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Africa, is a land of contrasts and variety, making it one
of the most unusual and awe inspiring countries to visit.
Just like the land and its people it too offers an extremely
varied range of accommodation options, catering for
a diverse
spectrum
of travelers, and everyone from
businessmen, backpackers, families, adventure-chasers and
luxury-seekers, will find a place to suit their lifestyle.
Accommodation ranges from some of the finest world renowned
five star hotels in South Africa's metropolitan areas to
bed and breakfasts in the heartland of rural South Africa.
Luxury game lodges
and
reserves
abound throughout the land, accommodating the adventure
seeker looking to take in the wild and rustic beauty of
the African savannah. Guest houses like bed and breakfasts
offer travellers that home from home hospitality, where
guests share the warmth and friendliness of their South
African hosts. Farm stays, self-catering
facilities, youth
hostels
and
country
inns, as well as many other accommodation categories make
up the myriad of choices available to the weary traveller.
South Africa accommodating you and your loved ones. Travel
and Stay in South Africa provides a searchable
database of all these accommodation
categories,
by province, town, rate, star grading as well as by a map
of South Africa.
Below we'll outline some of the various accommodation
categories available to you the traveller.
BACKPACKERS
Backpackers hostels are clean, well run and generally
fun. Surprisingly, they offer an incredibly high level
of service. Sure, you sleep in a dorm, share a shower
and probably cook your own food, but you can rent a car,
book flights, buses or trains, and organise anything
from a morning tour to a three-week expedition without
moving too far from the bar fridge. As tourism has mushroomed
in South Africa, so many hostels have sprung up that
you can travel the
whole
length
and breadth of the country staying only
in backpackers inns and hostels. And the best way to
travel between them is on a specialised bus (such as
the Baz
Bus) , which
provides a hop-on, hop-off, door to door service between
hostels. This truly remains a very popular and affordable
means of travelling and exploring South Africa, particularly
if you're young and on a tight budget. It's also an excellent
way of meeting other like minded people from arounf the
globe.
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BED AND BREAKFASTS
There are a large number of private homes throughout
South Africa offering cheap, comfortable and convenient
lodging in all the
major
tourism centres, and surprisingly even off the beaten
track you're bound to come across a bed and breakfast
offering you the same level of service and hospitality
as their more frequented counterparts. For traveller's
wanting to meet and spend time with
local people,
this is
by far the best way to do so, with your hosts literally
sharing their homes with you, therefore providing a
keener sense of welcome than would a huge multistoreyed
luxurious hotel – nothing
like a home cooked meal and a friendly warm smile to
greet
you after a
long day’s worth of sightseeing…
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and Breakfast accommodation in South Africa...
CAMPING/CARAVANS
For those opting for a self-drive tour, caravan parks
and camping grounds provide a convenient and inexpensive
accommodation option. There is a large and well-established
network of camping sites throughout South Africa, and
cars, caravans, campers and tents may be hired in all
the major centres.
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Caravan
Parks in South Africa...
GUEST HOUSES
A guest house is either a converted house or manor adapted
to accommodate overnight guests or it may be a purpose
built facility. These establishments are usually run
as commercial operations and are often owner-managed.
Guest houses have areas which are for the exclusive
use of the guest with the owner/manager either living
off-site, or in a separate area of the property. This
type of accommodation remains, like its bed and Breakfast
counterpart, a very popular choice for both local and
international tourists and visitors.
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House accommodation in South Africa...
HOTELS
Hotels in South Africa range from the smaller Inn type
hotels in your rural parts of the country to the
top South African hotels which compare very favourably
with the
best
in the
world.
Many hotels
also offer
a great service to families travelling to and in South
Africa. Many of the major world hotel chains have hotels
here (for example the Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Inter
Continental, Radisson, Relais and Holiday Inn), and
several hotels belong to the “Leading Hotels
of the World” and “Charming Hotels” groups.
These top hotels have hosted Presidential dignatries
as well as international superstars from around the world.
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LODGES
A lodge is an accommodation facility located in natural
surroundings with rates usually charged inclusive of
an experience offered at the lodge, viz game drives,
battlefield tours, etc. In general, all meals are provided.
Game lodges are located within private game reserves,
provincial reserves or private game farms. Game lodges
vary from rustic to luxury accommodation with excellent
cuisine catering for those who wish to enjoy the wilds
in style. Such lodges pride themselves on the personal
attention devoted to each guest and the skill of the
guides and trackers.
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SPAS
Spas are often positioned in very picturesque surrounds,
offering secluded breaks for those who wish to revitalize
body and mind. Along with full service accommodation,
spas offer a range of health and beauty therapies and
treatments provided by on site specialists.
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SELF-CATERING
A house, cottage, chalet, bungalow, flat, studio, apartment,
villa, houseboat, tent or other accommodation where
facilities and equipment are provided for guests to
cater for themselves make up the self-catering category.
There is an abundance of such establishments
countrywide, with self-catering units being very popular
along the
KwaZulu-Natal
and Cape coasts, as well as in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo
provinces. These units are also very popular in the
Drakensberg mountain range.
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These accommodation category types make up the staple
of South Africa's extensive and varied forms of accommodation
it as a country has to offer the local and international
tourist.
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