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About Durban!
The Zulu name for Durban is Thekwini, meaning "The Place Where the Earth and the Ocean Meet". Lined with golden beaches, Durban offers a subtropical carnival atmosphere and summer sunshine all year round. From around the globe, day in, day out, pleasure-seekers converge on the city to play on the golden, palm-fringed sands.
At excellent one-stop shopping centres, you can buy anything from photographic equipment to couturier clothes and rare antiques. Flea markets and craft trails attract leisurely browsers, and discount stores offer quality merchandise at bargain basement prices. Within a stone's throw of the city centre, oriental bazaars, fragrant with spice and incense, offer silks, saris, unusual jewellery and ornaments. Pubs, discos and action bars are firm favourites.
Valley of a Thousand HillsOne of the most picturesque drives in the world is just 45km from Durban, known as the Valley of a Thousand Hills. It is in these hills that Zulu people still live in their traditional huts and the views are breathtaking. |
Durban BeachesSome of South Africa’s best beaches can be found along the Natal coastline, Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito, Shaka’s Rock, Shelley Beach (on the North Coast), Uvongo and Margate (on the South coast) – just to mention a few. All of these beaches offer safe and fantastic swimming and surfing possibilities. Durban also boasts spectacular beaches including Addington Beach, South and North beaches and Dairy beach! |
Ukhahlamba - Drakensberg ParkThe Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000. This mountain wilderness, bordering Lesotho, is a vast national park boasting the highest mountain range in South Africa. This area is known to the Zulus as the `Barrier of Spears’, the ‘Drakensberg’ or the `Dragon Mountains’. This mountain range is truly spectacular and offers wonderful waterfalls, mountain peaks and rock faces adorned with San rock art. It is a favourite spot for hiking and fly-fishing. |