Atlantic House

Cape Town, South Africa

• Style Sybaritic sea-view simplicity
• Setting A crest over Camps Bay

A five-star guesthouse perched on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles along Cape Town's seaboard, Atlantic House truly is a haven of simplicity and style.

• Budget boutique hotels

Royal Malewane

Kruger National Park, South Africa

• Style Safari cool
• Setting African bush veld

SAFARI COLLECTION The colonial-style rooms in Royal Malewane safari lodge have mahogany four-posters, open fireplaces, travertine bathrooms. Huge windows that mean you're on 24-hour safari.

Birkenhead House

Hermanus, South Africa

• Style Breezy boutique beach house
• Setting Private Hermanus peninsula

Huge shell-covered wardrobes in Birkenhead House's reception, deep sunken marble baths, art deco touches – it all works perfectly in this simple and elegant Hermanus hideaway, two hours from Cape Town.

Singita Boulders

Kruger National Park, South Africa

• Style Soulful and serene
• Setting Sabi savvy

Singita Boulders is a luxurious safari lodge offering all the wildlife wonders of the Kruger, and its beautiful suites and private pools are stylish and secluded.

La Residence

Garden Route & Winelands, South Africa

• Style Cape château
• Setting Magnificent vineyard vistas

Presiding over Franschhoek’s valley of vines, La Residence is a mini, modern Versailles with a contemporary shell and a romantic colonial interior: everywhere the eye comes to rest there’s a Persian rug, exotic antique or fine art work.

Singita Lebombo

Kruger National Park, South Africa

• Style Modernist naturalist
• Setting Clifftop Kruger

A striking building in glass, steel and timber, Singita Lebombo perches on the clifftop above the N'wanetsi river in a part of Kruger teeming with wildlife.