Cloud Nine Boutique Hotel

The classic rooms provide a calming and comfort-oriented place to stay, furnished with comfortable queen beds fitted with luxurious cotton linen. These are limited rooms with stunning city and mountain views. The private en-suite bathrooms are complete with relaxing showers & complimentary Charlotte Rhys amenities. Air conditioning, Nespresso Machine, fridge, and an Ultra HD TV with extended channel selection are all provided. Regular cleaning and room service are also included, alongside free fibre WiFi access.

The Heritage Classic Rooms are spacious, ranging from 20-23 square meters, with a design that heralds a simpler, turn-of-the-century aesthetic ethos. Furnished with your choice of an extra-large king-size bed or two twin beds and fitted with luxurious cotton linen, these comfortable spaces are perfect for relaxing while taking in the city around you. Guests can choose rooms that provide balconies or views with city, courtyard or mountain view – all of which are sure to impress. Nespresso Machine, fridge air conditioning, an ultra HD TV with extended channel selection, en-suite shower & Charlotte Rhys amenities, are all provided as well as fast fibre internet.

At 28-36 square meters, these are the most spacious and luxurious rooms, offering larger bathrooms that are ideal for small families. The rooms are perfectly spaced to provide for all your family outing needs, allowing for an enhanced holidaying experience. The size coupled with the signature exquisite furnishing and interior design will be the punctuation mark of luxury for your holiday. En-suite shower & Charlotte Rhys amenities, fast fibre internet, air conditioning, a Nespresso machine, fridge, and an ultra HD TV with extended channel selection, are all provided. Your first step into a Cape Town adventure begins here.

An extension of the Heritage Deluxe rooms, but geared towards large groups/families. These rooms are a grand and exquisite space for you to enjoy your stay without the limitation of room size, offering adequate space to relax for your whole family. These rooms are even larger than the regular Heritage Deluxe rooms, at 33-34m. They also boast larger showers and walk-out balconies.

The en-suite bathroom is fitted with a shower and Charlotte Rhys bathroom amenities are provided. Other room amenities include a Nespresso coffee machine, fridge and flat-screen TV with an additional channel selection.

Serving a variety of breakfast options, tapas, sushi, French cuisine and homely slow-cooked meals, this rooftop restaurant is a gem and embodies luxurious hotel dining. The restaurant also provides beautiful views of Cape Town and is situated right by the pool. Notable standout items on the menu include the prawn salad, with chili, avocado, and garlic. The calamari has also received praise, as have the fries, which come topped with Grano Padano and truffle oil. The vegan selection has also received a storm of positive feedback from customers, so non meat-eaters can rest easy knowing their diet and lifestyle has been accommodated for.

As well as serving food, the restaurant’s bar offers a huge range of refreshing and delicious cocktails. The restaurant has also been complimented on its serving staff, and the quality of the smoothies provided. The restaurant is also dog-friendly, which is good news for any animal lovers. This is a great place to go with a fantastic menu to really compliment your stay at Cloud Nine.

Cloud Nine offers multiple opportunities for luxurious spa treatment. The hotel offers a very wide range of spa options, including manicures and pedicures, facials, hair massage and treatment and more.

The spa also provides threading, tinting and shaping. The spa is frequently open and provides an opportunity to declutter your mental space and to find some downtime relief. The Boutique’s spa goes above and beyond the average hotel spa with its sheer range of options, and the calming modernist atmosphere is sure to enrich your stay.

If you feel the urge to get out into nature and come face-to-face with the local animals then you may be inclined to try exploring some of the local nature reserves. To catch a sight of some of Africa’s most iconic species. In that case, Cape Point can provide a memorable experience. Alongside 220km of treacherous towering cliffs where cold air meets warm air, anything from baboons to zebras are known to be spotted.

Boulders Beach is a vast sprawling oceanfront home to an entire legion of waddling African Penguins. This species is heavily endangered, and this beach is one of the few spots in the world where you can find a colony this large. It derives its name from the clusters of boulders scattered across the beach. Besides the penguin colonies, the calm waters here provide an excellent opportunity to swim.

