Elundini Backpackers

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Eco-friendly rural site in Elundini, high in the Amatola mountains
Half an hour's drive from Hogsback
Community activities including bread baking and Xhosa language lessons

Community-minded, cosy and eco-friendly… it’s all good vibes at Elundini Backpackers in the rural Eastern Cape village of Elundini, half an hour’s drive from Hogsback. All the buildings at this site high in the Amatola mountains have been built using traditional techniques, and the site has been kitted out with all sorts of eco features including compost toilets, solar electricity panels and a hot water ‘donkey’. Have a beer in the bar and it’s likely to be extra tasty when you note the site only uses drinks whose bottles can be recycled... and if you opt to get to the site via an environmentally-friendly journey by public transport, friendly owners Elliot and Lieve will sort out a lift for the final leg from Alice or Hogsback. A real community spirit is important to the folk at Elundini too – they’re keen for guests to get to know local Xhosa culture, so you can sign up for cooking classes, village tours and language lessons to pick up a little of the local lingo. Hikes and mountain bike trails (running to a couple of hours or a couple of days, depending on your stamina) can be organised with local guides, or you can set off under your own steam if you prefer. Self-catering facilities are available on site, but if you’d rather someone else did the work (and helped you sample tasty local meals) staff are happy to cook breakfasts, lunches and dinners given a bit of advance warning. Toilets and showers are on site, and there are charging points for electrical devices in the main building.

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

Dutch

English

French

Features

No dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Lake and/or mountain

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Horse riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Elundini Backpackers

Elundini Location

Hogsback

Eastern Cape

South Africa

5721

Directions

Timezone

Africa/Johannesburg +0200 (GMT+02:00)

GPS

-32.63638°N
26.85535°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Getting stuck into stacks of activities on site is a fine way to get an insight into the local culture, of course. And to get to know your natural surrounds? There are lots of easy hiking trails around the Hogsback area, each needing around an hour of walking and taking in waterfalls or leading through the town’s arboretum. Other options for getting up close to the local scenery include abseiling, archery, horse riding and mountain bike tours from Hogsback. And if you want to meet some of your non-human neighbours, perhaps plan a day out in Double Drift Game Reserve (an hour’s drive) – elephants, zebra, rhinos and buffalo roam around the bushveld here. Time to admire some man-made treasures? Hang around in Hogsback to find your way through the Labyrinth at The Edge (leave plenty of time… it’s one of the world’s biggest) or to visit the atmospheric art at the eco-shrine. Human and animal artefacts (hello, Huberta the hippo) come together in the displays at Amathole Museum, an hour away in King William’s Town.

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