Sea Point to Hout Bay
Offering clean, contemporary design, POD is perfectly angled to catch the Camps Bay action from its bar and spacious pool and deck area. The cheapest…
Must-see hotels in South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini (Swaziland)
KwaZulu-Natal
Inside the Ondini complex are these traditional beehive huts in pleasant surrounds, near marula trees. Rates include entry to the Ondini cultural site…
Winelands
This old house has comfortable, well-appointed rooms, some with balconies. The larger garden rooms are quieter, being off the main road. It's very…
Lesotho
The pleasant interiors at Mohale Lodge make up for its distant dam view. The comfortable rooms are replete with modern furnishings and trimmed with Afro…
Sunshine Coast
These four self-catering apartments, ideally located directly across the street from Kelly’s Beach, are one of the best values in town, though some might…
Eastern Cape
The best hotel in the area, the Ripple Hill harbours 14 entirely renovated rooms with wooden floors and sparkling bathrooms. The attached restaurant …
Northern Cape
Jurg and Rita run several cottages around town as well as a caravan park where nightly stargazing evenings take place. The cute ‘honeymoon suite’ in a…
Western Cape
A laid-back place in Struisbaai, with a cheery pool and bar area. Breakfast and dinner are available, or you can make use of the shared kitchen. It's in a…
Western Cape
This efficient and friendly place close to the harbour offers homely budget accommodation, including small garden studios with TV and basic kitchen…
Lesotho
Mmelesi Lodge has sandstone, thatched-roof mokhoro (traditional Basotho huts), reached along flower-lined paths. The bar often fills with government…
Eastern Cape
Run by affable owners, this place offers three amply-sized, well-thought-out cottages with separate bedrooms, immaculate en suites and well-equipped…
Northern Cape
These stilted cabins perch in a very remote section of the park, with excellent sunset vistas across a pan. Access is via a rough, one-way, 4WD-only route…
Eastern Cape
Relaxed, simple and beautiful seem to be the rule here. All rooms have a pleasing rustic touch. But it's the garden that steals the laurels, with its…
Garden Route
There are wonderful sea views from this campsite and caravan park. It's worth paying a little extra for a site on the Western Terrace (per site from R415)…
KwaZulu-Natal
A no-nonsense, friendly place with beautiful spaces, set around a beautiful garden. There’s a range of rooms, from doubles inside the main house to…
Limpopo
On the town's northern fringe, this three-star hotel has 129 modern rooms and an excellent poolside restaurant. It lacks the personal charm of other…
Eastern Cape
This restored historic farmhouse, built in 1837 and hidden in a secluded valley near a dam, can sleep six people in two doubles and two singles. It has…
Northern Cape
Nestled amid red sand dunes at a remote spot in the far north of the park, Grootkolk’s desert cabins are made from sandbags and canvas. As if the stars…
Pretoria
A true find for peace-seekers, this well-run establishment shelters 13 pleasantly decorated rooms of varying sizes and shapes, including three self…
KwaZulu-Natal
This deceptively named place near the village of Balgowan, south of Mooi River, is not one abode but more a resort-style range of neat, thatched,…
Browns @ 137 High Street Guesthouse
Sunshine Coast
This welcoming abode with a central location has seven cramped but comfortable rooms in a 200-year-old house built by Piet Retief, with thick walls and…
Umlalazi Nature Reserve Chalets & Campground
KwaZulu-Natal
Two well-organised camping areas (Inkwazi and Indaba) are set in gorgeous forest, close to the beach. The log cabins are spacious, have great decks and…
Eastern Cape
This stylish guesthouse has an arty feel, with ceramics on the walls, colourful cushions on the beds and turquoise garden furniture. Rooms upstairs have…
KwaZulu-Natal
Five rooms (as well as a self-catering cottage) in a pleasant, neat-as-a-pin, slightly dated house nestled in the hills above Ballito. Richard, the owner,…
Limpopo
The park has 36 tent sites at Bontle and 10 safari tents with private bathroom and well-equipped kitchens. It's the busiest of the places to stay in the…
Limpopo
An option to file under ‘motel-style’, Cycad makes the most of its brutal brick shell with modern, glossy rooms and slick service. It has an all-weather…
Modjadji African Ivory Route Camp
Limpopo
This camp is 5km into the Modjadji Nature Reserve and is accessible by car if it hasn’t rained recently. Part of a community-run network, the camp offers…
Limpopo
The nine community-run camps of African Ivory Route offers accommodation in rondavels or safari tents. Meals, tribal dances and activities are on offer;…
Eastern Cape
Delightful guesthouse Comfrey Cottage has three upmarket cottages with alpacas grazing the lawns of its beautiful park-like garden. Geological and…
Northern Cape
The ornate bedrooms are cutesy in places, but the Afro-themed rooms are fun; you can also request the honeymoon suite at no extra cost. Afternoon tea and…
Winelands
On a peaceful wine farm just 3km north of central Paarl, Under Oaks has spacious rooms decked out in muted shades. There's wine tasting on the premises as…
Cape Town
The lovely Colette runs this women-friendly B&B in her spacious and pretty Pinelands home, which she shares with pet ducks in the garden. The four en…
Winelands
More a budget guesthouse than a backpackers, accommodation here is set around a lovely, rambling garden. The brightly decorated rooms all have their own…
Limpopo
Three kilometres south of Mookgophong off Rte 101, this camp has gorgeous open-plan chalets and East African tents in a reserve that hosts a conservation…
Cape Town
This company have a good range of nicely furnished one, two and three bed apartments in the Gardens area, with several on Nicols St. Even though they are…
Western Cape
A long-standing guest farm with pleasant rooms and self-catering chalets set on a vast farm featuring hiking trails, wildlife and olive trees. It's 20km…
Gauteng
Inside the Maropeng complex, this low-slung pad offers 24 rooms that are pleasantly decorated with African crafts and earthy colours, and blessed with…
Limpopo
Among the jacaranda trees on the northern edge of town, the Flamboyant has flowery patios aplenty, decor that may take you back a few years and a…
Winelands
In a peaceful side street not far from Main St, Cape Valley has four individually decorated rooms and a delightful garden – a great spot to open that…
Stellenbosch
This appealing, old-style hotel dates back to 1802, though it has had a dramatic facelift. Deluxe rooms are furnished with antiques and brass beds, while…
