Africa Hotels &amp; Hostels

Luna Hotel

The owner of this modern, backpacker-friendly place is one of the most fastidious in the city, and his s...

from $25 per night

Gibela Backpackers Lodge Durban

If this hostel, a tastefully converted 1950s Tuscan-style home, were a B&B, it would be described as...

from $14 per night

Fawlty Towers

Once a backpacker institution, things have been spruced up here into a guesthouse full of upmarket touch...

from $18 per night

House On The Hill Backpackers

This self-catering house is a fine alternative to the bigger hostels...

from $9 per night

Light House Lodge

Offering some of Cape Town’s cheapest dorm beds, this simple and relaxed place is located on the grounds...

from $14 per night

Hippo Hide Lodge And Backpackers

This clean and cosy hide pulls in the punters with its friendly, informal style, choice of huts and room...

1 Star Hotel

Keylany Hotel

Aswan’s best budget hotel has simple but comfortable rooms furnished with pine furniture, and spotless b...

from $44 per night

Beachcomber Hotel & Resort

Although in need of a facelift, new paint and lighting in the hallways, rooms are adequate and all have ...

from $8 per night

Wake Up! Cairo Hostel

A new Downtown hostel with very enthusiastic management (the capital letters in the name should be your ...

from $12 per night

Lusaka Backpackers

Traditionally popular with young backpackers, when we visited it was being renovated...

from $4 per night

Dahab Hostel

Perhaps one of the oddest lodgings in Cairo, this small hotel is really a series of very ordinary small ...

from $9 per night

Arabesque Hotel

Midrange hotels are thin on the ground in Cairo, so the Arabesque is destined to do well...

from $17 per night

Hotel Embassy

Decent standards are upheld here with an in-house restaurant and TV lounge.

from $14 per night

Tekweni Backpackers Hostel

This old dog ‘keeps on keeping on’; it’s a slightly saggy place that nevertheless attracts the party ani...

from $8 per night

Canadian Hostel

This small hostel has an excellent central Downtown location minutes from the museum and Nile...

from $11 per night

Nubian Oasis Hotel

Popular with backpackers...

Smiths Cottage

Travellers frequently praise this comfortable ‘home away from home’...

from $16 per night

Cape Town Deco Lodge

You can’t miss this huge purple-painted art deco house (also a pet-friendly lodge) in up-and-coming Wood...

from $46 per night

Mara House

Irish Mara wanted to open a home for travellers and seems to have succeeded with spacious rooms, all inc...

Island Vibe Knysna

This funky backpackers has excellent communal areas, cheery staff and nicely decorated rooms...

from $7 per night

African House Hotel

The African House offers an affordable way to stay in one of the city’s most gorgeous mid-19th-century b...

from $13 per night

Amakaya Backpacker Hostel

A total overhaul has turned this into a great backpacker hostel whose focal point is the bar and deck wi...

from $29 per night

Meridian Court Hotel

The elaborate lobby here is rather more prepossessing than the grey concrete blocks above it, but it's h...

Hermanus Backpackers

This is a great place with upbeat decor, good facilities and clued-up staff who can help with activities...

from $7 per night

Venus Hotel Luxor

The 25 rooms at the Venus are quite noisy and shabby, but there is a fun atmosphere in the hotel, which ...

Long Street Backpackers

Little has changed at this backpackers since it opened in 1993 (making it the longest running of the man...

from $19 per night

Hotel Sindibad

Popular midrange option, with smart rooms, all with TV, phone and a tiny balcony overlooking the square...

from $34 per night

Parkside Hotel Nairobi

Parkside is modest but decent enough value, and manages to keep out a lot of Nairobi's seemingly all-per...