Big Blue Backpackers in Capetown, South Africa

Good location, and a nice bar but the staff should concentrate more on taking care of the guests than getting drunk every night! But a fun place and it's very good that you can book tours at the hostel. Elin, from Sweden ~ 5th Mar 2009

I spent three weeks in this hostel as an independent woman traveler. The hostel is at 25 min. walking distance from Long Street, and therefore is a relaxed place. There is a very relaxed atmosphere and if the idea is to go to sleep at the time you planned to go to sleep, this is the perfect place. Of course you have also the chance to stay awake longer in the hostel bar. Being away from Long Street makes the hostel a bit "unsafe", especially the street Vesperdene is quite dark at night. But a Griselda, from Italy ~ 14th Jan 2009

The hostel is ok, we had an onsuit double with a bath tub and a nice bed. One of the two guys running the place was not very pleasant, he sat in the bar all day long and was very unfriendly, barely answering questions or helping out. Hanne Gro, from Norway ~ 31st Dec 2008

The location was excellent. You can walk to the waterfront, de waterkant, downtown, seapoint easily. It's right off main road so you can easily get a mini bus to take you to camps bay or Clifton for the beach. And there is an amazing restaurant called Mano's 3 sec away. The only thing I didn't like was if you left the water running in the sink for an extended period of time it started to smell like sewer. But I drank some if the water and I wasn't sick some I'm sure it's fine. The free internet Erica, from USA ~ 20th Dec 2008