Banghoek Place
The owners of this stylish suburban hostel are keen to organise tours of the district. The recreation area has satellite TV and a pool table.
The owners of this stylish suburban hostel are keen to organise tours of the district. The recreation area has satellite TV and a pool table.
A friendly place offering a good range of prices, including basic self-catering units (for two R520). The rooms have panoramic sea views out to Dyer Island.
The Outpost consists of 12 very open and super-contemporary ‘living spaces’ overlooking the Luvuvhu River...
It’s a good place if you want to immerse yourself in the bush, with no electricity and accommodation in straightforward but comfortable reed and thatch bungalows.
This sprawling lodge, located just 2km from von Lindequist Gate, has over 100 rooms as well as several swimming pools and tennis courts, though the low-profile buildings create an illusion of intimacy...
This tented camp offers comfort without letting luxury intrude on the African bush experience. The best tents dot the edge of a beautiful clearing (bamboo group) or nestle in the forest (palm group) - spacing is generous, so privacy is guaranteed...
This popular and clued-in place has a mix of African-style rondavels and airy stilt houses set around pleasant gardens, including several rooms with telephone/internet connection and power-surge protection...
A delightful, upmarket lodge in a restored Edwardian landmark building with lovely gardens and a pool with a thatched-roof gazebo for shade. The award-winning restaurant serves four-course dinners (R320) and is open to nonguests.
A large whitewashed thatched-roofed house on the beach, with the village just behind. It has five rooms (maximum seven people) and a cook available on request.
This homy set-up gets good reviews from travellers. It’s a very relaxed guesthouse located in a shady suburb within easy walking distance of the city centre. Bright and airy rooms open to a lush garden and a sparkling pool...
This is very much a home turned guest house – the family occupies the ground floor while guests are up above, all contributing to a very friendly atmosphere. Although it bills itself as a restaurant, home-cooked meals are really on request...
Annie' Area 47's classier and more sedate cousin has a variety of tranquil rooms, some with private bathroom. There's also an inviting TV lounge, and the restaurant serves inventive meals (USaround US$5 to USaround US$11)...
Cheerfully decorated, this charming guesthouse has only four rooms and one top-floor apartment with thunderous sea views. Two rooms come with bathrooms, and there is a handy kitchen area on each floor...
This rambling, 1920s, wooden-floored guesthouse has been upgraded and decorated with choice pieces of contemporary local arts and crafts. There’s a variety of rooms each with crisp linen, and bathrooms with a rain-style shower...
A brand new, finely done guest house with eight brightly painted rooms and a lovely rooftop breakfast area, created by some ambitious young hoteliers. The faux artefacts revealed in the walls are a clever touch.
Fraternal twin riads: the first (Dar I) is all soaring ceilings, cosy nooks and graceful archways, while the spacious double-riad extension (Dar II and III) across the derb offers sprawling beds, grand patios, a plunge pool and handsome woo...
A very friendly, family-run B&B with a pretty garden courtyard and colourful terrace. The spacious rooms are packed with wood for maximum character, and even have funky swing doors into the skylit bathrooms...
Hidden away in Green Point, this chic property offers whitewashed beach-house rooms downstairs or contemporary rooms upstairs. The mosaic-tiled bathrooms have showers big enough to dance in.
If you’d rather be out of town under the soaring skies of the Karoo, this 4000-hectare sheep farm is an excellent option. Renovated kraals have been transformed into luxurious boutique-style rooms with stone walls and sisal ceilings...
This is a tiny gem of a guest house, with just three rooms, but plans to extend into the property next door to double its capacity...
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