KwaZulu Natal Travel Guide - Budget Accommodation, Game Lodges, Luxury Accommodation

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Province: Kwazulu Natal
Region : South Coast

Towns: 
Umkomaas |  Harding |  Scottburgh |  Port Edward |  Southbroom |  Margate |  Oribi Flats |  Port Shepstone Hibberdene |  Pennington

Popularly known as the Golf Coast thanks to a comprehensive selection of 11 fine courses - our 120km stretch of inviting Indian Ocean, expansive golden Beaches and unique variant of sub- tropical Bush could just as easily (and accurately) be afforded a number of perfectly-appropriate titles. Hiker's Heaven... Diver's Discovery... Birder's Beauty... Surfer's Secrets...Angler's Abundance... Beachcomber's Bliss... Adventurer's Adrenalin...Collector's Cornucopia... Whale-watcher's Wonder and even Stargazer's Surprise perfectly describe how visitors are spoilt for choice along the scenic, relaxed route between Durban metro's cosmopolitan Buzz and the Zulu Kingdom's southernmost reaches. Which is not to say we have no Buzz - come nightfall our resort towns hold their own with any South Coast pleasure- palace in the world!


Returning to less-hedonistic pleasures... there's rich, authentic and living Zulu culture to imbibe, plus the unmistakable motifs of sub-continental Indian influence. Easy access to the southern slopes of our much-visited and photographed Berg - the Drakensberg mountain range - offers the traveller yet more-contemplative moments with majestic, inspiring peaks and timeless rock-paintings. This fascinating art form, coupled with archaeological finds across the region, places the Khoi and San folk on the South Coast millennia before King Shaka Zulu tested the limits of his empire during the early 1800's.

Continuing our inherited affinity with The Great Outdoors, it's no surprise that today's South African has turned the South Coast into a premier domestic holiday destination... where year- round sunshine maintains the carefree, up-beat mood.Styles of accommodation are as wide-ranging as the opportunities for fun and excitement... home-away-from-home for the international jet- set, globe-trotting back-packers and everyone in between who seeks a memorable experience in our inimitable Kingdom of the Zulu. Word of the friendly welcome, Eden-like surroundings and vast array of attractions we offer is rapidly spreading far and wide... so come share with us all the splendours of a slice of paradise the Zulu forefathers called Ugu - Edge of the Great Water.