Tailor Made Holidays in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Introduction

KwaZulu-Natal has many of South Africa’s greatest attractions crammed into one province.

There is a coastline of wonderful beaches, the most famous near the cosmopolitan city of Durban. The Midlands area is where colonial grandees had vast stud farms and built huge houses for their families in the gently rolling countryside that reminded them of home. The Midlands are hemmed in on one side by the Drakensberg Mountains, an area of outstanding beauty with soaring peaks, amazing views and a wide range of activities available. On the other side lie the Battlefields, a relatively small area crammed with names that resonate in South African history: Spioenkop, Blood River, Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.

The northern half of KwaZulu-Natal is the Zulu heartland, where rural beehive cottages dot a landscape increasingly untamed, merging into Maputaland, an area of wilderness and parks such as Hluhluwe-Umfolozi and the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, diverse ecosystems teeming with game. Bordering KwaZulu-Natal are the two kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland, where beautiful scenery blends with a traditional way of life.

Selected Highlights

Our specialists have travelled the length and breadth of the country to research the best places to stay and things to do. Here they list a few of their favourite “unmissables”. Click here for more highlights

Barefoot luxury

If getting away from it all, including mobile phone signal is something you're after then my suggestion to you would be head to Thonga Beach Lodge....  [more]

Cheetah sightings

The Elephant Coast of KwaZulu-Natal is home to a number of game reserves, but one in particular is certainly home to the cheetah, Phinda Private Game...  [more]

Golfer's sanctuary

As a golfer you will be spoilt for choice in KwaZulu-Natal. The course at Zimbali Country Club is one of the most demanding in the region but there...  [more]