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Karma Backpackers, Kestell, South Africa

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About Karma Backpackers

Internet Access 24 hour reception

We are the backpacker hostel closest to the Sentinel car park and thus the ideal base from which to tackle the Amphitheatre day hike, one of the Drakensberg's most thrilling. From the Sentinel parking area the path takes you to the top of the mountain via the Chain Ladders, where you can enjoy the breath-taking view and also visit Mont-aux-Sources and the top of the Tugela Falls.

Just off the route to the Sentinel car park, turning to Witsieshoek Resort, you can alternatively access many of the attractions of the Kwazulu-Natal national park. In a different direction, Golden Gate national park is also within easy reach. A two-night stay is ideal to enjoy the attractions of both the Drakensberg and the Maluti Mountains.

We offer quiet, restful accommodation consisting of three double rooms, the third with an additional child's bed; a family room that sleeps four and lastly a dormitory that sleeps six on three bunk beds and is adjacent to its own ablution block.

We supply natural products such as home-made jams, marmalades and yoghurt as well as fresh produce from our own vegetable garden and orchard and the surrounding farmlands.

Internet access is free between 19:00 and 07:00 each night and through the weekend.

Facilities

  • Telephone/Fax Facilities
  • 24 hour reception
  • Free Carpark
  • Internet Access
  • Common Room
  • 24 Hour Check In
  • Bike Parking
  • Linen Included
  • Guest Kitchen
  • BBQ Area
  • Breakfast Not Included
  • Bicycle Hire

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Important Information

Conditions

Please contact us to confirm your arrival time, so we know when you are coming!
No smoking inside the premises, no eating or drinking in the rooms, no late partying.
No pets (our own dogs are very people-friendly, but we cannot protect other animals).

Location

Address
2 Piet Retief St Free State

Directions

Kestell is situated mid-way between Bethlehem and Harrismith, just off the N5. Karma Backpackers is most convenient for self-drive visitors.

There are two entrances, one from the N5 which leads directly to the very obvious church building: drive around the church and continue from behind it to the last house on the right. Coming from Phuthaditjhaba on the R57, take the Kestell turn off and continue along the road until the tarred pavement ends then turn left, Karma is some 200 m away, on the right as indicated by the sign at the junction.

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