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The verandah at Amina: yellow lace posts, palms and the long pool in the garden

Amina Boutique Hotel Bo-Kaap

Living at Amina is an experience like no other.

A five-room boutique hotel in a 160-year-old Bo-Kaap home, with every comfort of luxury living.

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The name

Amina means safe.

آمنةArabic · the safe one, protected

אמינהHebrew · reliable, trustworthy

Every room has been curated with its own look and feel, to be a little sanctuary in the middle of the city.

Our guests have called it “their Cape Town home”.
The brass AMINA plaque on the blue wall of the house

16 Whitford Street, Bo-Kaap

The blue house with the yellow lace.

Amina from the garden: the powder-blue gable, the yellow lace verandah, the white steps up from the lawn and the open front door

Follow the colours.

  • A couple sharing a pot of tea at the iron table by the wishing well
  • Striped chairs and palms in the corner of the verandah
  • The pool, the striped loungers and the sauna cabin among the palms
  • A swim in the pool under Table Mountain, the yellow lace beside it
  • A cup of tea held over the Persian rug beside the bed
  • A guest in a white robe laughing into the gilded mirror of the floral bathroom
  • A guest on the white iron bench looking out at Table Mountain
  • A guest swimming the length of the pool, the mountain ahead
  • The Cottage Room: its kitchenette, lounge and bed
  • A guest in a pink swimsuit in the pool, Table Mountain under its cloud
  • Reading in bed in the yellow room with a glass of wine
  • A guest outside a yellow house with cacti on a Bo-Kaap street
  • A brass bird tap on the wishing well's mosaic
  • Reading on the bed in the blue room by candlelight, seen from above
  • Tea in bed in a towel turban, sunglasses and an Amina robe
  • Working on a laptop under a brass lamp in the orange room
  • A guest relaxing in the pool, the sauna cabin and the striped loungers behind
  • A pool party: guests laughing and dancing in and around the pool
  • The entrance corridor and its chandelier
  • The garden front from the path, with a white iron table
  • Asleep in white bedding on the rope-net deck, Table Mountain behind
  • The green room: the bed and its lamps
  • The crystal chandelier in the hall
  • The orange room: the pine headboard and the brass lamp
  • A couple over tea at the iron table by the wishing well, Table Mountain above the rooftops
  • Looking up the steps to the verandah and the front door, between the palms
  • Sitting cross-legged in an Amina robe on the rope-net deck, eyes closed in the sun
  • On the bench by the wishing well as a pink cloud lights Table Mountain
  • Lying back in the infrared sauna
  • A cup of tea at the iron table by the wishing well
  • The corner of the verandah seen from the pool
  • On the rope-net deck, an arm stretched out to Table Mountain
  • Reaching for a cup in the warm light of the kitchenette
  • A china teacup held against the embroidered Amina robe
  • Smiling on the white bed in the yellow room, chin in hands
  • The front door glowing yellow at night, the lantern lit
  • A guest smiling on the white bench beside the pale blue house, palms in front
  • The yellow kitchen, with a cookbook open
  • The long corridor with a chandelier and a runner
  • The Bungalow Suite: the living area and the bed
  • The yellow and green room: the bed, the chandelier and the sash window
  • The long pool beside the house on a hot day
  • The yellow kitchen
  • The Morning Palette under the pergola, with pink chairs
  • Reading a book at the iron table in the garden by the blue walls
  • The garden, the pool and the verandah corner under a pastel sunset sky
  • The Cottage Room kitchen, with pendant lamps and a gas stove
  • A couple in robes at the ornate bathroom mirror
  • The side gable seen from below, with a tree
  • The house from the pool side, the front door open and the chandelier glowing
  • The front door at the top of the steps under the yellow lace, the chandelier inside
  • A guest in a white shirt and braces walking down the hallway under the chandelier
  • A guest in a cream dress on the deck, facing Table Mountain in the evening light
  • A guest in a robe on a lounger on the verandah by the pool
  • Working in the sun: a laptop beside a lounger in the garden
  • The pool and the striped loungers in the sun
  • The sauna cabin up close
  • Lying on the front steps with her feet up on the door
  • A guest in pale pink on a narrow stairway between pink walls
  • A teacup in hand and the Amina robe
  • Stretched out in sunglasses on a striped lounger by the pool
  • The front door and the steps in full sun
  • A room window looking out to the pool and Table Mountain
  • Walking along the pool past the verandah and its yellow lace
  • A cup in hand in the kitchenette, seen between the wooden shutters
  • Reading on a striped lounger by the pool, seen from above through the palms
  • The hot-pink stairs of the Pink Promenade
  • Wrapped in white bedding on the rope-net deck, Table Mountain under cloud behind
  • A smile and fresh towels in the hallway under the chandelier
  • Walking into the yellow room
  • Along the verandah beside the pool
  • A guest in a robe reaching up to the rain shower
  • A couple laughing, a piggyback by the pool
  • The garden front of Amina in the sun: the blue gable, the yellow lace verandah and the steps up from the lawn
  • A smile on a chair against the mint and pink walls
  • The garden, the pool and the verandah with its loungers
  • Amina from Whitford Street: the cobbles, the white wall and the blue gate

Reviews

Rated 9.8 by our guests.

