Gateway Backpackers Hostel

Gateway Backpackers, Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Informal home - in town. Internet and e-mail facility. Hot water showers, large fully equipped kitchen. Enclosed veranda to chill out and relax. Secure overnight parking.

Gateway Backpackers Ermelo is conveniently situated en-route to Kruger National Park from Kwa-zulu Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Southern Mocambique. We have an African theme to the Backpackers' home where you can sit around the barbeque fire; drink a glass of wine; make new friends and recount the adventures that you have been on.

Relax in front of the tv or grab a book from our shelf and catch up on some reading. Shoot some pool or take on your friends in a game of table soccer.

For the more adventurous type book Game drives with us, Quad biking, Horse riding, Paint ball/ war games, Hiking or we could have your desire fulfilled to learn more of the local history.

PS. Gateway Backpackers and Ermelo is situated at exactly 30 deg. Eastern Longtitude on the International map. Longtitude and latitude are the lines by which position, date, and most importantly, time are calculated. The significance of the 30 deg. Eastern longtitude line is that it depicts time for the African continent - Central African Time or CAT.

So when you arrive : If your watch is set right, the only town in Southern Africa where it is totally correct is GATEWAY BACKPACKERS ERMELO!