Stormsrivier Hotels

Tsalanang Township Bed&Breakfast: A great stay in a small place

People told me I should at least sleep over in a township when travelling in South Africa. Visions of getting lost in Soweto or some other big townships (near Capetown for instance) kept bugging me. Until I found on the internet a township b&b in a small village, Stormsriver in the Tsitsikamma area.

It has been great, easy to find, pretty much at the entrance of the township, which is not big at all, only about 400 houses or so. Geraldine, the owner and host, her husband Mart, a Dutch guy, and her kids inhabit dthe bed&breakfast. It's not very big, rooms do have own toilet and shower, nice homemade furniture. I stayed for 2 nights, had dinner twice, the first night we had a braai (BBQ) and the second night they made "potjikos" (some african stew made on a open fire). The first morning after a delicious breakfast, Geraldine took us (some UK guys and me) on a walk through the township, very remarkable. We visited the local school, creche and some "wire artist", which produces all kinds of funny things with wire, for instance picture frames and toy cars for kids.

My conclusion: sleeping in a township is recommendable, you don't especially have to go to a big city, this one in Stormsriver was fine!

Great dinner and breakfast, rooms are doubles with own toilet and shower, homemade furniture, excellent host, off street parking, excellent township and streetlife views, township walk included, "braai" (BBQ) area, garden.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Related to: Budget Travel, Road Trip, Arts and Culture
• Written April 24, 2008

The b&b from outside

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