Country Info
- Pretoria
- Capital
- Rand (ZAR)
- Currency
- 43,586,097
- Population
- ZA
- Country Code
South Africa Slideshow
Top Hotels in South Africa
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Graywood Hotel Knysna
22 reviews -
Garden Court Mthatha Umtata
4 reviews
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Westford Suites Hotel Sandton
37 reviews
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Hluhluwe Hotel And Safaris
27 reviews -
De Waterkant Village Cape Town
78 reviews -
Erinvale Estate Hotel Somerset West
33 reviews
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Belaire Suites Durban
47 reviews
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Far Hills Country Hotel George
35 reviews
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Raphael Penthouse Suites Sandton
3 reviews
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Blue Lagoon Hotel & Conference Center East London
7 reviews
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Hemingways Hotel - East London
11 reviews -
Courtyard Hotel Port Elizabeth
37 reviews
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Bakubung Bush Lodge Pilanesberg National Park
99 reviews
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Devon Valley Hotel Stellenbosch
119 reviews
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Simola Hotel & Spa Knysna
31 reviews
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The Cellars-Hohenort Constantia
58 reviews
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Protea Hotel Hatfield
9 reviews
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Courtyard Hotel Cape Town
14 reviews
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The Point Hotel Mossel Bay
41 reviews
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Shumba Valley Lodge Johannesburg
5 reviews
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Cape St Francis Resort and Liestyle Estate
4 reviews
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Emnotweni Sun Nelspruit
12 reviews
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Don Arcadia I Pretoria
1 review
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Don Sandton III
10 reviews
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Silonque Bush Estate Phalaborwa
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Don Rosebank
11 reviews
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Don Eastgate Johannesburg
6 reviews
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Don Arcadia II Pretoria
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Executive Hotel Midrand
5 reviews
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Bayshore Inn Meerensee
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The Marine Hermanus
138 reviews
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Protea Hotel Riempie Estate Oudtshoorn
17 reviews
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Lanzerac Manor and Winery Stellenbosch
89 reviews
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New Kings Hotel Cape Town
43 reviews
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Cozy Nest Guest House East London
1 review
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Protea Hotel Kimberley
6 reviews
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Singita Private Game Reserve Sabi Sands Game Reserve
75 reviews
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Zimbali Beach Estate Ballito
2 reviews
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Selborne Hotel, Spa & Golf Estate Pennington
9 reviews
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Protea Hotel Empangeni
3 reviews
South Africa
Travel Blogs from South Africa
Bunnies and Elephants
This is a top pick! ... . Yet another unique South African landscape. We had heard the Drakensberg Mountains were incredibly beautiful and are the highest mountains in South Africa, so we were expecting something sort of Alpine or Andean in nature. At first, we were a little ...
Culture shock
This is a top pick! ... station, it was just like been back in the USA. Hotdogs, hamburgers and meat pies were all on the menu. South Africa seems to have an enormous variety of Cadbury's chocolate. They have whole shelves devoted to Cadbury's with flavourings such as ...
Dumazulu village and misinformation
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos We decided to head out to Fanie's Island in St. Lucia to do a hike. Spotted a few nice looking crested guinea fowl on the way out of the driveway. These guys look like they have mohicans - very nice ...
In the Beginning...
This is a top pick! ... had that, some noodles and a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. It was perfect and the whole bill came to £17.53. What a welcome to South Africa. Unfortunately the sun welcomed us a bit too vigorously and Steve got that pink, sun burnt look of a Brit abroad down ...
Out of Africa...
This is a top pick! Arrived at the Backpacker's Ritz hotel late afternoon after another long drive in the truck from Bushman's campground in Kruger National Park where we had spent an enjoyable 2 nights. Had our last night dinner at Cat's Pygamas and had the most ...
on the move again
This is a top pick! ... as quick as possible. Home, I thought, I want to go back home. Funny how it feels like that, I'm visiting Botswana, but South Africa's home :) So I took the 12.25 hrs plane to Johannesburg, where I am now. It seemed only right to ...
Onto Table Mountain
This is a top pick! OK, so maybe we weren't right about having no sunburn issues. Last night in the shower I discovered a sunburn patch on my stomach with a striking similarity to a map of the UK and Ireland - I've taken photos. Lotte's also glowing too (though no cool ...
