{"id":104519,"date":"2015-11-18T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=104519"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T13:55:35","slug":"cheapest-and-most-expensive-places-to-visit-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/104519\/cheapest-and-most-expensive-places-to-visit-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheapest and most expensive places to visit in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camps Bay, the upmarket beach suburb of Cape Town, is the most expensive travel destination in South Africa, according to a new\u00a0survey from TravelMag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The survey compared 30 popular destinations within the country based on their cost of lodging.<\/p>\n

The upcoming high season of December 2015 to March 2016 served as the basis of comparison.<\/p>\n

In Camps Bay, travelers will have to spend an average of R1,252 per night for the least expensive double room.<\/p>\n

It must be mentioned that only\u00a0centrally-located hotels or guest houses with a rating of at least 3 stars have been considered by the survey.<\/p>\n

Franschhoeck, one of the oldest towns in South Africa, was runner-up with an average rate of R1,137.<\/p>\n

The Top 3 are rounded out by Marloth Park, a holiday town located on the southern boundary of Kruger National Park, where an overnight guest will have to spend an average of R993.<\/p>\n

Cape Town and Johannesburg rank in the midfield, with average rates of R834 and R706 respectively for their cheapest double room.<\/p>\n

The most affordable destination in South Africa is\u00a0Port Elizabeth. There visitors should find a room during the high season for about R500 per night, according to the survey.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s most expensive destinations<\/h3>\n
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#<\/th>\nSuburb<\/th>\nProvince<\/th>\nAverage Cost<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nCamps Bay<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR1,252<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/td>\nFranschhoek<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR1,137<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/strong><\/td>\nMarloth Park<\/td>\nMpumalanga<\/td>\nR993<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Stellenbosch<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR978<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/strong><\/td>\nSandton<\/td>\nGauteng<\/td>\nR964<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/strong><\/td>\nUmhlanga<\/td>\nKwaZulu-Natal<\/td>\nR962<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/td>\nHout Bay<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR892<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/strong><\/td>\nHermanus<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR878<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/strong><\/td>\nCape Town<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR834<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/strong><\/td>\nPaternoster<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR820<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Most affordable destinations in South Africa<\/h3>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nSuburb<\/th>\nProvince<\/th>\nAverage Cost<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/strong><\/td>\nMossel Bay<\/td>\nEastern Cape<\/td>\nR688<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/strong><\/td>\nDurban<\/td>\nKwaZulu-Natal<\/td>\nR680<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/strong><\/td>\nBloemfontein<\/td>\nFree State<\/td>\nR678<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/strong><\/td>\nSwellendam<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR677<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/strong><\/td>\nNelspruit<\/td>\nMpumalanga<\/td>\nR633<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/strong><\/td>\nSt Lucia<\/td>\nKwaZulu-Natal<\/td>\nR619<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/strong><\/td>\nEast London<\/td>\nEastern Cape<\/td>\nR617<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/strong><\/td>\nOudtshoorn<\/td>\nWestern Cape<\/td>\nR576<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/strong><\/td>\nJeffreys Bay<\/td>\nEastern Cape<\/td>\nR561<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/strong><\/td>\nPort Elizabeth<\/td>\nEastern Cape<\/td>\nR501<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Other noteworthy areas mentioned in the survey included: 12. Gordons Bay (R777<\/strong>), 14. Pretoria (R748<\/strong>), 16. Knysna (R707<\/strong>), 17. Johannesburg (R706<\/strong>), and 18. Plettenberg Bay (R704<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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A new survey from TravelMag.com ranks the most expensive and the most affordable places to find overnight accommodation in South Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":59055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[26,10805],"class_list":["post-104519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-headline","tag-travelmag-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104525,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104519\/revisions\/104525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}