- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Kwambonambi about a half hour drive to the oldest game parks in Africa, the wetlands and coastline of St Lucia. As the surrounding area is large and unpopulated, your own transport would be a good idea although getting onto tours and out and about is easy enough. For such a teeny town, Kwambonambi is built in giant proportion. The streets are wide and generous, the trees that line them enormous and the oddness (when it exists) extreme. Take for instance the Dungeon. Who? Why? What?
Feeling lucky?(randomly selected service providers from all regions)
A Big Five Reserve that offers lessons…
(Grahamstown,)
Stokkiesdraai backpackers in St Lucia is centrally situated in the main street and opposite a convenience stores, a bank and an Internet café.
(St Lucia,Zululand)
You might meet Adam... Or not. But have a dip in the pool and eat an apple anyway…
(Windhoek,Namibia)
An international company specializing in Campervan Hire
(Johannesburg,Johannesburg)
At Starling you’ll experience all the beauty, wildlife, culture and all the adventure that you came to find in South Africa.
(Plettenberg Bay,Garden Route)
Wake up on your wild side at this stunning private game reserve
(East London,Sunshine Coast)
A Backpaker must with Safaris and close encounters of the wild kind
(Mossel Bay,Garden Route)
(Windhoek,Namibia)
Fairy Knowe is a Wilderness backpackers which is set on an old rambling farm with masses of space, horses, dogs and birds, overlooking the wetlands.
(Wilderness,Garden Route)
Observe Great White Sharks and collect data that will help to understand them better.
(,Overberg )
