Mokolodi Backpackers

Top choice in Gaborone


This great place, around 14km south of the city centre, is the only accommodation with a real backpacker vibe around Gaborone. It has everything from comfortable rondavels (round huts with conical huts) and attractive chalets to good campsites (you can use your own tent or rent one) and four-bed dorms.

It’s an excellent alternative to staying in the city centre and handy for the Mokolodi Nature Reserve, 1km away.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Gaborone attractions

1. Mokolodi Nature Reserve

1.02 MILES

This 30-sq-km private reserve was established in 1994 and is home to giraffes, elephants, zebras, baboons, warthogs, rhinos, hippos, kudus, impalas,…

2. Parliament

7.83 MILES

Botswana's parliament building sits at the western end of the Mall in an area dominated by government ministries.

4. Debswana House

7.95 MILES

The home of Botswana's diamond industry, Debswana House is an important local landmark.

6. National Museum & Art Gallery

8.29 MILES

Botswana's National Museum closed in mid-2016 for a much-needed overhaul. Prior to the closure, the collection itself was fairly modest, with plenty of…

7. Three Dikgosi Monument

8.44 MILES

It’s an interesting kind of history when your nationalist heroes are three guys who argued your country should continue to be a protectorate of Africa’s…

8. Mosque

8.59 MILES

One of the focal points for Botswana's Muslim community, this mosque is an important local landmark.