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Cardboard Box HostelvsHotel Heinitzburg
Both properties are highly recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Hotel Heinitzburg is preferred by most reviewers compared to Cardboard Box Hostel. Hotel Heinitzburg ranks #2 in Windhoek with accolades from 2 publications such as Lonely Planet, Fodor's.
Cardboard Box Hostel
Lonely Planet
15 Johann Albrecht St, West, Windhoek, Namibia
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Pool
- Kitchenette
- Breakfast included
Top choice
"Hostels are hard to come by in this country but ‘The Box’ has been doing it for years, with a rep as one of Windhoek’s better backpackers." Full review
Hotel Heinitzburg
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
22 Heinitzburg Street, Windhoek, Namibia
From $159/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
"This is your chance to stay in a turn-of-the-20th-century castle, a white fort with battlements set high on a hill and commissioned by a German count for his fiancée in 1914." Full review
Top choice
"A member of the prestigious Relais & Chateaux hotel group, and far and above the most personable upmarket accommodation in Windhoek." Full review