Kommetjie

TripAdvisor lists accommodation rated by guests, but as much as we love peer reviews, they don’t offer a comparative voice – so how do we know No. 1 is really the best? Pippa de Bruyn, who has reviewed accommodation for 20 years for the likes of Frommer’s and The Telegraph , scours TripAdvisor and other online accommodation sites when researching a destination. For Kommetjie, she created a longlist of 21 to inspect. The following made the final cut.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

• Somewhere for a big group

• A tented bush camp at a steal

• The perfect family holiday home

• Something right on the beach

• A bolthole for a couple

• A modern pad with a pool

• Rustic, back-to-nature charm

WHAT I FOUND ABOUT ACCOMMODATION HERE

• There is a good boutique hotel ( thelastword.co.za ) and a smattering of B&Bs, but the real finds here are in the self-catering category, hence the lack of TripAdvisor ratings.

Kommetjie’s extraordinary setting – white sands creating a striated sea of blues, mountains peaks, milkwood