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Kloof Corner Backpackers

Hostel · City Bowl / Gardens · Cape Town

8.1from 350 ratings

A Victorian house below the mountain with a braai deck staring straight up at Table Mountain and a whiteboard that organizes Lion's Head sunrise crews most mornings. Kloof Street's cafés start one block away. Dorms are snug and the old floorboards broadcast every late arrival, but the backup power during load-shedding — rare in this price bracket — earns real loyalty.

Why it earns the score

Backup power, mountain views and a built-in hiking crew for the price of two flat whites.

Will you sleep well?

The details that actually decide it — not the thread count in the brochure.

  • quiet garden-side dorms
  • decent foam mattresses
  • earplugs at reception

Amenities

Fast Wi-FiKitchenBarLaundryParkingWorkspace

Standard unit sleeps up to 1 guest.

The honest price

Nights
3 nights
Guests
1 guest
Base (3 × $21)
$63.00
Fees (mandatory)
$0.00
Taxes (15%)
$9.45
Total
$72.45

= $24/night all-in

Elsewhere this is advertised at $21 — it actually costs $24/night. We lead with the real number.

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