Hotel

Hotels in southern Africa share many of the characteristics of hotels in North America and Europe, with two notable distinctions - most of the best hotels in southern Africa are small, with fewer than 100 rooms, and they are independently owned as opposed to being chain hotels. In this respect they take their cue from the very private and exclusive nature of southern Africa's safari camps and lodges, and are (in most cases), best classified as "boutique" hotels.

Below is a list of what we consider to be some of the best hotels in southern Africa.

• Babylonstoren Farm Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Cape Grace Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Cape Heritage Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Delaire Graff Lodge and Spa   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Fairlawns Boutique Hotel and Spa   (Jo'Burg / Pretoria, South Africa)
• Hansa Hotel   (Swakopmund, Namibia)
• Hotel Heinitzburg   (Windhoek, Namibia)
• Kensington Place   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Mount Nelson Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• The Bay Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• The One and Only Cape Town   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• The Royal Livingstone Hotel   (Victoria Falls, Zambia)
• The Saxon Boutique Hotel   (Jo'Burg / Pretoria, South Africa)
• The Silo Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• The Victoria Falls Hotel   (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
• Victoria and Alfred Hotel   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)
• Winchester Mansions   (Cape Town / Winelands, South Africa)