Winner of South Africa's highest hospitality award, The Welcome Award, The Backpack and African Travel Centre is one of Cape Town's most popular youth hostels. Offering private rooms and dormitories, it has a selection of bed sizes including twin, double and four-bed shared rooms with private bathrooms. All rooms offer linens with the price of booking, as well as in-room safes and Fair Trade decor. Rooms are housed in four Victorian-era houses with a modern travel center located centrally between the lodging. Facilities include laundry area, self-catering kitchen, community shop featuring locally made crafts, Internet cafe and technology lounge, swimming pool, a travel center with safari and transportation booking and a cafe with a view of Table Mountain, Cape Town's most prominent landmark. Online booking is available and non-smoking rooms are available.
The Backpack and African Travel Centre
74 New Church Street
Cape Town 8001
South Africa
011-27-21-423-5555
backpackers.co.za
The Happy Hippo International Backpackers Lodge is owned and operated by Micky and Michelle Brooks, the founders of the Hippo Hide Lodge, one of the oldest and most well-known hostels in South Africa. Located a short walk from one of Durban's best surfing beaches, the hostel offers a full-service travel desk, wireless Internet cafe and a rooftop recreation and party area. Accommodations at the hostel feature a variety of bed sizes and arrangements, including private rooms with single, double and triple beds, as well as dormitory-style lodging. Rooms with private bathroom facilities are available. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available.
Happy Hippo International Backpackers Lodge
222 Mahatma Ghandi Road
Durban Central 4001
South Africa
011-27-31-368-7181
happy-hippo.info
The oldest backpacker hostel in Johannesburg, The Backpackers Ritz is housed in a mansion on private grounds near the center of the city. Amenities include a self-catering kitchen, drink and cigarette machines, game room, mail holding, personal safes, a bar and a cafe with wireless Internet service. Accommodations at the Backpackers Ritz include private and shared room, as well as women's and mixed dormitories. Bedrooms with private bathrooms are also available. Airport shuttles and other transportation arrangements are offered through the hostel, as well as excursion booking.
The Backpackers Ritz of Johannesburg
1A North Road
Dunkeld West
Johannesburg 2196
South Africa
011-27-11-325-7125-2520
backpackers-ritz.co.za
