African Heart Backpackers

African Heart Backpackers is a hostel in South Africa, which is located on Station Road. African Heart Backpackers is situated near the church Tractor Outdoor, as well as near the mosque Masjid IbaaDur-Ragmaan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Groote Schuur Hospital and Observatory War Memorial.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.

Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 470 metres southwest of African Heart Backpackers.

Observatory War Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Observatory War Memorial is situated 300 metres northeast of African Heart Backpackers.

Observatory railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge. Observatory railway station is situated 440 metres east of African Heart Backpackers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.

Observatory

Suburb

Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Salt River

Suburb

Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".

Mowbray

Suburb

Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.

African Heart Backpackers

Type: Hostel
Address: 27 Station Road, Observatory, Cape Town
Categories: building, tourism, hotel building, and accommodation
Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.93892° or 33° 56′ 20″ south

Longitude

18.46688° or 18° 28′ 1″ east

Levels

Open location code

4FRW3F68+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 742456620

OpenStreetMap feature

building=hotel

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hostel

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Masjid IbaaDur-Ragmaan and Tractor Outdoor.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust and Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (Observatory).

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