Make sure you get a double or treehouse! Staff is cool and real fun!! One of the coolest located backpackers!!! Dont skip it if you have the time!

We camped in our rooftop tent in Mantis & Moon so I have no idea how the rooms actually are, we were self catering too so the same goes for the food served there. My main concern is the total lack of security there. Sure, as you drive in to park your car, there's a coded gate, to get to the reception another flimsy low gate with a different code. They also have 3 guard dogs. Lured into this false sense of security, we set up tent and went about to get some dinner & have a few drinks by the fire. At around 11pm, we headed back to the tent and realised that someone had smashed the windows and stole valuables out of our car. The thieves had actually used the other front gate, with absolutely no locks nor code on it. Basically if you don't want to use the main gate, there's always the second one open for you. The staff told us that they lock that peculiar gate at 11pm, when the dogs are put out for the night... It would have been nice to have known this before as we realise that we are travelling in South Africa and not in Disneyland, security here is an issue. We stayed there thinking it was a secure parking, had we known that that gate was left open late into the night we wouldn't have stayed there. The staff were pretty nice overall, the place is quite nice in itself, but the owner when asked why the gate was left open so late and unattended just replied cynically that they have never had any problems before... except at night! So if you really want to go there, take the Bazbus and carry no luggage with you (the same thieves jumped over the reception gate to get more valuables from the reception!)

I loved loved loved my time here! The staff was amazing and the location is super! The beds were definately not the best during my trip but still I would say that this is one of the best hostels I stayed in during my 9-month Round The WOrld trip! Every night they offered really nice dinner. Go there!

When you're here try to go and jump off the highest swing in the world: so cool!

I stayed here for 2 nights as I was travelling on the bazbus and it didn't run the next day, but as soon as I got here I wanted to leave. Rooms are dark and dingy and the bedding looks like it has never been washed, and you don't even have to get close to realise it absolutely stinks. I have backpacked all over the world and this has to be the dirtiest hostel I've stayed in. I had to sleep in my sleeping bag liner!!
They also rip you off, this hostel is advertised as 100rand but when I checked out they told me it would be 120rand a night, considering every other hostel I stayed at in South Africa has been nice and clean and only charged 100-110rand a night, this was a complete rip off.
I have never been so happy to leave somewhere, the first night I could hardly sleep due to the smell of the beds stinking out the room, I cannot put into words how disgusting it is!
The internet here is also a complete rip off, 60rand an hour on an ancient computer.
Take it from me, do not stay here!!!!