Kwazulu Natal Hotels
Hotels Kwazulu Natal June 19th, 2008
Kwazulu Natal, with its white beaches washed by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, generously caters for any imaginable taste in South African hotel accommodation. Sweeping savannah to the east and the majestic Drakensberg mountain range to the west, makes the Kwazulu Natal the perfect holiday destination, and the hotels we offer, just adds to the overall pleasure of visiting Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
KwaZulu Natal hotels provides accommodation at a wide variety of spectacular hotels and game lodges. Durban, the capitol of the Kwazulu Natal, is a melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures.
KwaZulu Natal boasts two World Heritage Sites - the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park and the Umhlanga Drakensberg Park. This warm province also offers fantastic beaches, sunny weather, game parks, rolling green hills, numerous sugar cane plantations, relics of the great battles in South African history, as well as KwaZulu Natal hotels located in breathtaking settings.
Being a popular holiday destination, holiday makers from other provinces are drawn to KwaZulu Natal’s sandy shoreline from St Lucia on the North Coast to Durban and from Durban to the Wild Coast in the South. The unique tropical climate and beaches make KwaZulu Natal one of South Africa’s busiest local holiday destinations, which features comfortable family hotels in KwaZulu Natal. Durban is the hub where a wide range of Kwazulu Natal Hotels can be found.
KwaZulu Natal hotels and beach resorts which offer different ratings, are located in lush tropical settings with the warm Indian Ocean as their playground.
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
The majestic mountains of the Drakensberg and the warm waters of KwaZulu Natal’s coast, makes KwaZulu Natal a year-round holiday destination of unparalleled charm and a large selection of KwaZulu Natal hotels, beach resorts, city hotels, and mountain resorts await the travelers.
Holidaymakers flock to their favorite beach hotels in KwaZulu Natal along Durban’s scenic coastline to soak up the sea and sun. From the city of Durban along the Wild Coast, lie a plethora of popular seaside KwaZulu Natal hotels and holiday resorts which are all linked with a highway that snakes through subtropical bush and hills garlanded with hibiscus blooms.
Stretching north of Durban, is the Dolphin Coast, aptly named for its shoals of bottlenose dolphins that surf in South Africa’s waves and providing endless entertainment with their engaging antics which can often be observed from the comfort of hotel room. Calm lagoons and sweeping beaches abound and provide ample opportunity for surfing, snorkeling, fishing and swimming.
The coastal city of Durban is a haven of KwaZulu Natal hotels and accommodation options providing a multitude of choices for the traveller. Catch a shuttle to Margate, the hub of KwaZulu Natal, the South Coast golf circuit or visit a crocodile farm, a nature reserve or follow an arts and crafts trail in KwaZulu Natal. Appropriately enough, the Zulu name for Durban is Thekwini, meaning “The Place Where the Earth and the Ocean Meet”. From around the globe, day in and day out, pleasure seekers converge on Durban to play on the golden, palm-fringed sands.
Magnificent KwaZulu Natal hotels perch on the edge of Indian Ocean combining both comfort and leisure of sea and surf.
Durban, besides offering inviting hotel accommodation, also offers exciting shopping options that range from the popular Gateway centre, to the Fleamarkets filled with African crafts and oriental bazaars fragrant with spice.
Further north in KwaZulu Natal, game lodges that epitomize the best of the African wilderness can also be found. This area in KwaZulu Natal is one of the few places in South Africa and worldwide where good game viewing can be enjoyed in close proximity to the pleasures of scuba diving and deep-sea fishing. Habitats from coastal dune forests to open bushveld support a wide variety of game. From the elephant to the tiny suni. The bird life in this region is equally prolific. Most national parks in the KwaZulu Natal offer peaceful surroundings, comfortable accommodation, game drives and conducted walking trails.
If you wander away from Durban for a while, towards the pastoral beauty of the Midlands, the highway meanders through rolling wooded hills and grassy plains scattered with towns, villages and hospitable hotels. On KwaZulu Natals lush farmlands, plump cattle and thoroughbred horses graze. Although the great herds of South Africa highveld game which once wintered here are gone forever, sanctuaries throughout the region support large numbers and varieties of South African wildlife.
No visit to the KwaZulu Natal would be complete without taking a glimpse at the majestic Drakensberg Mountains. Snow-capped in winter, this mountain range is the country’s grandest and an ever-popular holiday destination. Known to the Zulu people as Quathlamba, “the barrier of spears”, the mountains provide a magnificent backdrop to KwaZulu Natals Thukela region.
KwaZulu Natal’s Drakensburg rivers are frequented by South African and international anglers hoping to catch record-breaking rainbow trout. Climbers scale the jagged peaks where eagles and bearded vultures fly; hikers and horse-riders follow these nature trails. The less energetic shrug off city stress by drinking in the birdsong, the crisp clean air and the stunning views, which can be enjoyed from the comfort of selected KwaZulu Natal hotels.
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