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9.8out of 10

Traveller Review Award 2023Booking.com, from the reviews of guests who stayed.

“...not just a boutique hotel stay, it’s an experience”Cape Town Magazine · 6 June 2023
“Amina Boutique Hotel is vibrant and luxurious.”Home Food & Travel · 24 June 2024

“The area was safe for us girls at all times (we travel as a couple without a male companion) and we were able to walk around even in the dark.”

★★★★★Tanja KöhnGoogle review · August 2024 · translated by Google

“My Mountain View room was perfect. I stayed for 6 nights and wish I was still there.”

★★★★★Karin McCallumGoogle review · March 2024

“To have a feel of antiquity and a beautiful view of the table mountain, Amina hotel is a place to be.”

★★★★★Adepa BragoGoogle review · May 2024

“Beautifully furnished and appointed rooms. Lovely bathroom. Great wifi. Didn’t lack anything.”

10 / 10Saurabh, United KingdomBooking.com · December 2022

“When I clicked through the internet I found a gem. Turns out I was right.”

★★★★★Peter DussGoogle review · January 2024 · translated by Google

The house

Small on purpose.

Stay like a local, in a Cape Town home with the cobbles of Bo-Kaap at the gate.

  1. 01Five rooms.So the pool and the garden never feel crowded.
  2. 02A pool facing Table Mountain and Lion’s Head.Then warm up in the infrared sauna.
  3. 03Coffee all day.Fresh coffee and tea in the house, a Nespresso in every room.

Inside the house

The blue room: the carved fan above the bed, the wall of wooden wardrobes and a red rug
The infrared sauna cabin on its deck among the palms
The Morning Palette: pink chairs and round white tables under a mural of pink roses
The in-room tray against the orange wall: the coffee machine, a kettle and cups
The wishing well in the garden with its brass bird taps, Table Mountain behind
The long pool beside the house, striped loungers and Table Mountain behind
Pink and turquoise houses on Wale Street in Bo-Kaap

Outside the gate

Bo-Kaap, the neighbourhood.

Cape Town’s oldest surviving neighbourhood: pastel houses and cobbled streets since the 1760s.

  • Noon Gun path at the door
  • 5 min walk to the city centre

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The rooms

Five rooms. Five colours.

Walk the house room by room. Each one is painted its own colour, for its own mood.

Room 1: yellow walls with green panelling, a chandelier and a queen bed
A queen bed against the yellow and green wall, a reading lamp beside it

Room 1

Superior Comfort Suite

Yellow and green

Yellow, the colour of happiness, and green, the colour of life and harmony.

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Room 2: pistachio green walls, a cast-iron fireplace and a queen bed
The green room's sash window with Table Mountain outside

Room 2

Mountain View Comfort Suite

Pistachio and vanilla cream

Calming tones of pistachio green and vanilla cream, for a full relaxation sensation.

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Room 3: warm orange walls, a black fireplace, a pine bed and a Persian rug
A brass reading lamp against the orange wall

Room 3

Deluxe Orange Suite

Warm orange

Warm orange symbolizes optimism and energy, so if either of those is what you need, this is the room for you.

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Room 4: blue walls, a carved fan headboard, wooden wardrobes and a red Persian rug
An antique chandelier and the carved headboard in the blue room

Room 4

Deluxe Blue Suite

Blue

Blue, associated with open spaces, freedom and inspiration. This master room comes with all of the above.

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Room 5, the Bungalow Suite: cream walls, timber beams, a queen bed and a landscape painting
The Bungalow Suite's own kitchenette

Room 5

Bungalow Suite

Natural tones

A private suite in natural tones, with its own patio, kitchen and living room.

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Evenings

Sunset does the rest.

The pool and the verandah at sunset, photographed in the garden at Amina.

A pastel sunset sky over the pool, the striped lounger and the yellow lace verandah

Around the house

Private rooms. Shared moments.

All five spaces

Your room stays yours alone. The sauna, the garden and the Morning Palette are where you meet fellow guests and the Amina community.

The infrared sauna cabin among palms in the garden
Serenity SaunaUnwind in the soothing warmth of the infrared sauna.
The Morning Palette: pink chairs, round white tables and a pink door under a pergola
Morning PalettePink chairs under a rose mural, for a slow morning coffee.
The hot-pink stairway known as the Pink Promenade
Pink PromenadeA bold, artistic walk through the house.
The front door of Amina at night, warm light under the yellow lace

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