Welaka Lodge & Resort

Love this place on the river. Donna is an amazing bartender and the wait staff we had was on point as well. Definitely my favorite spot on the St John's River.

We have been going here for about ten years for a week in late January just to get out of the cold in Virginia. It has always been very clean and quiet, no matter which cabin we stay in for the week. They are always very good about letting us keep our bass boats trailered and close by our cottage. Most evenings are very quiet and enjoyable. The same was for this years trip. We did see changes and things happening that I don't know are for the good. We noticed two nights of our stay this year that it was loud outside passed 11 pm and close to midnight with people talking loudly, lights from golf carts running by the cabin while we were trying to sleep. It was the two nights that people were around the bar at the river. We have never experienced this during any of our prior stays. We hope the changes that we are seeing are not that of partying and loud music all hours of the night. We go down to enjoy quiet nights and beautiful days on the river. We are planning 10 day next year and we hope the changes we saw this year is different. We love this little community and all the ammenities.

We went to visit family in Welaka and rented a cottage, I wish we could have stayed another week! The cottage was so beautiful and had everything we needed for our stay, full kitchen, ice maker and stove! The river view was awesome from our front porch drinking coffee! CLEAN the entire room was spotless. I dropped something behind the dresser and pulled it out.... no cobwebs and not a spec of dirt. The entire staff were so helpful and very accommodating! We will be back and might not tell our family!! Thank you Jessica, Lori and the rest of the staff!

We went for one night and really wished we could have stayed longer. The room was perfectly comfortable! Boat rental was easy too.

This was one of the best most restful vacations we ever had. Everyone is super friendly, Cottages are so so awesome. Can't wait to go back again. Beautiful place...