Reading some of the other reviews, I’m surprised by the negative comments as our experience was quite positive. Perhaps because of the excellent preceding email communication with the manager, Rene...

Excelent place to stay and affordable, very clean, and beautiful place, very very clean. Will definitely stay at Gansbaai Backpackers again. The staff was very helpful and friendly, Assisting us and...

I would strongly not recommend staying in Gansbaai Backpackers. We reserved 1 night trough hostelworld, as we did with every other hostel we stayed in. As we arrived to the place, the doors were...

This was an awesome place to stay with a cozy king size bed in the double suite. It's tucked away in a nice neighborhood super close to a great beach trail for morning runs. The rooms have speedy...

There is no reception per se you have to ring the Manager who might be around or not. Although clean, downstairs there is only 1 bathroom for 8 people to share. The kitchen was quite well equipped...

It was no surprise to us that the management is a little dodgy so we made a backup plan in case there was no one around. We didn't feel like waiting for hours after the long day we had. Fortunately...

Where do I start? The actual building is very nice however unless you feel like waiting perhaps 3-4 hours, perhaps even longer to check in - DON"T BOTHER! I have been backpacking around the globe for...

We stayed in the "on suite"at the back of the main back packers. It was comfortable but very basic. It could be very comfortable if the fan was replaced by a less noisy one as it is terrible hot in...