Brown Sugar Backpackers Lodge, Johannesburg
Our VERY spacious, safe and secure ‘Mafia’ mansion is situated just 15 minutes from the airport and about 10 minutes from the city centre. We offer a FREE pick up service from OR TAMBO International Airport and or PARK STATION (The central bus and train station). We are a haven for people who prefer to do their own thing. You will experience a next to home feeling at our establishment and never feel crowded or boxed in, unless you want to join in on the action.
Perfect location for the SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010 : We are 10 minutes from ELLIS PARK Stadium and 25 minutes from SOCCER CITY Stadium where the Opening and Closing games will take place! A total of 15 matches will be played at these two stadiums.
BONUS: The Park and Ride area is only 300m from the hostel where you show your match ticket for a FREE ride to these stadiums!
Brown Sugar Backpackers, Johannesburg
This ‘Ex-mafia house’ is set on a variety of levels and was built by the infamous Mafiosi, Mannie da Rocha who was gunned down in the streets of Joburg. The well-stocked bar doubles as a reception desk as well as ordering your beer, wine, cocktail or favourite soft drink. You can book all your transfers, car hire, Baz Bus tickets, dinners, internet and tours to tSoweto, Apartheid Museum, Kruger Park and the big bad city centre. We also offer transfers to Eastgate International Shopping Mall which contains all the major banks, shopping, eating and cinema facilities you could ever want.
The staff at Brown Sugar are specialists in advising travellers on the best and quickest ways to obtain visas for countries such as Mozambique and Zimbabwe and, on request, we take our guests to the relevant embassies and help them with application forms and photographs and more. For those travellers needing visas for Angola, the embassy is within walking distance of the house.
Brown Sugar has all the amenities and facilities you would expect. We have a large eat-in kitchen with all the crocery, cutlery, pans and pots to whip up and enjoy your own meals. Free tea and coffee all day long for our guests. Relax at the swiming pool, enjoy the sun and cool down in the clear water or enjoy a local beer or a ‘cool’ drink. The rooftop and bar patios offers some of the best views of the city.
NOTE: When you secure your booking with Hostelworld send us an e-mail with your flight details as we offer a FREE pick up service from OR Tambo Airport, and Park Station (the main bus- and train station) to all our guests staying with us.
Brown Sugar Backpackers in Johannesburg
ACTIVITIES
Browse our web site and go to the ACTIVITIES page to view all the tourist attractions, clubs and activities in and around Brown Sugar and or Joburg. We have added active links for your convenience to view, read and plan your trip in advance so that you don’t miss a beat while on holiday in our beautifull country.
ADDRESS
Brown Sugar Backpackers
75 Observatory Avenue
Johannesburg, South Africa
DIRECTIONS
PLEASE NOTE: We offer a FREE pick up service from the OR Tambo International Airport and or Park Station (The main bus and train station).
Brown Sugar Backpackers rooms
REQUIREMENTS
After you have confirmed your reservation at Brown Sugar Backpackers with Hostel World you need to send us your FLIGHT DETAILS via e-mail. One of our friendly drivers will meet you with a name board at arrivals.
Park Station pick up service: We are about 10-15 minutes by car from the station. Just call us when your bus or train has arrived (they are not always on time). You can wait at the upper level by the Rennies Foreign Exchange office where our driver will meet you as this is a safe place to wait.
SELF DRIVE (RENTAL CAR)
ADDRESS: 75 Observatory Avenue, Observatory Extension, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
If you do not have a GPS navigation system, do not panic as we are easy to find.
1. From OR Tambo Int Airport you must take the R24 (West) route towards JOHANNESBURG.
2. Drive on the highway until you pass through the Gilloolys Interchange.
3. When you see EASTGATE Shopping Mall on your left move over to the right hand lane as you will approach the FIRST traffic light.
4. At the traffic light turn RIGHT into MARCIA Road and follow the road that makes a sharp turn to the left around the dam.
5. Keep on MARCIA Road until you reach Bezuidenhout Valley in the dip on your left.
6. At the top of the road you will go through a 3-WAY TRAFFIC light, which becomes OBSERVATORY Avenue and we are about 200m on the RIGHT No 75.
Have a safe trip and remeber to keep left in SA!
Brown Sugar Backpackers Lodge Reservation
