2019 KAYAK Travel Awards

Best hotels

Discover the world's top-rated hotels in 2019

Not sure which hotel to stay at on your next trip? The next time you visit a hotel's website, check to see if it has earned KAYAK's coveted Best Hotels badge. Here are the year's best hotels, according to reviews from real travellers.

USA & Canada

Best hostels

Here are the top hostels in Middle East & Africa.

The Big - Luxury Backpackers

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

93.8%

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91 Loop

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

90.8%

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Never at Home Green Point

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

87.6%

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A Sunflower Stop Backpackers

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

86.9%

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Monzi Safaris Backpackers

Saint Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

85.4%

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Villa Viva Hostel

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

83.9%

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Once in Joburg

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

83.7%

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Curiocity Backpackers Johannesburg

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

83.3%

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The Big - Luxury Backpackers - No. 1 - South Africa

Based on the number and quality of hotel reviews and ratings from 2018, The Big - Luxury Backpackers was identified as having routinely provided a superior experience to travellers in South Africa.

Overall guest rating

9.1 Excellent

Based on 560 reviews

Cleanliness

94%

Comfort

93%

Location

93%

Services

91%

Staff

96%

Value for money

90%

About KAYAK's Best Hotels

KAYAK's hotel ratings process was introduced to provide hotel customers who use KAYAK with a platform to share their experience staying at different properties. A property must have a minimum Overall Rating of 8.0 and a minimum of 50 reviews published within the last year to qualify for consideration for KAYAK's Best Hotels. The current list of Best Hotels is based on ratings from travellers in 2018.