The V&A Waterfront is the place to be for an exotic day out. It offers plenty to see and do, with a range of markets and fun activities from riding helicopters to checking out the rows of exquisite superyachts. La Famiglia is one of the prized yachts available for travel, be it a fishing voyage or a relaxing cruise. The yacht can take up to 12 people, and for extended outings can sleep 6 of them in comfort on-board.

Beyond that, the Waterfront provides a huge array of activities, from shopping to tea-drinking. It is worth checking out, as it is located right on Sea Point, the same as Cloud Nine, and only takes ten minutes to walk from the boutique to the waterfront.

The Two Oceans aquarium is the local aquarium situated in the V&A Waterfront. The aquarium holds a host of exotic marine animals. The I&J Predator exhibit holds 2.2 million litres of seawater and contains the prided ragged-tooth shark among other terrifying aquatic beasts. The exhibit can be viewed from several great vantage points including a walk through a terrifying tunnel-way.

There’s nothing quite as relaxing as winding down by the beach. If you choose to stay at Cloud Nine Boutique, then you can rest easy knowing that there’s two excellent beaches nearby for you to explore. Clifton beach is made up of four coves, known as the first, second, third and fourth coves respectively. These beaches are often bustling with activity and brimming with things to do. The second beach is a Blue Flag beach, ensuring luxurious and sustainable standards.

Camps Bay is a long stretching shorefront layered in glistening, silky sand. The beach is lined with street-cafes and restaurants, and provides a generally more family friendly experience, with deck chairs and beach huts on rental. Muizenberg Beach is a long sandy shore perfect for taking it easy. The beach is a hugely popular spot for surfing, with excellent waves and plenty of safe space away from rocks.

Cape Winelands in Constantia is one of the most respected in the area, and a must-go for wine connoisseurs. The majestic, rolling vineyards and impeccable mountain vista behind them is a worthy draw even if wine isn’t your thing, but couple that with exquisite wine and you have got yourself a fantastic bundle.

Constantia is a place known for its food and wine, and for good reason. Here you can find simply some of the best produce in South Africa. A stay in Cloud 9 is only 40 minutes from Constantia. Access from the hotel can be gained through the ”Hop on, Hop off’ bus through the Purple Wine Tour. The bus can be boarded as it comes up to the hotel itself to take you to several of the region’s best winelands for tastings.

This is essential for wine lovers, as the exotic and beautiful locations coupled with the blissful taste of wine can be breathtaking.

Table Mountain is the most iconic landmark in Cape Town; it is a gargantuan mountain that can be seen from almost anywhere in Cape Town. There is a cable car system that can provide stunning, sweeping views, and the rush of being that high on an iconic mount is palpable. The mountain gets its name from its shape, and it also has a fiery history, as it was once – about 1.2 million years ago – an active volcano.

Table Mountain is also surrounded by hiking tracks, and hiking up through them is highly recommended to help immerse yourself in the sweeping South African vistas. Notable hiking trails include the pipe track, the route that travels around the circumference of the mountain, and trailing through the Woodstock Caves, openings in the mountain itself that offer stunning, gravity-defying views, as the eroded rock forms wide sideways crevasses big enough to pitch multiple tents in.

Another one of Cape Town’s most known locations is Robben Island. Inside Table Bay, and loomed over by Table Mountain, this penal island is known for being the place Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment. What was once a maximum-security prison is now a museum dedicated to the tumultuous South African history. Considered a UNESCO world heritage site, its name means ‘seal island’ in Dutch.

There are multiple points of interest around the island, including a Muslim shrine, a lighthouse, an old WW2 blockhouse, and Mandela’s rockpile, a pile of rocks started by Mandela and added to one rock at a time by prisoners returning to the island.

Cloud 9 has attempted to grow a wall of greenery in an attempt to make a more sustainably-inclined environment. The wall is a pleasant edition, and looks stunning coupled with the lavish architecture and furnishing of the establishment. This is a large scale plant wall nestled in the hotel lounge, and helps breathe life into the hotel interior.