AA Travel Guides is the biggest online travel database in South Africa for accommodation, reservations and bookings in hotels, B&B's, guest houses, self catering chalets and apartments, lodges, game and nature reserves throughout South Africa; including Cape Town, Durban, Sun City and the Kruger National Park. They also cover Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. 

• Find accommodation online in South Africa

To find accommodation off-line AA Travel Guides offers two excellent publications. Both the AA Hotels, Lodges, Guest Houses, B&Bs and the AA Self-Catering Getaways guide have a similar format and contain detailed maps, supplied by the Automobile Association of South Africa, showing major roads and all the towns in which accommodation establishments are located, as well as detailed indexes of town names and accommodation establishments. For easy use the books are arranged alphabetically by resort within town within province.

Books are available in South Africa from AA Autoshops, CNA branches, other major bookstores such as Exclusive Books and Facts and Fiction or directly from AA Travel Guides, P O Box 787040, Sandton 2146.

Note that most international SA Tourism offices and consulates have reference copies which you may go and peruse.

AA Hotels, Lodges, Guest Houses B&Bs,

Southern Africa - 2002/2003 Edition

"The most comprehensive accommodation guide to South Africa ever written" is how well known South African travel writer Kate Turkington described this book. Filled with concise, useful information about where to stay in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and neighbours. Over 1000 establishments are included with contact details, a brief write up and information about facilities in rooms and on site including activities and sports on offer and most have colour photographs. Write-ups of towns and what to do make it double as a guide book. In a handy A5 format with AA maps and detailed indexes so you can find the information you want quickly. A must for any traveller who wants to get the best from a visit to southern Africa.

AA Suites, Chalets, Resorts and other Self-Catering Getaways

Southern Africa - 2001/2002 Edition

The AA Self-Catering Getaways, Suites, Chalets, Reserves, Caravan Resorts, B&Bs guide has 320 pages and contains information on over 3500 establishments with over 700 colour photographs. A superb accommodation guide especially for families. Good for anyone who wants to have more spacious accommodation and their own cooking facilities. This publication has full information on National Parks in South Africa and Namibia and is also ideal for caravanners. All establishments are listed by alphabetical town name within province and show the name of the establishment, pricing indications, contact details, the type of accommodation, the size of the establishment and icons to indicate facilities available in accommodation units and on site. The publication doubles as a guide book since there are comprehensive write ups of each town as well as addresses of publicity associations, AA branches, detailed AA maps and indexes both by town name and establishment name. The A5 format makes it easy and compact to carry around. The “bible” of self-catering accommodation in Southern Africa.

AA Travel Guide - The largest accommodation travel guide in South Africa