The Litchi Orchard Market in Umhlali, Dolphin Coast

Litchi Orchard Market

The Litchi Orchard Market is loc­ated on Seaforth Avenue in the KwaZulu Natal coastal town of Umhlali and takes place on the first and third Saturday of each month between 8am and 1pm.  Currently boast­ing just less than 30 stall­hold­ers with products ran­ging from artisan breads, organic veget­ables, homemade cur­ries and Indian spe­ci­al­it­ies to pan­cakes, dresses, nuts, pre­serves, German baked goods and the undis­puted mar­ket favour­ite break­fast stall, the Litchi Market is obvi­ously worth a visit on a Saturday morning ...

The focus of the mar­ket is on food products that are local, farm-fresh, sea­sonal and sus­tain­able and the oppor­tun­ity to buy straight from the farmer means you are cut­ting down on your car­bon foot­print ... Continued

Free Concert at Mr Price Pro in Ballito from 2–11 July 2010

Catlike Thieves

Previously known as the Guston 500 the inter­na­tion­ally recog­nised Mr Price Pro takes place in Ballito from 2–11 July 2010. The waves at both Salmon Bay and Surfers beaches in Ballito are only 30km north of Durban and the Women’s and Junior heats take place from 2–4 July while the Men’s heats are from 5–11 July.

While the water will be pump­ing with surfers from all around the globe the pub­lic will be enter­tained not only by these water babies but also by the two day free con­cert at Salt Rock Beach with a vari­ety of South Africa’s top and most pop­u­lar bands. Continued

Feverishly shopping at Fever Tree Market (in Ballito)

The Fever Tree Market oper­ates every second Sunday of the month on Claremont Farm in Ballito (KwaZulu Natal) and as the name sug­gests, the focus point of the mar­ket is the Fever Tree. I’ve vis­ited the mar­ket a few times myself — its GREAT for Christmas shop­ping and the last mar­ket day fell on Valentines Day where plenty of  hus­bands and boy­friends were seen pick­ing up last minute delect­able treats for loved ones ...

On sale is fresh, organic pro­duce and if you live in the area you can also arrange to have a bas­ket of goods delivered right to your door.  The charge for deliv­ery and the box of goods is on aver­age R150 (this is deliv­ery to Zinkwazi which is about 25 minutes drive from Ballito).  Farmers from the Natal Midlands are also in attend­ance at the mar­ket selling scrump­tious pork saus­ages and huge free range eggs – per­fect for the week­end fry up. Continued

Ballito on the Dolphin Coast

Ballito

The town of Ballito is one of the Dolphin Coasts premiere Tourist Destinations and the Pearl of the KwaZulu Natal North Coast. Ballito is well known for its superb, safe beaches. For the small price of a licence, which can be pur­chased at the Natal Sharks Board, you can pick your own mus­sels off the rocks, col­lect oysters or bring in fresh cray­fish from the Indian Ocean.

Ballito's friendly, vil­lage atmo­sphere is a wel­come haven from the fast pace of big city life, yet it offers all mod­ern amen­it­ies and ser­vices to holiday-makers.

The beaches are the prime attrac­tion and Ballito's main bathing beach, Willard Beach, provides safe swim­ming and qual­i­fied life-guards on duty seven days a week. Lifeguards and shark nets are also provided at Clarke Bay Beach to ensure that par­ents have a worry-free hol­i­day. Further south is the Ballito Tidal Pool with two dif­fer­ent sized pools, both well main­tained and home to a wide vari­ety of sea life. Continued