Mindelo
Set in a cheery yellow building on a hill above the ferry dock, Residencial Jenny is a friendly place with well-maintained modern rooms and helpful staff…
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Meknes
This homey, welcoming place gives budget travellers a slice of the good riad life, complete with a roof terrace and a small pool. There's a room…
Dadès Gorge
This 20-room guesthouse in Imilchil – a Middle Atlas town around a four-hour drive north from Boumalne Dades – has a fine location in the mountains. Rooms…
Cape Town
Rooms are modern, compact (no wardrobes but hangers and a rail for your clothes) and generally good value at this new business hotel that shares…
Windhoek
Daan Viljoen Lodge provides luxury accommodation within Daan Viljoen Game Park – a refreshing alternative for those who can't handle city life. Chalets…
Chobe National Park
High on a hill overlooking the Chobe River at the western end of the Chobe Riverfront, Muchenje has 11 spacious rooms decorated in an attractive colonial…
Kigali
Not far from the city centre, and down a quiet dusty lane (and a very steep hill!), this place, with its decent rooms and prim bathrooms, offers…
Sidi Bou Saïd
Guests who are lucky enough to score one of the elegant sea-facing rooms in this converted villa will be thrilled with their accommodation, but the dark…
Addis Ababa
Hidden in the maze of lanes to the east of the train station, this campground, the sole overlanders’ party in the city, is a cramped area occasionally…
Sierra Leone
A grand lobby, complete with chandeliers, enormous wooden sculptures and stuffed antelope heads leads the way to the most expensive rooms in town – all…
Northern Mozambique
At the far northern end of the beach, nZuwa offers a rustic, undone Mozambique beach paradise where comfort doesn't have to be compromised. It's all palm…
Madagascar
The sharp, angular lines jar against the more organic curves of the surrounding forest, but otherwise this place is making a splash with its colourful…
Mirleft
Looking like it popped out of a Cubist painting, pink-and-purple Abertih is equally colourful inside, where terraced courtyards bursting with succulents…
Zambia
Life indeed is more peaceful out west, where the tranquil Luwombwa Lodge is built directly overlooking its namesake river – which flows all the way into…
Western Desert
Ignore the creepy horror-movie corridor as you enter – El Forsan is the best budget deal in town. The place is well kept and even has duvets in the air…
Zambia
In the far northern part of the park, Sikale is the place to camp for those wanting to see wildebeest during the drier months. Lions also often head up…
Matobo National Park
Set around boulders and candelabra cacti, this national park's accommodation offers the best option for budget travellers. While a bit on the shabby side,…
Lesotho
On the edge of town near the Snake Park, Letloepe offers rustic self-catering rondavels (round huts with a conical roof) and bungalows with lovely…
Draa Valley
Run by a friendly French-Moroccan couple, Dar Jnane has three attractive rooms set amid peaceful tree-filled gardens roughly 1km (well-signed) off the…
Zambia
An attractive campsite by the Kasanka River, Pontoon is a good spot for sitatunga sightings and birdwatching, plus blue monkeys sometimes pass through. It…
The Wild Coast
This sprawling complex of attractive thatched white units, wavering somewhere between Cape Dutch and Cape Cod, contains stylishly appointed rooms, a…
Sunshine Coast
Dutch–South African couple Rob and Marianne are gracious hosts at this well-priced hilltop guesthouse with winning views. The three rooms are spick and…
Cabo Verde
This startlingly yellow, renovated colonial building dressed up in showy pink bougainvillea is a comfortable base. The rooms are simple but well-equipped,…
Réunion
This laid-back B&B is a good deal with cool rooms, small bathrooms, a few fancy touches and a small breakfast terrace. The swimming pool in the tropical…
Cape Town
Nomase's salmon-pink guesthouse offers four en-suite rooms in a useful location, a few minutes' walk east of the Langa Pass Museum and Guga S’Thebe Arts &…
Lesotho
This hillside guesthouse offers rondavels (round huts with a conical roof) with a view, a restaurant (breakfast/meals M65/90), cheeky garden gnomes, a…
Northern Cape
At the end of a long, hot day of Northern Cape driving, the garden rooms here are a nice, cool place to relax. There are braai facilities or the…
Lake Naivasha
This stunning property off the southernmost tip of Lake Oloiden has fine views and captures that old-style feel that so defined the Lake Naivasha region…
Mountain Zebra National Park Rest Camp
Eastern Cape
The park rest camp offers campsites (with power points and a communal kitchen) and comfortable and well-equipped cottages. The rest camp is 10km from the…
South Coast
This waterfront base for deep-sea fishing and diving with a saltwater pool and an average (though beautifully situated) restaurant is a tranquil spot. The…
Cape Town
Inside a grey-painted corner house is this cute B&B. The Canadian owner likes to play the grand piano and has two adorable dogs. There are just three cosy…
Mozambique
This recently renovated Portuguese-owned place has modern, dare we say funky rooms done out with sparkling tiles, although most only have interior windows…
Namibia
Excellent campsites just across the Kwando River from the Kwando Core Area of Bwabwata National Park. Sites have private shower and toilet, there's a…
Lalibela
An all-round good deal in the centre of town, this place has recently built an entirely new wing and the rooms are spick and span and really rather good…
Douz
The El Mouradi boasts an enormous, glitzy, domed lobby and a faux palace aesthetic. There’s a large outdoor pool traversed by a bridge, and an indoor pool…
Tozeur
A friendly and centrally located hotel accustomed to independent foreign travellers. The Warda has basic, clean rooms surrounding a small shady courtyard…
Southern Ethiopia
With some simple but cute bamboo tukuls, a mix of ordinary yet perfectly serviceable concrete rooms, friendly staff and an excellent attached restaurant …
Casablanca
Cheap and cheerful, the Guynemer has survived several renovations with many of its original 1930s features intact. Regular rooms are comfortable but…
Zambia
Opening its doors in late-2016, King Lewanika Lodge has six architecturally designed villas that all overlook the plains, which are rich with wildebeest…
Sunshine Coast
This two-storey brick home shelters five tidy, light-filled rooms and a neat four-bed dorm as well as excellent kitchen facilities, a bar and pool table…
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