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Where in Africa do the Super-Rich Book a Hotel Room?

Four of the top 10 hotels in Africa favoured by multimillionaires are in South Africa, although none of them made it into the first three. The multimillionaires’ five highest-rated boutique hotels on the continent, however, were all in South Africa. Those are some of the findings of a survey conducted over a period of 12 months and released […]

By SAPeople
01-10-15 11:15
in Fab South African Stuff
12 Apostles Hotel South Africa
The Presidential Suite at the 12 Apostles Hotel & Spa.

Four of the top 10 hotels in Africa favoured by multimillionaires are in South Africa, although none of them made it into the first three. The multimillionaires’ five highest-rated boutique hotels on the continent, however, were all in South Africa.

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The Presidential Suite at the 12 Apostles, Cape Town. Photo: 12 Apostles.

Those are some of the findings of a survey conducted over a period of 12 months and released this week by Johannesburg-based research company New World Wealth.

In fourth place among the hotels, and first in South Africa, is the 12 Apostles in Cape Town. Its sister hotel, The Oyster Box in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), came in sixth. Lost City and Sun City came eighth and Cape Town’s Cape Grace tenth.

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A sea-facing deluxe suite at The Oyster Box, Umhlanga Rocks. Photo: The Oyster Box.

Of the top five boutique hotels, three of those listed were in Franschhoek. First came La Petite Dauphine. The others there were Franschhoek Country House and La Residence.

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La Petite Dauphine in Franschhoek. Photo: La Petite Dauphine.

Cleopatra in KZN was also featured in the Top 5 boutique hotels in Africa, with Ellerman House in Cape Town coming in at second place.

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Ellerman House in Cape Town was voted second in the boutique hotels. Photo: Ellerman House FB.

According to the research, The Plaza in New York was voted as the No. 1 hotel in the world, followed by the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the Mandarin Oriental in London and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France.

The top three hotels in Africa were La Mamounia in Morocco, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Tanzania and the Royal Mansour, also in Morocco.

NWW said that the people it surveyed all were worth over $10 million each and came from around the world.