- Ballito and Shaka's Rock
The bay is just half an hour from Durbs, has all the restaurants, cinemas and social paraphernalia you could need and is a lovely place to spend a few days.
- Eshowe
Eshowe has a quiet, colonial feel to it that reflects graceful feelings of yesteryear. It’s almost as though time slowed down here and the town has not quite reached this century.
- Mtunzini
Mtunzini is a quiet coastal town blessed by nature and with a colourful history. It is 132km from Durban and a great place to get into the heart of Zululand culture.
- Kwambonambi
Meaning “the place where chiefs gather”, Kwabonambi is a little town in the middle of nowhere which makes a good base for exploration into the surrounding areas and its game parks, wetlands, rivers and coastline.
- Mtubatuba
Matubatuba is just off the N2, this little town is a convenient stop over between reserves. it is located only 25km from St Lucia.
- St Lucia
St Lucia is a cool town. It’s got everything you need to have heaps of fun but is surrounded by so much wilderness that you can walk out of a bar door and into a hippo... The best time to visit St Lucia is in winter when it is cooler.
- Sodwana Bay
This is one of South Africa's premier dive sites.
- Hluhluwe
Hluhluwe has three backpackers surrounding the park. The main attraction here is the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi game reserve which is an incredible piece of nature that teems with game. The big five are prolific.
- Kosi Bay
Kosi Bay is a unique and magnificently varied eco-system ranging between lake wetlands and marine coastal reserve. There is a great backpackers in the village.
- MkuzeKZN
This is probably the best base you could choose for exploring Maputaland, and area rich in unexploited wilderness where local people still live according to generations of traditon.
Gingindlovu
British soldiers called it ‘Gin gin I love you’. The name is Zulu and means ’the swallower of the elephant’. Go here just to stay at Inyezane.
The small village of Gingindlovu is surrounded by extensive sugarcane fields and was once the site of one of Cetshwayo's military kraals. Here during the battle of Gingindlovu, Lord Chelmsford and 6 000 men on their way to relieve Eshowe, vanquished an Impi of 11 000 Zulu. Check out the cemetery at the Gingindlovu battlefield that commemorates those who lost their lives in the battle. .
Feeling lucky?(randomly selected service providers from all regions)
This East London backpackers is conveniently close East Londons's beaches, shops and bus station.
(East London,Sunshine Coast)
This East London establishment is excellent value, offering self catering accommodation near the beach or in Gonubie
(Gonubie Eastern Cape,Sunshine Coast)
This Tofo backpackers is on a tropical beach framed by sea and endless coconut palms swaying in the breeze.
(Inhambane and Tofo,Mozambique)
Known by many as the former Swaziland backpackers.
(Manzini,Swaziland)
Small group tours 4-days to 3-weeks
(Cape Town Suburbs,Cape Town)
Minutes away from the Orpen Gate.
(Hoedspruit,Limpopo)
Built in the days when castles were homes
(Johannesburg,Johannesburg)
This is Cape Town's longest running travel centre.
(Cape Town City Bowl,Cape Town)
A canopy tours that also crosses the Letaba River.
(Tzaneen,Limpopo)
Ashanti's sister lodge near the sea...
(Green Point,Cape Town)
