South Africa Backpacking
South Africa Backpacking and Budget Travel
South Africa is a favourite destination for backpackers from around the globe. This exciting country offers a wide range of attractions and adventures for the traveller, as well as an established network of backpackers lodges and hostels, budget tours and transport options for the backpacker or budget traveller.
Backpackers hostels and lodges are clean, well run and generally fun and often offer single and double rooms, as well as the traditional dormitory, with shared bathrooms. All of the backpackers lodges which appear on SA-Venues.com are registered, accredited establishments.
Over the last few years, so many hostels have opened that you can travel the length and breadth of the country staying only in backpackers hostels. The best way to travel between them is on a special bus, the Baz Bus, which provides a hop-on, hop-off, door to door service between hostels.
Search our directory of South Africa Tours for package tours and day trips by category. Adventure tours, budget tours, camping tours, hiking tours, self drive tours and student tours are categories recommended for the backpacker and/or budget traveller.
Popular backpackers lodgings
Sani Lodge Backpackers
The Lodge provides a wide range of clean, comfortable budget accommodation as well as 3 charming, self catering cottages, deep in the majestic So...
Isinkwe Backpackers Bushcamp
Isinkwe Bushcamp Backpackers, home to the bushbaby, offers budget accommodation. This s a rustic bush lodge based 15km South of Hluhluwe and only...
Amakaya Backpackers
Amakaya Backpackers hostel and self-catering accommodation is 300m from the shops, restaurants and pubs of Main Street, Plettenberg Bay and 800m ...
Fairy Knowe Backpackers
Fairy Knowe Backpackers offers a variety of accommodation in Wilderness. Choose from double en-suite rooms, twin rooms, family en-suite rooms, fa...
Barrydale Backpackers
Barrydale Backpackers offers quality and affordable accommodation and is an ideal stop for guests looking to explore Route 62. The establishment ...
Freedom O Clock Backpackers
Freedom O Clock Backpackers Retreat is a small, rustic and eco-minded family run spot offering double rooms, family rooms, rondavels and camping ...
View Backpackers Lodges by Province
Western Cape
Pictured: Hout Bay Backpackers in Hout Bay, Cape Town
Backpackers are well catered for in the vibrant 'Mother City', home to Table Mountain and a must for any traveller, with many hostels and backpackers lodges not just in the Cape Peninsula, but also in the surrounding regions of the Wineland...
Garden Route
Pictured: Nothando Backpackers Hostel in Plettenberg Bay
The Garden Route is very popular with backpackers and student travellers due to its extraordinary array of outdoor activities, including the 216m Bloukrans Bungee Jump. Backpackers lodges and hostels have sprung up in the coastal towns of ...
Eastern Cape
Pictured: Tube n Axe in Tsitsikamma
Port Elizabeth, South Africa's 'Friendly City', beckons backpackers with the promise of year-round holiday fun (it boasts more sunshine than any other coastal town in the country) and the Eastern Cape coastline is ideal for watersports from...
KwaZulu Natal
Pictured: Monzi Safaris Backpackers in St Lucia
Throughout the year, holiday-makers flock to their favourite KwaZula Natal coastal haunts to cultivate a tan, ride the waves, eat, drink and generally have fun. Further north, KwaZulu Natal's game rich Zululand and Elephant Coast provide an...
Gauteng
Pictured: The Pretoria Backpackers in Pretoria
Gauteng is the entertainment epicentre of South Africa and home to O.R. Tambo International Airport, the primary airport for international travel to or from South Africa, which makes Johannesburg the ideal starting point for backpackers tra...
Mpumalanga
Pictured: Sabie Gypsy's Backpackers in Sabie
Mpumalanga, known as "Paradise Country" and home to the world renowned Kruger National Park, is a must-see for backpackers. Hostels and backpackers lodges abound in the quaint towns of the Panorama Route, with its scenic attractions - God's...
Limpopo
Pictured: Elephant Walk in Phalaborwa
The Limpopo Province appeals to the adventurer (it is a land of legends, myths and ancient civilizations) and nature lover (it has an abundance of wildlife). It is also the gateway to the neighbouring countries of Mozambique, Botswana and ...
North West Province
Pictured: Pilanesberg Tented Safari Camp in Pilanesberg
The Hartbeespoort Dam and the Sun City Resort are favourite weekend destinations for Johannesburg residents and also summon backpackers from around the world. Travellers are also drawn to the North West Province for its wildlife and cultura...
Free State
Pictured: Mosamane Guest Farm in Rosendal
Any traveller who heard Nelson Mandela's famous words "The Free State landscape gladdens my heart", will surely want to include this rural province in their itinerary. Wide horizons, blue skies, mountains and golden farmlands are the backdr...
Northern Cape
Pictured: Orange River Rafting Lodge in Vioolsdrift
The contrasting landscapes of the Northern Cape draw adventurers from around the globe. From trips on the Orange River to 4x4 trails in the dunes, backpackers are sure to find an activity to suit their interests and a hostel or camping site...
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Hiking in South Africa
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Camping in South Africa
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