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Best places to stay in South Africa
Western Cape 913 Cape Town 417 KwaZulu-Natal 312 Eastern Cape 280 Gauteng 272 Johannesburg 168 Mpumalanga 161 Central Eastern Cape 159 Garden Route 141 Limpopo 124

Best places to stay in South Africa

From the colourful 'Mother City', Cape Town, to the wild deserts of the Northern Cape, South Africa is certainly something to discover. Lonely Planet authors have traversed the nation to bring you the best places to stay in South Africa.

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Banghoek Place

The owners of this stylish suburban hostel are keen to organise tours of the district...

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from $25 per night
Hostel

Gibela Backpackers Lodge Durban

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

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from $275 per night
4.5 Star Hotel

Mannabay Fine Boutique Hotel

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from $42 per night
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Dutch Manor Antique Hotel

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from $244 per night
5 Star Hotel

Pod Camps Bay

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from $354 per night
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Bakubung Bush Lodge

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from $130 per night
5 Star Hotel

Villa Zest Boutique Hotel

This Bauhaus-style villa has been converted into a quirkily decorated boutique hotel that wittily avoids...

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from $69 per night
3 Star Hotel

Ginnegaap Guest House

Open the gate from busy 4th Ave into a little garden oasis...

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from $18 per night
Hostel

Ashanti Lodge Gardens

This is one of Cape Town’s slickest operations, with much of the action focused on its lively bar and de...

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Plumtree Lodge

This German-run guest house’s bungalow rooms are some of the most spacious and appealing in town...

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Hobbit Boutique Hotel

This charming Victorian guesthouse, comprising two 1921 houses, is popular with visiting dignitaries, bu...

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Le Must River Residence

Owned by Neil Stemmet, author of the cookbook Salt and Pepper, this elegant riverside getaway h...

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Artists’ Café & Guest House

Wonderfully quirky place in Hendriksdal, about 15km south of Sabie along Rte 37...

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Ilala Country Lodge

Ilala offers 240 hectares of bush within easy reach of Musina...

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