The Elephant Coast
The Centenary Centre, a wildlife-holding centre with an attached museum, information centre and excellent craft market, is in the eastern section of…
Must-see attractions in KwaZulu-Natal
Evangelical Lutheran Church Art & Craft Centre
KwaZulu-Natal
Behind the Rorke's Drift Orientation Centre, this operation was one of the few places to offer artistic training to black artists during apartheid. As…
Durban
This was formerly the Native Administration headquarters, where Durban’s colonial authorities formulated the structures of urban racial segregation (the …
Durban
Found in the beautiful 1866 courthouse behind City Hall, this museum offers a worthwhile insight into the highs and lows of colonial living. There's also…
Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve
KwaZulu-Natal
Found on a river mouth just north of town, the reserve is home to many bird species (despite its small size: 2600 sq metres). Trails lead through stunning…
KwaZulu-Natal
Formerly known as Voortrekker Museum, Msunduzi Museum comprises a complex that incorporates the Church of the Vow, the home of Andries Pretorius, a…
Durban
The shops of Madressa Arcade are a flurry of colourful fabrics and piles of spices. Even if you don't find anything to buy, the architecture makes for a…
KwaZulu-Natal
One of the less famous sites in the area, Fugitive’s Drift is best visited with a local guide. It's the route those attempting to flee the Battle of…
KwaZulu Cultural-Historical Museum
KwaZulu-Natal
This museum, located within Ondini, has excellent exhibits on Zulu history and culture. It also has one of the country’s best collections of beadwork on…
Durban
This museum at City Hall boasts an impressive, if pleasantly retro, display of stuffed birds and insects, plus African animals. Check out the cockroach…
KwaZulu-Natal
A replica of Long Tom, a Boer gun capable of heaving a shell 10km, is near the town hall. Long Tom was put out of action by a British raiding party during…
Durban
Maydon Wharf, which runs along the southwestern side of the harbour and south of Margaret Mncadi Ave, is home to the Sugar Terminal, which offers an…
Durban
This not-for-profit gallery has temporary exhibitions of modern South African art. Once you’ve perused the gallery, its outdoor cafe, set under shady…
Durban
Under City Hall's impressive dome is this gallery with a small but interesting collection of South African artworks, including paintings, mixed media and…
KwaZulu-Natal
Opposite the King Shaka Visitor Centre, the museum has a small collection of related historical exhibits and other displays (there are some nicely…
Durban
In the midst of Durban's busy southern seafront you can explore two former steam tugs and see the huge wicker basket once used for hoisting passengers…
Durban
Dominating the city centre is the opulent 1910 Edwardian neo-baroque City Hall. In front of the hall is Francis Farewell Square.
KwaZulu-Natal
A statue of Gandhi, who was famously ejected from a 1st-class carriage at Pietermaritzburg station, stands defiant opposite some old colonial buildings on…
Durban
This palm-lined square outside City Hall is named after the founder of the Port Natal colony and is where Fynn and Farewell made their camp in 1824.
Durban
On the eastern side of the main post office on Dr Pixley KaSeme St (West St) is Church Sq, with its old vicarage and the 1909 St Paul’s Church.
Drakensberg & uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
This small museum is stuffed with insightful exhibits on San rock art, Zulu history and the Anglo-Boer war, specifically the Spioenkop battle.
KwaZulu-Natal
Opposite Settlers Dr is a wall with loopholes from the original fort, built as a refuge from Zulu attack and now part of the police station.
Durban
The windy location makes surfing less popular here than at other beaches on the Golden Mile. It has a very hairy shorebreak.
KwaZulu-Natal
The words of the Vow that the Voortrekkers made with God at the Battle of Blood River are in the Modern Memorial Church.
Durban
A statue commemorating Dick King (Richard Philip King), who brought reinforcements during the 1842 siege of Durban.
KwaZulu-Natal
The Church of the Vow was built in 1841 to fulfil the Voortrekkers’ promise to God at the Battle of Blood River.
KwaZulu-Natal
The colonial-era City Hall is the largest load-bearing red-brick building in the southern hemisphere.
KwaZulu-Natal
Outside the town hall are two guns, Castor and Pollux, used by the British in defence of Ladysmith.
The Elephant Coast
Elephants are known to congregate and bathe at this borehole in the iMfolozi section of the park.
KwaZulu-Natal
Architect Phillip Dudgeon modelled the Standard Bank on the Bank of Ireland in Belfast.
KwaZulu-Natal
Marks the spot where Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon was killed on the battlefield.
Drakensberg & uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
The Didima San Art Centre, at Didima Camp 1km into Royal Natal National Park, offers an insight into San rock art, though sadly many of the exhibits,…
KwaZulu-Natal
Opposite the large former Legislative Assembly building is the site of King Mpande’s iKhanda (palace), KwaNodwengu. Mpande won control from Dingaan after…
