We love recommending Guest Houses and Boutique Hotels, we truly believe that staying in one of these establishments gives you a first class experience of genuine Cape Town hospitality.
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa defines a Boutique Hotels and Guest Houses follows “ A guest house is either a converted house, manor, adapted to accommodate overnight guests, or it may be a purpose built facility. A guest house is run as a commercial operation and is often owner managed. A guest house has public areas which are for the exclusive use of the guests”. In Cape Town there are any number of buildings that have been restored and converted into characterful accommodation options. The following is a selection of our favourite Guest Houses and Boutique Hotels in Cape Town :
Some of our the best places to stay in Cape Town are Guest Houses and Boutique Hotels. We believe that they provide you with a warm and welcoming Cape Town hospitality experience.
Cape Town has in recent years developed a strong design focus and places like
Kensington Place are no exception. Accredited by Tatler magazine as the Best Small City Hotel in the world they describe it as follows : "The coolest bolthole in the Cape... this place is a real find not because the setting is so great, in front of Table Mountain with views over town towards the Atlantic- but because of the techno injection... The bar is sexy as hell, and the hand picked furniture is fabulous. This is the perfect small city hotel."
Rhino Africa believe that other Guest Houses and Boutique Hotels in Cape Town with a strong emphasis on design include
O On Kloof,
Ezard House and
2 Inn 1 Kensington.
The benefits of this type of accommodation also includes having owners who are hands on. They have invested heavily in their hotels and therefore take absolute pride in providing you with a personalized and warm stay. From recommending great places to eat; suggesting where to go for sundowners, or booking day tours and car hire. Whilst we guarantee you won’t feel that they are living in your pockets, you will have a sense that you are being looked after by hosts that have an absolute passion for ensuring you have an enjoyable time in Cape Town.
At Rhino Africa we know many of the guest house and boutique hotel owners personally and we know for a fact that as a Rhino Africa Guest your booking is automatically given VIP status, this often includes, subject to availability, automatic upgrades and welcome gifts.
In Cape Town expensive does not necessarily mean good. Character and genuine hospitality, the extra qualities we search for, are found spaced evenly across the price spectrum. No property pays for inclusion on our website and we only include properties that we have personal inspected and personal approved. That said, we hope that you will find that listed here amongst our Favourite Guest Houses in Cape Town you will find some little gems that might not have the ‘ bling’ or ‘ marketing budgets’ of the larger hotels, but in that comes the charm and you’ll arrive as a guest and leave as a friend.
