Ekasie Backpackers

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Address:B387 Benyano Crescent, Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Tel:+27 (0)21 361 7481
Website: Click here
Email: Use the CONTACT tab above

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Ekasie Backpackers Affiliations

Living in Khayelitsha township is about more than just shacks, pap and kwaito. It’s about neighbours who are friends, and kids playing in the street. This is your opportunity to live our culture. We’ll take you from the local market right through to Khayelitsha’s own Lookout Hill, and back to Ekasie to join the kids in their afternoon games. The Mlungu visitors always amuse them. End your township experience with a nice dinner and let us exchange cultures. We’re just as excited to learn about you, as you are to learn about us.

Visit our website www.ekasie.co.za

Directions to Ekasie Backpackers

On the N2 from Cape Town towards Somerset West take the Mew Way off ramp. Turn right at the top into Mew Way road, pass a set of robots (traffic lights), and pass 3 streets after that.

On the 4th street named Ntlalo turn left, then first right into Luleka Street and then first right again into Benyano. You'll find us at the end.

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Ekasie Challenges Township Perceptions

by Lisa Nevitt

on June 8, 2010

Townships are often perceived as dangerous and hostile environments. In fact, a group of documentary makers from London were once so afraid that they arrived at Ekasie Backpackers, in the township of Khayelitsha, accompanied by a private security firm. If Khayelitsha is as dangerous as the media portrays, why did they ask the security firm to leave, shortly after their arrival?

Husband and wife team, Luba and Noma, opened Ekasie Backpackers on 26th April, the eve of freedom day, 2005.They do not transport cars full of tourists, staring pitifully out of the window; rather they walk tourists right into the heart of their home, the township of Khayelitsha, to experience heritage and culture first hand. During our time in Khayelitsha, I am compelled to tell you that we were not victims of theft, we didn’t experience racism and we didn’t witness any violent behavior.

Read more about my experiences at:

http://www.capetownmagazine.com/things-to-do-cape-town/Ekasie-Backpackers-Hostel-In-Khayelitsha-Challenges-Perceptions-of-Townships-/15_52_52246

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