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Fam­ily Room 4 Bed Ensuite

Family 4bed ensuite loft room The Backpack Cape Town

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Fam­ily Room 3 Bed Ensuite

Loft room with a view! Perfect for 3 peo­ple or a fam­ily, this ensuite room has a dou­ble bed and 2 sin­gle beds. Exquis­ite views of Table Mountain.

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Dor­mi­tory Lux­ury 4 Bed Shared

The best way to meet peo­ple and have your com­forts. Spa­cious room with 4 sin­gle beds, with linen and pri­vate safe included. To book the whole room, be sure to ask for the Fam­ily Room.

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Twin Room

Eth­ni­cally dec­o­rated twin-​bedded rooms with linen and pri­vate safes included. En-​suite or shared facil­i­ties available.

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Dou­ble Bed with Pri­vate Bathroom

Loft room with a view! Per­fect for 3 peo­ple or a fam­ily, this ensuite room has a dou­ble bed and 2 sin­gle beds. Exquis­ite views of Table Mountain.

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Sin­gle Room

Enjoy the lux­ury of your own room, with all the com­forts you need; and if you can afford the extra, go for the en-​suite option!

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Dor­mi­tory 8 Bed Shared

Spa­cious, clean and com­fort­able; a great way to meet other trav­ellers! These dorms sleep 8 peo­ple. Bed­ding is sup­plied, please bring your own towel.

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Girls Only Lux­ury Dormitory

Safe, serene and spe­cial, with all the extras that girls like to spoil them­selves with. Great linen and toi­letries included in this 4 bed ensuite dorm.

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Con­tem­po­rary Stu­dio City Apartment

Look­ing for a lux­u­ri­ous room while trav­el­ling with friends or fam­ily, then try our 4 bed loft room. Exquis­ite views of Table Mountain.

Ensuite facil­i­ties, pri­vate safe included, with extra bed on request. Per­fect for groups.

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Stu­dent City Apartment

Not sit­u­ated at The Back­pack. Excel­lent loca­tion close to The Com­pany Gar­dens, The Plan­e­tar­ium and National Art Gallery, with amaz­ing views of Table Mountain.

Fully equipped apart­ment con­sist­ing of two twin-​bedded rooms and a sit­ting room. R6000 per week for use of the two bed­rooms, and R3000 per week for use of only one bed­room. Sleeps max­i­mum four peo­ple. Apart­ment ser­viced weekly.

Min­i­mum period of stay is 7 days.

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We are able to accom­mo­date up to 100 peo­ple. At The Back­pack you won’t find the stan­dard, high-​rise build­ing with floors of rooms that are all the same. All our rooms are unique, spread over four 100-​year old Vic­to­rian houses, with court­yards and gardens. 

Linen is pro­vided with all room types

24-​hour check-​in

Check­ing in time is 14H00

Chil­dren not allowed in dorms unless whole room is booked

Fam­i­lies and groups welcome

Our rooms are pop­u­lar so make sure you book in advance!

Our Air­port Shut­tle Ser­vice is avail­able on request. Sim­ply email us your name, flight num­ber, date and arrival time and we will arrange your pickup and add the cost to your invoice.

Shut­tle prices from the air­port to our hos­tel costs R200 for one person, adding on R70 for each addi­tional person. 

For a shut­tle from the hos­tel to the air­port the cost is R200 for up to 3 people

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Free unlim­ited WiFi in the café and Recep­tion areas. If you aren’t trav­el­ling with your own smart phone or lap­top you can use our pcs in our inter­net café which is open 247 for a small fee. We have head­phones for Skype. For the techno­phobes, there is always some­one to show you how to do it!

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About The Backpack

We are situated in central Cape Town with magnificent views of Table mountain as well as being in close proximity to all services and travel routes.
74 New Church Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa
+27 (0)21 4234530
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