South Africa Accommodation

South Africa caters for a wide spectrum of travelers, businessmen, backpackers, photographers and adventure seekers. Accommodation ranges from five star hotels, bed and breakfasts, game lodges and reserves, guest houses and farm stays, youth hostels and country inns.

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South Africa Accommodation

 

Hotels

The top South African hotels compare very favorably with the best in the world. Many hotels also offer a great service to families traveling to or around South Africa. A hotel provides accommodation to the traveling public, has a reception area and offers at least a "breakfast room" or communal eating area. In general hotesl make food and beverage services available to a guest, though these may be outsourced or provided by the hotel itself.

 

Hotel Groups

Many of South Africa's better establishments are controlled by hotel chains. Most hotel chains offer packages, special out-of-season and family rates.

Lodges

A lodge is an accommodation facility located in natural surroundings. The rates charged are usually inclusive of an experience offered at the lodge, game drives, battlefield tours, etc. In general, food and beverage services are provided for all meals. The accommodation grading process will only grade the hospitality aspects of Lodge operations and not the experience. Game lodges are often located within private game reserves or provincial game or nature reserves. Game lodges are also located on private game farms. Game lodges vary from rustic accommodation, to luxury accommodation with excellent cuisine which caters for people wanting to enjoy the wilds in style. The personal attention devoted to each guest and the skill of the guides and trackers are what these lodges pride themselves on.

Resorts

Resorts offer the traveler a different Holiday Experiences including Golf, Family Holiday, Wildlife experiences or Casino facilities. Often they offer a combination of the above.


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