Discovering KwaZulu Natal

The province of KwaZulu Natal is home to a mul­ti­tude of attrac­tions, with some­thing to suit every taste, budget and relax­a­tion require­ment. It also has a sub­trop­ical cli­mate, mak­ing it ideal to visit at almost any time of the year.

Having formerly been an inde­pend­ent home­land, the king­dom of the Zulu, the province is touched by this great nations cul­ture. But with many immig­rants, par­tic­u­larly a large Indian pop­u­la­tion, this has become a vibrant and cos­mo­pol­itan des­tin­a­tion, with dif­fer­ent cul­tural exper­i­ences on offer.

The city of Durban, the cap­ital of the province, has amaz­ing beaches, with some of the best surf­ing waves in the coun­try. Durban also has many fine res­taur­ants and is well known for its culin­ary delights. One of its new­est attrac­tions is Ushaka Marine world which has spec­tac­u­lar dis­plays of mar­ine life, in par­tic­u­lar, the sharks that the KwaZulu coast­line is fam­ous for.

Durban is a strange mix­ture of laid-back surfer cool and bust­ling big city life. One of the best ways to exper­i­ence the cul­ture is to take a rick­shaw ride along the bust­ling beach­front, stop­ping to sample Indian del­ic­acies at a one of the street markets.

To the South lies the fam­ous South Coast, with towns like Margate and Port Alfred offer­ing relaxed accom­mod­a­tion and an oppor­tun­ity to while away the time, walk along the beaches and swim and scuba dive in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.  These towns are geared toward fam­ily hol­i­days, and are a great place to get away from it all.

North of Durban, en route to Mozambique, lies the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, a wild­life sanc­tu­ary and pop­u­lar tour­ist des­tin­a­tion. This pro­tec­ted nat­ural para­dise com­bines wet­lands with dunes, coastal forests, coral reefs and under­wa­ter canyons and offers many adven­ture oppor­tun­it­ies and excel­lent accommodation.

Further inland, the world fam­ous Oribi gorge offers spec­tac­u­lar scenery, where wind and water have etched a mag­ni­fi­cent rav­ine through the land­scape. Visit the Drakensberg moun­tains, where hik­ing, game view­ing, bird watch­ing, pony trails and the chance to see ancient rock paint­ings are offered.

A visit to the Zulu Kingdom would not be com­plete without an exper­i­ence of the Zulu cul­ture, so make sure to visit one of the many Zulu cul­tural vil­lages or Kraals that give insight into the tra­di­tions of these great war­ri­ors, or take a tour of the many fam­ous bat­tle­fields where these proud people fought off the early European settlers.

With so many excit­ing, high-energy options on offer, it may come as a wel­come change to make a visit to the Midlands Meander. This is a col­lec­tion of 160 attrac­tions where you can eat, browse through crafters stu­dios, view and pur­chase unique works of art, and cul­tural or his­tor­ical attrac­tions. It’s also home to the Midmar dam, which offers water sports and other activities.

Whether it’s fun in the sun, water­s­ports, night­life, a cul­tural exper­i­ence or just to relax and get away, the provice of KwaZulu Natal has some­thing to offer everyone.

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