Best hostels in Africa
Fun/social-ranked hostels across Africa, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.
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Marrakech — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listTaghazout — moderate recent hostel demandFez — moderate recent hostel demandTangier — moderate recent hostel demandEssaouira — moderate recent hostel demandTamraght — moderate recent hostel demandAgadir — moderate recent hostel demandCape Town — low recent hostel demandChefchaouen — low recent hostel demandImsouane — low recent hostel demandRabat — low recent hostel demandZanzibar — low recent hostel demand
Through the filter
We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.
No bed bug reports found in AfricaTop hostel cities in Africa
Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.
Marrakech
Morocco
Cape Town
South Africa
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Khaya Kite & Yoga
Amazing
127 reviews
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Surfhostel Cape Town
Amazing
119 reviews
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Villa Viva Cape Town
Good
2416 reviews
Zanzibar
Tanzania
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Jambiani Backpackers Hostel
Goated
336 reviews
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Your Zanzibar Place
Good
577 reviews
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New Teddy's on the Beach
Good
948 reviews
Top hostels overall in Africa
Somerset West
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South Africa
Best in Somerset West
Winelands Villa Guesthouse and Cottages
Punk Score
54%
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