Jamaica’s Shining South Coast Beachfront Villa Hikaru

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About this listing

Lovely Villa Hikaru has undergone a very sensitive renovation, honoring the striking mid-century Jamaican modern clean lines, while adding some new touches overseen by our very talented designer Sophie Eyssautier (formerly with Christian Dior) and her Building Team under the direction of Mr Luke. We now have 4 bedrooms and 4 full bathrooms, 3 featuring outdoor stone showers in the main house and 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom in Garfield Cottage, a new kitchen house with polished concrete floors and counters, a much larger open living room with built in concrete couches, restored original vintage Quaker furnishings, cathedral ceilings opened to the metal roof lined with white tongue in groove board, African fabric covered furniture, new locally made Ratan lighting & rugs, high efficiency white 3- blade ceiling fans, and AC units in the 6 bedrooms (for those who want them- many will not so that they can be soothed by the ocean/mountain breezes and the sound of the crashing waves through your screened open louvered windows. You will enjoy a covered open chic seating area on the lower seaside facing terrace, and a covered front porch with built in seating. We certainly preserved the many wonderful mid-century features of this home, built by Jamaicans in the early 70s, a home that offers so many outdoor and indoor rooms to gather.

Villa Hikaru is pleased to announce the completion of a second bedroom (with a bunk bed) in Garfield Cottage! This separate 2 bedroom cottage located just behind the main villa has been gorgeously restored into the perfect tiny house, offering an embracing space for four additional guests with their own kitchenette, bathroom, a screened porch off of each bedroom and deck! It has been named Garfield Cottage in loving memory of one of the owner’s Jamaican born physician father who loved such structures. This is only rented with the main villa to assure your privacy during your stay. With the addition of Garfield Cottage Villa Hikaru now comfortably houses 12!

We are thrilled to share that we’ve gone solar which means we are fully powered by the Jamaican sunshine, a step toward environmental stewardship, as the home is situated in a fishing village opening onto the beach below ringed with coral, a designated turtle sanctuary! This unspoiled area is one of the few fisherman’s villages that welcomes tourists — not a tourist area that tolerates fishermen.

Our six-bedroom beachfront villa includes a just renovated in 2024 original 50-foot lap pool right off the beach, a croquet/Bocce court, and a Yoga/sunset/dining seaside deck. The main dining table is located on the upper patio right off the living room and main bedrooms, offering a beautiful view. You can walk deserted beaches, or snorkel, body-surf, or fish, with local fisherman licensed for boating excursions happy to take your out on various excursions, including a lovely half day experience where you will be taken to the Black River Wetlands (largest in the Caribbean), filled with amazing flora and fauna including Jamaican crocodiles. You can photograph and share the lives of our fishermen neighbors; or you can enjoy the privacy of an almost 2 acre lot, carefully landscaped and filled with mature Caribbean plantings meticulously maintained by our Groundskeeper Patrick (whose Grandfather created the gardens), shielded by trees and flowers. You even pick your own tropical fruit! Our village neighbors, whose children play soccer on the beach, will welcome you if you choose to visit, but will not intrude. Watch for returning fishing boats from our patio, then walk 300 yards to the harbor to watch fish weighed and sold — and bring some home! Our beach is large and often empty, shared with a handful of elegant villas ringing the beachfront, with the fishing village behind.  Walk to the west at sunset over a series of all-but-deserted beaches, half-mile scallops of sandy beach separated by reef spurs you can climb over or wade over in reef shoes.

Outings: Treasure Tours can take you to so many places, including the stunning YS Falls Park, with zip- lining, great food, and a stream fed resort pool. Our groundskeeper Patrick leads a walk into the hills behind us, pointing out birds and orchids. You can drive to Black River (Treasure Tours will provide transportation), or better yet hire a local boatman who will pick you up on our beach, to see the historic slave-trading block, visit the colorful local outdoor market, or — best of all — go up the river a few miles, through mangrove forests and open marshlands occupied by colorful birds and crocodiles. On the way home, stop at the famous Pelican Bar for a drink.

The night sky and views : With almost no light pollution, the stars are brilliant. Go for a midnight dip in the pool, but once there turn the pool lights off to enjoy the magnificent sky. Only one Dipper at a time to the north; the Southern Cross rising over the ocean during the night. Our wide patio catches an onshore breeze most of the day, and gives you a panoramic view of the Caribbean at your doorstep so wide you’ll have to turn your head to take it all in. All this while Lead Staff/Chef Miss Venesia and her daughter Miss Cedrena keep house for you, shop and prepare and serve all meals, and make it a very special vacation!  You truly have arrived in paradise.