My boyfriend and I stayed for two nights in a dorm at Small World Backpacker's Lodge near Avondale in Harare. After a nightmare journey from Mutare (not one, not two, but THREE flat tyres in our driver's car!) we arrived much later than we had anticipated, and checked in at the bar since reception was closed. Our dorm was Kilimanjaro... More

Small World is a great budget choice in Harare. I found it to be clean and secure in an excellent location only a few minutes from downtown Harare. The dorm beds were comfortable, although here were many of them in what was once a garage...not too bad though. Nice common area, decent kitchen and the breakfast I ordered was very... More

Friendly and safe place where international and local travellers meet and mingle easily. Often travellers who are working for a good cause (NGO's). The rooms are of different standards (and prices), so discuss your wishes well upfront so that the reception can meet your needs. The lodge supports an orphanage (Child Future Africa) in the Mt Darwin District and occasionally... More

I stayed at Small World lodge for 4 nights and really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and met some great people travelling around Zimbabwe. As a solo traveller it was a great place to rest up for a few days and see Harare. They have a nice bar area & a pool table (as well as a swimming pool!) I was... More

Booked a 2 night in August. Simply one of the worst place I have been. SWBL suffers from a common problem of a some of place that are on the Lonely Plane: they are assured a constant stream of visitors and are therefore unbothered to threat customers as such. Rooms are not exactly clean, requested an extra mattress (and paid... More

Stayed a night at Small World near the City Centre (Cnr Fife and 9th). They went out of their way to find me accomodation as the Avondale branch was full. I was greeted by Maurice at the City Branch and he was very friendly. It appears that this branch has just been opened as it was freshly painted and I... More

We have been there just few days ago: basically everything went wrong. We asked a room for 2 + an extra bed (for extra fee of course), on the management side there was nothing wrong with it. It took forever and ever to get the mattress. They even didn't provide us blankets. Still OK. The day after, breakfast was something... More

stayed there only one night but felt really nice and at home naomi and aisha were really helpful in directions and indication and the little things that help one discover a city thank you so much

We stayed in Harare during the splendid HIFA festival and enjoyed our time a lot. During the festival it was hard to find a place to stay and Small World Avondale was also fully booked but luckily they had just opened a sister lodge where we could stay for four nights. The sister lodge, also named Small World, is owned... More