The Outpost Lodge
The Outpost consists of 12 very open and super-contemporary ‘living spaces’ overlooking the Luvuvhu River...
Lodges and hostels aimed squarely at backpackers line the popular routes from Nairobi to Cape Town, although elsewhere in Africa they’re less common. Africa has numerous hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses, ranging from no-frills establishments and spotless family homes, to sky’s-the-limit dens of luxury. Under the ‘hotel’ category you could also be bedding down at a guesthouse, rest house, pensao (in Mozambique) or campement (in West Africa). The latter is a simple rural hotel, often with a campsite attached. In West Africa (especially Burkina Faso), watch out for B&Bs that go by the names of ‘chambres d’hôtes’ or ‘maisons d’hôtes’. A cheap local hotel in East Africa is called a gesti or lodgings, while hoteli is Swahili for basic eating place.
The Outpost consists of 12 very open and super-contemporary ‘living spaces’ overlooking the Luvuvhu River...
Langebaan’s only hotel sits on a hill overlooking the bay with lovely sunset views. Rooms are large, with country decor and their own fireplaces...
Hostels are hard to come by in this country but ‘The Box’ has been doing it for years, with a rep as one of Windhoek’s wildest backpackers...
Behind the classically restored facades of these Karoo-style cottages are contemporary creature comforts...
Simply the best of the beach hotels with a tasteful low-rise building sitting amid landscaped gardens with direct beach access. Rooms are set around internal courtyards, and there is a thalassotherapy spa on site and Agadir's most popular nightclub...
Mbweni is a quiet, genteel establishment set in lovely, expansive and lushly vegetated gardens about 5km from town, and several kilometres off the airport road...
Dakar's most beautiful place, with stunning sea-view rooms in imaginative Arab-African design. A bargain for the quality you get.
Consolidating its reputation as one of the best top-flight chains in East Africa, this entry in the Serena canon displays a fine sense of individuality, adding a touch of safari style to its international-class facilities...
This excellent, five-star budget option, YHA-affiliated and award-winning, is owner-run and it shows. There’s a great bar area with satellite TV, yet you can still find peace and quiet in the large grounds.
A 16-tent camp – each tent with two double beds and views – and an excellent location about 45km north of Seronera, convenient also to the central Serengeti wildlife circuits.
Popular and often full, with a convenient location on the edge of the baixa, a mixture of dorm rooms and doubles, a kitchen, and a backyard bar, terrace and braai area with views to the port in the distance.
Al-Moudira is a true luxury hotel, with an individuality that is missing from so many other hotels in Luxor...
If only there were more places like this, a medina house run by locals offering a rare glimpse into Moroccan life...
Founded by Rhodes and his diamond cronies as a private club in 1881, and rebuilt following a fire in 1896, the reputedly haunted hotel entertained colonial Kimberley’s elite...
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