Northern Mozambique
Clean, quiet, slightly cramped rooms are available in this small private home opposite a coffee plantation. It's about a 10-minute walk from the dhow port…
Must-see hotels in Southern Africa
Southern Mozambique
This locally run place has eight quite basic but adequate rooms (a mix of twins and doubles) with fans and nets (one with air-con), a small restaurant and…
Lilongwe
This tranquil site is next to the green, and campers can use the bar-restaurant with its terrace, kids' playground and pool. There's a basic ablutions…
Harare
This guesthouse lacks atmosphere, but the friendly owners, pool, jacuzzi (per person for two hours US$5), attractive lawns, soft beds and free wi-fi make…
Mozambique
The inaptly named Moderna isn't exactly a bastion of shining modernity these days, but it still serves as a good budget bet, with adequate rooms, most…
Zimbabwe
A good option for budget travellers is this holiday camp–style lodge with en-suite cabins set about a grassy compound. There's no restaurant, but there's…
Northern Cape
A much sought after and very rustic option that sleeps up to four people. It cannot be booked online and only one-night stays are possible. Bring all your…
Southern Mozambique
This is the spot to go if you’re interested in chilling out, with Moorish-style stone houses with bathrooms, a few very basic grass huts, camping and a…
Maputo
Unexciting but clean and fair-value rooms in a three-story building in an unexciting but reasonably convenient location. There's also a restaurant.
Namibia
Bethanie Guesthouse, one of Namibia's oldest hotels and under newish management, inhabits a personality-steeped building with good facilities including…
Botswana
This is an excellent choice for budget travellers who want to stay in the city centre. Standard rooms are basic, but they’re elevated above the norm by…
Zambia
Open year-round, Nkondo offers a comfortable self-catering option with safari tents with attached bathroom. There's a common kitchen to cook up meals. It…
Stellenbosch
Although it's grown up in recent years, this is still Stellenbosch’s party hostel. It's split over two old houses – the second building is the quieter…
Northern Mozambique
Faced with a raft of newer, plusher competition, the Lurio struggles to impress, with bland rooms, an average restaurant and a slightly old-fashioned feel…
Southern Mozambique
This place has rather soulless, albeit spacious, rooms (no nets), most with the main window opening on to a hallway rather than to outside. It’s located…
Lesotho
Its plain motel-style rooms are enlivened by scattered paintings, but Blue Mountain really shines out the back where the bar-restaurant overlooks a garden…
Mozambique
This small, well-located guesthouse, just back from the beach and up from Clube Náutico, has a handful of comfortable, mostly spacious rooms, some with…
Knysna
Here you’ll find spacious, shaded camping and simple chalets with TVs. It’s a quiet place a little way out of town; follow the signs to the Heads. Prices…
Tsitsikamma Forest Village Trust
Eastern Cape
This place next to the bungee jump site has a variety of sleeping options, including a functional backpackers with a well-equipped kitchen, several fully…
Mozambique
This pleasant place in the town centre has clean, comfortable twin-bed rooms set in large, manicured grounds. All rooms have fridge, window screens and…
Northern Mozambique
Near the park, with several basic, dark rooms (most lacking exterior windows) in the main house and a common area with TV. If you want to stay with the…
Namibia
If you get stuck for the night, the well-established Mariental Hotel has basic carpeted rooms with modern amenities, if a rather drab colour scheme, as…
Mozambique
Ideal? This place might live up to its name if you're on a shoestring and are happy with a flat bed with few embellishments. There's a small attached…
Pemba
Your only overnight option in central Pemba won't win any hotel beauty pageants, though rooms are better than the dark reception area suggests. Bank on…
KwaZulu-Natal
This pleasant, leafy place has neat, if dated, double rooms, plus a self-catering unit. The rooms overlook a charming garden, and there’s a massive shared…
Northern Cape
The two- to four-bed self-catering chalets at the park entrance are surprisingly comfortable, with porches overlooking the river. And you'll be glad of…
Northern Mozambique
Karibuni is Ibo on a budget, with very basic rooms in local-style thatched huts and space in a small garden to pitch your tent. Meals can be prepared, but…
Mozambique
Bright paintings give a bit of ambience to this otherwise rather soulless hotel. Rooms – located around a central cement courtyard – are dark, with…
Witsand Nature Reserve Bungalows
Northern Cape
These two- and four-person bungalows are actually huts, with bedding provided, shared ablutions and field kitchen. They're located deep in the park, close…
Northern Cape
Situated on a leafy suburban street, there are simply decorated rooms here as well as spacious self-catering units (R850). It’s within walking distance of…
Sea Point to Hout Bay
As well as running hotels in both De Waterkant and Camps Bay, this property-management company also has some apartments and cottages to rent. Its main…
Kruger National Park
Located by Orpen Gate, this small camp is convenient for late arrivals. There’s no restaurant, but there is a small shop (with coffee bar), and all…
Eastern Cape
Andelomi offers no-frills accommodation, a restaurant and a pub in leafy grounds with views of Tsitsikamma's forested slopes. The rooms are nothing to…
Zambia
Set in an open area, the campsite at Kabwe features views over the floodplain where sitatunga wander by. It has flush toilets, outdoor hot showers and an…
Hermanus
When we last visited, these ocean-facing apartments had just been taken over by the Windsor Hotel and were about to receive a much-needed facelift.
Drakensberg Escarpment
Behind a souvenir shop, this unfussy budget option has eight simple self-catering cottages, each with a kitchen, lounge and braai (barbecue), spread…
Drakensberg Escarpment
The former Lone Creek River Lodge offers comfortable rooms in the main house as well as individual suites right by the river (R1000), self-catering log…
Northern Mozambique
If the Montebelo hotel's full (often the case), you can usually find digs next door in this plain but light-filed hotel with large rooms and its own…
Route 62
A genuine farmstay for backpackers – there’s a river, peacocks and pecan trees on this 500-sq-m property with simple self-catering cottages (from R480)…
Maputo
This peach-coloured establishment has a sleepy reception area and bland but mostly spacious rooms in a convenient central location.
