Situated in the hub of Cape Town, Hippo is an exclusive Boutique Hotel that offers you the convenience of a central location, combined with the seamless service of superior accommodation.

Your room has everything you may need to remain luxuriously self-contained - from kitchen units equipped with a microwave, fridge and a filter coffee machine to state-of-the-art internet technology built into your own computer and home entertainment centre.

Step out of our doors and you'll find yourself in the middle of Cape Town's famed café culture or venture a little further to explore the Cape's most famous landmarks such as Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront.

Rooms

Only unstinting quality and attention to detail can shift a place from being merely convenient to seriously comfortable.

Details like fine cotton linen, king size beds, leather couches, cherry wood floors and interior design that lets you breathe a little deeper.

• 20 air conditioned en suite rooms. All bathrooms have underfloor heating.
• Home entertainment centre in each room:
  DSTV, DVD player, music system.
• Kitchen units with complimentary tea and filter coffee.
• Electronic safes accommodate laptop computers.
• Fully stocked mini-bars.
• Daily cleaning and laundry services.

Internet and services

Just because you're staying in a hotel needn't mean you have to switch off.

Your room comes equipped to keep you in contact and connected world wide - twenty four hours a day.

And if you'd prefer to disconnect from the mundane and complicated task of organising tours and transfers, we'll happily take care of those for you.

• Multimedia personal computers in all rooms with Microsoft
  Office Software.
• 24 hour complimentary ADSL broadband internet access.
• 24 hour reception.
• Secure parking.
• Private tours arranged.
• Airport transfers arranged.
• Meeting facilities for groups of up to 10.

To see and do

Relax at our plunge pool or step out of our doors and you'll find yourself in the middle of the Cape's famed café culture. And if you care to journey a little further, you'll discover that Hippo is a stone's throw away from many of the Cape's most famous landmarks.

• Minutes away from the Table Mountain cableway, the heart of the city and the V&A Waterfront. From here take a 20 minute ferry ride to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela's old island jail.
• 5 minutes drive to the world-renowned bikini beaches, Clifton and Camps Bay.
• 15 minutes drive to local winelands and 45 minutes to Stellenbosch and Franschoek.
• 10 minutes to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

Rates

Applicable until 30/09/05.
Subject to change without prior notification.

Single Room R675
Double Room R900

• Quoted in South African Rands (ZAR).
• Inclusive of VAT at 14%.
• Exclusive of Breakfast and 1% Tourism Levy.
• All reservations must be confirmed in writing with a 50% deposit, the balance to be settled on departure.
• Check in time is 14h00 and check out 11h00, although every effort will be made to suit your convenience.
• Cancellation fees will be levied.
• 1-14 days prior to arrival: 50% of reservation value.
• Same day cancellation or no show: 100% of reservation value.