Mpumalanga
This place is a standout, with great thatch and brick rooms featuring quality furniture, honesty bars, wildlife artworks and vintage African tourism…
Must-see hotels in Africa
Taghazout
The spacious rooms at this stylish spot are creatively designed with driftwood, which shows up in the most surprising places, such as the floor-to-ceiling…
Kruger National Park
Kruger's most popular rest camp is set on a gorgeous bend of the Sabie River that attracts elephants, hippos, buffaloes and other animals. LST2U-class…
Nosy Be
This ecolodge was built by the owners of Sakalav' Diving and is just 700m from the dive school, in a lush landscape on a hill over the sea. Plain but…
Campement Touristique de la Forêt du Day
Djibouti
If you like peace, quiet and sigh-inducing views, you’ll have few quibbles with this atmospheric campement in the village of Day, at an altitude of 1500m,…
Zagora
The peacocks stalking around the gorgeous garden may be aloof, but otherwise the welcome here is warm. Sky-lit upstairs rooms have simple pine furnishings…
Madagascar
This eclectic melange of guesthouse, bar and restaurant, awash in loud art, inspires a hostel-like conviviality among the staff, backpackers, guides and…
Réunion
This excellent budget option – by far our favourite gîte in town – is owner-run and it shows. It occupies an agreeable Creole house that was skilfully…
eSwatini (Swaziland)
With its wonderfully relaxing atmosphere and bucolic setting, this little cracker located 4.5km northeast of Mbabane is sure to win your heart. It offers…
Eastern Cape
If you’d rather be out of town under the soaring skies of the Karoo, this 18th-century farmstead 7km east of Nieu Bethesda is an excellent option. The…
Lamu Island
Hands down the best place in town for budget travellers, this friendly guesthouse is owned by German world traveller Arnold, a treasure trove of all…
Lesotho
At this sterling stone-and-thatch house perched high above the village, guests can choose between cosy rooms in the main building and cottages below…
Dahab
This intimate, Italian-owned hotel oozes chic, easygoing beach style. The colourful cabana-type rooms host big beds, painted wood panels and cheerful…
Rwanda
In search of an escape? This lovely venture perched on a hillside sloping down to the lake (there's a pontoon for swimming) offers guests the chance to…
Draa Valley
Live like a kasbah dweller has for centuries. Seven rammed-earth rooms ring a central sky-high courtyard, with smooth tadelakt (waterproof plaster) walls…
Réunion
If you’re after hush and seclusion, these four stand-alone Creole-style bungalows scattered in an Eden-like garden are the answer. They're spacious and…
South Coast
Whitesands is beautiful: a seafront Swahili castle of airy corridors, marble accents and wooden detailing uplifted by every flash, modern amenity you can…
Serena Beach Hotel & Spa Kenya
South Coast
This lovely, polished resort is extensive and is styled on a traditional Swahili village – the pathways around the tree-filled complex even have street…
South Coast
These beautiful self-catering apartments are brought to you by the owners of the excellent Tamarind restaurant (right next door) and Nairobi's Carnivore…
Sunshine Coast
Directly across from the golf club and within walking distance of the beach, the creatively designed Royal St Andrew is Port Alfred's most prestigious…
Sunshine Coast
For panache and design flair, Elephant House is a great place to indulge. The main thatched-roof building shelters six cosy rooms filled with rugs and…
Kenya
We challenge you to find a lovelier backpackers' spot on Kenya's north coast! A converted luxury resort, the Merry Crab retains the rain-head showers and…
Kigali
This excellent, central midrange place appears sometimes to spill over into top end with its lavish buffet breakfast served in the gorgeous open-sided…
Rwanda
A mere stone's throw away from the beach, Gisenyi's backpacker mecca is a relaxed and relatively orderly budget choice, with a full complement of…
Western Madagascar
Easily the best place to stay in Miandrivazo, Princesse Tsiribihina is run by one of the better river-trip operators. Rooms are attractively painted,…
Todra Gorge
Located 17km past the gorge in the village of Tamtetoucht, Auberge Amazigh has just four cosy rooms, each with traditional pisé (rammed-earth walls)…
Malawi
Run by Italian couple and serial overlanders Luca and Cecilia, Macondo has cute rooms in the main house, tented chalets with wooden decks overlooking the…
Oualidia
This charming B&B sits behind a rather unprepossessing entrance off the main street. Five clean and lovingly decorated rooms are surrounded by a gorgeous…
Réunion
The latest addition to St-Gilles' accomodation scene, Le Grand Bleu brings a dash of modernity with 20 rooms done out in blue and white and sparkling…
Constantine
Dating from 1935 and still retaining much of its period charm, this immaculately presented, family-run hotel has ornate gold-and-white carved plaster…
Burkina Faso
This lovely guesthouse, with its impeccable Kassena-style huts and beautiful garden, is the best place to stay in the area, and one of Burkina's most…
Kigali
This well-maintained backpackers' hostel set in verdant grounds offers a very sociable atmosphere, plenty of tours and excursions, and good-value meals…
Luxor
The east bank's best-run budget digs, the Bob Marley Peace Hotel (also known as the Boomerang) offers great facilities on a backpacker budget. Rooms and…
Mpumalanga
In a wonderful tropical garden that will make your heart sing (no, really!) are eight excellent rondavels (round huts with conical roofs), with outside…
Dadès Valley
This striking clifftop perch is a maze of terraces and salons, with nine simple rooms, most of which are en suite, three with air-con. There's music after…
Brazzaville
Congo's number one travellers' meeting point has clean and comfortable rooms (though try to avoid the smaller, noisier road-facing rooms). Overlanders are…
Benin
A lovely place in a beautiful setting on a small hill (views!), Pendjari Lodge mixes old-style safari ambience with nouveau bush chic. It sports a handful…
Lamu Island
With 10 spacious, palatially decorated rooms scattered across three traditional Swahili houses and overlooking the beach, this tranquil spot sits in the…
Guinea-Bissau
Gilles' fishing lodge hits the right ratio of charm to luxury, with comfortable rooms, pretty landscaped grounds, a freshwater swimming pool and excellent…
Réunion
This well-run four-star abode in a restored Creole home offers a smooth stay, with 22 rooms that are imaginatively decked out in local style; those…
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