2010 Host City, Durban

Durban is more than just the city of Durban with its nat­ural har­bour, busy port and Golden Mile of impress­ive inter­na­tional hotels and glor­i­ous beaches — regarded as the defin­it­ive coastal ‘play­ground in the sun’. Rather, the Durban Metro is a region that extends up to Umhlanga Rocks to the north, to Inchanga and Botha’s Hill in the west, and just bey­ond Yellowwood Park in the south.

Some of the areas and sub­urbs it includes are the likes of Glenashley, Hillcrest, Queensburgh, Westville, Glenwood, Greyville, Kloof, La Lucia, Morningside, Sherwood, Sydenham and the city of Durban itself ...

Durban offers a diverse and inter­est­ing col­lec­tion of things to do and attrac­tions in and around the third largest city in South Africa, with a cli­mate that argu­ably places it in top pos­i­tion for all year-round accessibility.

Durban is the epi­tome of East meets West, where a strong Indian influ­ence trans­lates into some of the finest cur­ries in the coun­try; where mosques stand along­side his­tor­ical Victorian build­ings, and all is united by a pro­fu­sion of sub­trop­ical indi­gen­ous and exotic trees, shrubs and flowers that need little per­sua­sion to grow effusively.

The out­doors is a major focus and Durban not only boasts the warm Indian Ocean and vari­ous water-focused theme parks, like uSh­aka Marine World, it also func­tions as the gate­way to two World Heritage sites – the uKhah­lamba Drakensberg Park and the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park. Just bey­ond its bound­ar­ies, Durban Metro boasts the beau­ti­ful Dolphin Coast, and the his­tor­ical Battlefields, whilst closer to home are the Valley of a Thousand Hills, the Kranzkloof Nature Reserve, and the little towns of Kloof and Hillcrest.

Located in KwaZulu Natal in the beau­ti­ful City of Durban, Moses Mabhida Stadium is named after a hero of the work­ing class.

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is loc­ated adja­cent the ABSA Stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct — a site loc­ated in Stamford Hill, is a world class multi-purpose sta­dium set to make pos­sible suc­cess­ful his­tory in the mak­ing of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

Key Matches and Dates:
• Monday, 28 June 2010 — Round of 16
• Wednesday, 7 July 2010 — Semi Final

First Round Matches at Moses Mabhida Stadium:
• Saturday 13 June 2010 — Germany vs Australia
• Wednesday 16 June 2010 — Spain vs Switzerland
• Saturday 19 June 2010 — Netherlands vs Japan
• Tuesday 22 June 2010 — Nigeria vs Uraguay
• Friday 25 June 2010 — Portugal vs Brazil

Accommodation in Durban and near Moses Mabhida Stadium:
Find Accommodation in Durban for the 2010 World Cup by using our Durban map designed to show dis­tances in kilo­metres from the sta­dium to towns and sub­urbs within a 10km, 20km and 30km radius to the Moses Mabhida Stadium:

Useful Links for plan­ning your 2010 Trip:
Greater Durban Attractions
Durban City Attractions
Things to Do in Durban
Durban Map
Moses Mabhida Stadium
Durban Hotels
Durban Accommodation