Easy Five Guesthouse

Easy Five is a charming Cape Town-area guesthouse nestled between the waters of False Bay and the Helderberg Mountains on the doorstep of the world-famous Cape Winelands.

We offer comfortable bed-and-breakfast or self-catering accommodation in a quiet and beautiful garden setting complete with a heated, 10-metre swimming pool and a traditional thatched lapa with braai.

Our guest rooms evoke an authentic local vibe with their thatched roofs, wooden furniture, themed décor and large photographic prints of the Big Five safari animals after which the rooms are named.

All our rooms have extra long beds. In-room facilities include towels and beach towels, bath robes, a hair dryer, luxury toiletries, DStv with added German channels, free high-speed wifi internet, a safe and a ceiling fan.

Every room has a refrigerator, tea-and-coffee maker, a microwave and basic cutlery and crockery. Our larger rooms have additional kitchen facilities for convenient self-catering.

Easy Five is in the False Bay community of Somerset West, a suburb of Cape Town. The city itself is an easy, 35-minute drive down the N2 carriageway, and Cape Town International Airport is about a 20-minute drive away.

In 1652, Cape Town became the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Today, the city reflects the dynamic, multicultural influences of almost 400 years of interaction between its diverse peoples. Cape Town is one of the most popular tourism destinations in the world, and for good reason. It features a temperate climate and an incredibly beautiful natural setting tucked in an amphitheater-shaped bowl that is fringed by the harbour and backed by the iconic Table Mountain and its companion peaks, Signal Hill, Lion’s Head and Devil’s Peak.

Easy Five is built on a large property with extensive groomed gardens perfect for a relaxing South African vacation. Massive palm trees shade large parts of the garden. We also have a profusion of hydrangea, aloe, jacaranda, indigenous fynbos and more. The harvest from our banana, mango, lemon and other fruit trees, as well as from our kitchen herb garden, ends up on the breakfast buffet.

The centrepiece of the property is our crystal-clear, 10-metre, salt-water swimming pool. A high-efficiency heat pump keeps the water at a comfortable but still refreshing 25 degrees year-round. Full-length chaise-lounges edge the pool for your ultimate relaxation while a large poolside lapa, complete with a classic South African built-in braai, is at your disposal.

Our buffet breakfast is served poolside.

There is secure, on-site parking. Free high-speed WiFi internet is accessible throughout the property, including poolside and in the lapa.

The city’s numerous beaches are perhaps Cape Town’s most popular attractions. Found both on the Atlantic coast, where the water tends to be California-chilly, and on the shores of False Bay, where things are more Mediterranean-warm, area beaches draw surfers, swimmers, stand-up paddle-boarders and sun worshippers.

Cosmopolitan shops, restaurants, bars and nightclubs can be found adjacent to all the beaches as well as elsewhere in the city. Cape Town boasts a seemingly never-ending choice of eateries catering to every palette and budget -- from bountiful fresh seafood, locally farmed lamb, pork, game meats and the ubiquitous South African braai to global staples and eclectic dishes brought here by immigrants from across Africa.

Beyond the city itself lies a playground of breath-taking coastal drives, scenic hikes ranging from easy walks to challenging climbs, more golf courses than you can shake a one-iron at, and, of course, wine. At Easy Five, we are on the very doorstep of the world-famous Cape Winelands. Superb vineyards are literally just down the road from us, while countless more spread along the Stellenbosch, Constantia and other wine routes.