Cons: The listing lists it as handicap accessible and unfortunately, we dispute this. We specifically booked this rental for our small wedding because one of our fathers is wheelchair bound. There was no ramp inside (only grass, if you imagine rain you can see how challenging this would be). There’s a tall lip on the bottom of the door to get inside that building making a wheelchair impassible. The other entry out back has sliding doors for the handicap room. These doors kept falling off their railings, this is without question a fire safety issue, a disabled person could easily become trapped inside of the door loosened its grip on the railing. Despite the listing describing itself as small-wedding friendly the hosts panicked when we mentioned catering and low voltage lights. Their behavior before our stay made us very anxious and honestly made the experience unpleasant. Beware of arriving too close to check in time. We couldn’t access one of the buildings initially, the keys provided didn’t work on the front entry and the doorknob was loose (probably because previous guests couldn’t get access either). We ended up having to call and break in through its garage. At check out the host immediately accused us of breaking said doorknob which wasn’t appreciated considering their own failure to recognize the issue before us.