Western Cape Tour - Wine, Whales and Penguins
This is a top pick! So, picking up where we left off, we finished our five week road trip around South Africa and returned to Cape Town to rest, sort out a few things and visit a few museums. Suddenly six days had passed, and we decided to rent a car for another week to hit ...
Full day safari
This is a top pick! Jen showers first and I run out of water (both hot and cold) after about 15 seconds of icy cold water. This sucks on so many accounts but mostly because I'm not even close to clean to begin with and I wind up with soap in my hair! I try three ...
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mdumbi
This is a top pick! ... . There were no backpackers when I was there, though I was told the odd one found his way there. A jumble of mostly white South Africans seem to have settled down there, more or less permanently. Life seems to just drift on for them without much sense of ...
Cape Peninsula
This is a top pick! ... lighthouse does provide spectacular views of the nature reserve below. On to the Cape of Good Hope which IS the most south-westernly tip of Africa, the winds (gale-force) were incredible and I did nearly go flying along with one man's camera who had ...
kill the bastards
This is a top pick! ... to be past caring, but extremely frustrated, as you may have guessed. Mentally kicking and screaming. You come to Africa having heard horrendous stories of people bitten by scorpions, snakes, monkeys and god knows what, but ticks, has anyone ...
Life is warm and sunny in Africa!
This is a top pick! ... than a dollar!) whereas in China and Nepal wine was either nonexistent or very expensive for bad wine from Great Wall vineyards. South Africa has incredibly fantastic peanut butter here too, amazing. The traffic here is like home, which is to say, ...
Puppy Time
This is a top pick! ... had a sleepout on Tuesday on Sesame Street Kopjie (yes, there is a road called Sesame Street) and we heard him roaoring in the south end of the property so we know he’s alive (always good news) but we’re a little concerned about Skinny. ...
Shark diving on the 13th and Mama Africa's
This is a top pick! ... as I don't think one person was awake on the minibus back to Cape Town. That evening we headed to a tourist restaurant, Mama Africa, where they play traditional music. The service was horrendous and the food was OK. I got a mixed grill that consisted ...
Final days and farewells
This is a top pick! What a treat to be spending time with our American cousins again! Having enjoyed a fabulous few days together in Great Brak the week before, we met up with Shaun, Soly, aunt Sheila and kids at the Waterfront for lunch on Thursday. In the late ...
The Rain Gods and the Shower Gods in Cahoots
This is a top pick! Sightings: 8 Warthog (and 6 piglets), 2 kudu, 4 Red Hartebeest, a lizard, guinea fowl, monkey tracks, reedbuck tracks Everyone did come back wet the other day, it meant that I had to go down to the stream to get the pump too which I'm never doing by ...
Back to the Cape for a See You Later
This is a top pick! ... whether I saw baboons, zebras, penguins, rock dassies or ostrich the views were fantastic and the van full of fun folks. I hated to leave Africa, but was excited to head to Australia.....can't wait to come back to explore more of this amazing continent. ...
Woofing in Africa
This is a top pick! ... . We had been in contact with TerraPi and arranged to spend the next two weeks of our time in South Africa as willing volunteers on the 10,000 hectares of land known as TerraPi. What the farm is trying to ...
"Keep Left, Pass Right" - Driving The Garden Route
This is a top pick! We heard that the best way to see the Garden Route was to do it by car -- it would allow us to do a bit more exploring on our own, and also not be stuck to the rigid bus schedules. So after a 4 hour shuttle ride from Nelspruit to Johannesburg and ...
something about east london
This is a top pick! ... of a town, kind of big, plenty of little and larger shops, restaurants, though mostly fast food, schools, offices - just an ordinary South African town, nothing special. There's the beach, of course, nice enough, but I've seen better. ...
The Garden Route
This is a top pick! Once again waking up to see what our surroundings looked like the next morning, we were impressed with the beauty of the lagoon. Point Lodge's breakfast left something to be desired but we had our fill and said morning to Chico who took us to ...
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Shocking Experience
This is a top pick! Lots more driving through mountain scenery till we got to Montagu. Montagu according to our guide book is supposed to be the "ultimate Breede Valley destination". Our hostel looked more like a B&B and was plain and clean. Little ...
Christmas on the Cape
This is a top pick! ... officials served time there in their younger years since they were members of banned organizations. On the topic of South Africa's apartheid past, something disconcerting that any person visiting this country will notice after a bit of time here is ...