138 Marine Guesthouse
Sandbaai, Hermanus
Fynbos biome · Southern right whale
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,240 a night
Stays that give back
Across Africa
Every stay here backs a cause near it. A share of each booking goes to their work on the ground.
Stays that back National Sea Rescue Institute
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Mountain Retreat Villa - Prime Location
Vredehoek, Cape Town
Fynbos biome · English oak
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 4 others
From R 7,440 a night
Bitou River Lodge
Wittedrift, Plettenberg Bay
Forest biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,250 a night
40 on Longmarket - Stanford Country Cottages
Stanford
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 1,150 a night
Plumbago Cottage - Stanford Country Cottages
Stanford
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,850 a night
Moonshine on Whiskey Creek
The Crags, Plettenberg Bay
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 1,950 a night
Further afield
Across Africa. Rates on request.
Camps Bay Retreat
Camps Bay, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
Price on request
Seagull View Sunset
Milkwood Glen Estate, Plettenberg Bay
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
Price on request
Dixon House In De Waterkant
De Waterkant, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 6 others
Price on request
Devonport House
Constantia, Cape Town
Fynbos biome · English oak
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
From R 3,500 a night
Forest Hills
Rheenendal, Knysna
Fynbos biome · Bushbuck · Caracal
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,000 a night
Villa Coloniale
Constantia, Cape Town
Fynbos biome · Wild banana · English oak
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
From R 3,350 a night
Lavenders Blue - Stanford Country Cottages
Stanford
Fynbos biome · Wild olive
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,550 a night
Equleni Guest Farm
Sedgefield
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 500 a night
Ocean View House
Bakoven, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
From R 1,500 a night
Boschrivier Farm
Keurbooms, Plettenberg Bay
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 1,350 a night
Hide Away Guest House
Knysna
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 1,960 a night
Mountain View
Bishopscourt, Cape Town
Fynbos biome · English oak
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
Price on request
Parker Cottage
Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
Fynbos biome · English oak
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
From R 1,870 a night
High Season Farm Cottages
Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Hermanus
Fynbos biome · Agapanthus · Wild olive
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,000 a night
Cycads On Sea
St Francis Bay
Fynbos biome · Spekboom
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 2,460 a night
Forest Hall Guest House
Walmer, Port Elizabeth
Albany Thicket biome · Spekboom
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 1,050 a night
LawHill Luxury Apartments
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Fynbos biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute and 5 others
From R 4,950 a night
3 Driftwood Ballito
Ballito
Indian Ocean Coastal Belt biome
Gives back to National Sea Rescue Institute
From R 3,995 a night
The Overberg
Next stop
Whale coast and rolling farm country
See places that give backEvery stay on Spekboom sends a share of the host commission to a named conservation or community cause. This page collects the stays where that link is explicit: you can see which organisation your booking supports before you book, not after.
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The mechanism is deliberately dull, because that is what makes it trustworthy. Guests pay no service fee. Hosts pay one all inclusive commission of 12.5%, and a defined share of that goes to the cause attached to the listing. It is not a round up at checkout and it is not an offset bought from a broker; it is a cut of the money already changing hands, going to an organisation with a name and an address.
What those causes do varies: clearing invasive alien trees out of a catchment, running an anti-poaching unit, a village school, a raptor rehabilitation centre. Each listing names its own, so you can decide whether it is work you want to fund.
Questions travellers ask
How much of my booking goes to the cause?
Hosts pay one all inclusive commission of 12.5% of the booking total, and a defined share of that goes to the cause linked to the stay. Guests pay no service fee on top, so supporting the cause does not cost you more than booking the same stay elsewhere.
Do I choose the cause?
The cause is attached to the listing by the host, and it is named on the page, so you choose it by choosing where you stay. You can also browse by cause and work the other way round.
Is this a carbon offset?
No. Nothing is bought on your behalf and no carbon is claimed. A share of the commission goes to a named organisation doing conservation or community work, and that is the whole of it.
Can I see what the money achieved?
Each cause has its own page describing its work. We do not publish per booking impact figures, because a number we cannot substantiate is worse than no number.