http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T21:18:55Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/South%20African%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/23/1021/89089 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p>Cape Town, South Africa has got to be one of the most picturesque cities in the world. There are some world-class hotels in that city Tim L. 2006-08-23T10:19:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/11/15927/7130 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lebombo_lodge.jpg"><p>In Travel + Leisure's 11th Annual World's Best Awards, the <a href="http://www.singita.com"><b>Singita Private Game Reserve</b></a> in South Africa won the World's Best Hotel, an award they won back in 2004. (We should probably thank the Jolie-Pitt family for making Africa cool again.)<p>This luxe getaway is located west of Kruger National Park in Sabi Sand Reserve, which is described as "a vast expanse of pristine wild Africa that thunders to the sound of the migrating herds."<p>There are four types of lodging options available for guests. Ebony Lodge is styled after a traditional safari getaway with the luxury of colonial times. The Boulders Lodge is "unperturbed refinement"with thatch and coarse stone stacks against white leather, linen and "highly shone floors."<p>If the juliana 2006-07-12T09:15:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/