We are sad to be leaving today. We will miss the sounds of the waves breaking at night and all the beautiful beaches on St. John.  It is a paradise to visit & hopefully we will return in the not so far future.

-Marcy + Jesse Roeke

“Thank you for being ‘home’ on our honeymoon. We LOVED every minute of it. What a beautiful place:) We will be back!”

-Katie & Paul

“We came to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and this was the perfect location! We loved tis end of the island. The snorkeling in the bay just below the houses is wonderful. We were lucky enough to experience snorkeling at Trunk Bay before the crowds arrive – go early. Its definitely worth the drive to Stoop Jones in Harrson Bay- fabulous people. Can’t say enough about the food here – Sweet plantains, Shipwreck Landing, Mias Lucis and Aquas Lounge. Robin thank you for everything, our stay was perfect. Thank you also for your story – it would make a great book. “

-The Parkers

“We needed a family break away from our crazy busy life: Estate Zootenvaal was like heaven on earth for us! What a break-taking place! I think we fell in love with the island. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful house and your nice little note. We will definitely come back!”

-Valerie, Philippe & Thomas

We feel blessed to have the opportunity to be on St. Johns.  Our stay in Turtle Watch was really nice. The solitude was heavenly.  We plan to come back!

-Dan + Cherl Kercker

“What a lovely, lovely place to be! We loved everything about our stay at Zootenvaal – the beautiful sounds of night, the mesmerizing rise of the moon, the gentle sunrises, and the eye-popping view from our porch.  We’re spoiled now and future visits are already being dreamt up.  Only Zootenvaal will do.

We had great fun snorkeling out in front of the villa – saw some monster starfish, conch and lots of busy tropical fish on the reef.  Had the thrill of our stay snorkeling at francis bay, where we met two green and one loggerhead turtle, all accompanied by nurse sharks!! How fun to float above them for a while, the watch them fly away into the ocean.  Also saw another great ocean flier – the southern ray.  We left the water with silly perma-grins!

Thank you for such a lovely home base for our investigation of st john! Off to Jost van dyke for more looking around.”

-Steve + Anne

“Again Zoot has left us relaxed like no other place on the map.  We ate great meals (shipwreck & zozo’s) were the stand outs.  Jost Van Dyke was paradise.  We also saw huge shark out at Lameshur Bay.  Hello to any of the porter clan reading this note – I’m happy to see you are down here!”

-Lyon, Abbey, Mike, Carla