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Independent, design-led and usually under forty rooms. Tell us about the house, upload a few images, and we will come back to you within a week. Listing is free.
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A curated collection of Africa's boutique hotels
A Baobab Network Company
01The idea
Africa's best independent hotels, in one place.
The most interesting places to stay on the continent are small, independent and hard to find. Jacaranda is a curated collection of those houses, visited in person and chosen for design, food, service and a real sense of place.
We are a small team building this carefully, hotel by hotel. Booking and search open once the first houses are live.
More about Jacaranda02Two ways in
Jacaranda Club waitlist
Members will get preferential rates across the collection, champagne on arrival and first call on the best rooms. Join the waitlist now and you are in from day one.
Join the waitlistComing soon
Search, availability and direct booking are not open yet. The collection goes live with the first houses, the waitlist hears first.
Opening later this year03Journal
Notes on the cities we are working in
Boutique hotels in Africa: where design-led stays are happening now
A short guide to boutique hotels in Africa: the cities leading on design, what to expect from an independent stay, and how to book member rates with Jacaranda.
Boutique hotels in Morocco: riads, rooftops and the medina at dusk
Where to stay in Morocco if you want design over scale: riads in Marrakech, coastal rooms in Essaouira and Casablanca's quiet modernism.
Boutique hotels in Kenya: Nairobi gardens and the Swahili coast
A short guide to boutique hotels in Kenya: garden cottages in Nairobi, Lamu's coral-stone houses and Diani's barefoot rooms.
04Keep in touch
Hear when we open.
An occasional dispatch, new cities, new houses, and a short piece of writing worth your time.