Backpackers Paradise, Oudtshoorn

A long-running hostel in a converted old house on Baron van Reede Street, on the Cango Caves side of Oudtshoorn. It has dorms and private rooms, a garden with a small pool, a bar and regular braais. Ostrich egg for breakfast is a house speciality, as Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of South Africa.

The hostel books trips to the Cango Caves (about 30 km north), the ostrich farms and the Swartberg Pass, one of the most spectacular mountain roads in the country. The town centre is within walking distance.