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Children playing ball on the golden beach in the late afternoon sun

beachside stays for families & groups · Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal

Your holiday base, two minutes from the sea.

Comfortable, affordable beachside accommodation in Kelso on the KZN South Coast — room for the whole family, priced so everyone can get away.

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run by a nonprofit — every stay helps send a child to the sea →

  • from R200 per person per night
  • 2 minutes from the beach
  • families & groups welcome

Choose your kind of day

both fund children’s holidays — that’s the whole idea

sleep over

Beach house holidays

R200 per person per night (minimum 4 people)

  • the whole house for your family or group
  • two minutes’ walk from the beach
  • peaceful garden setting with a playground
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spend the day

Venue & day events

R80 per person (minimum 10 people, R500 deposit)

  • gatherings, parties and church groups
  • lawn, playground and space for long tables
  • a short stroll from the sand between courses
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The Pa's Place retreat house with its wide veranda, surrounded by coastal trees
Home base — a two-minute wander from the waves

the place

A proper old beach house, kept simple

Comfortable, peaceful and activity-filled — the kind of place where shoes go missing on day one and nobody minds. Book the dates, bring the people, we’ll have the sea ready.

  • a peaceful, quiet setting a street back from the sea
  • space for families and groups (minimum 4 people)
  • a playground that has seen some serious games
  • beach, rock pools and trails all within a short walk

R200 per person per night (minimum 4 people)

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from the family album

Days at Pa’s Place

real days — with real sand that came home in real shoes

The Pa's Place retreat house with its wide veranda, surrounded by coastal trees
Home base — a two-minute wander from the waves
Children crouched at tidal rock pools, discovering starfish at low tide
Low tide school — starfish, anemones and big questions
Children walking single file along a coastal forest trail with the ocean below
Trail walking through the milkwoods
Children playing ball games on a wide golden beach in late afternoon light
Golden-hour beach games until supper calls
A craft table with painted seashells, watercolours and a ukulele
Shell painting, songs and gloriously messy tables
A long outdoor table under trees, set for a community food day with bunting
Community food days — big pots, long tables, full hearts

this frame is waiting for a child who hasn’t met the sea yet.

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finding us

Kelso, Pennington — the quiet bit of the South Coast

35b Umdoni Road, Kelso, Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

about an hour south of Durban, and two minutes from the water

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Pa’s Place is a registered nonprofit. Every night you book helps give a child who’s never seen the sea their first holiday beside it.

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