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Beaches around Durban

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from North to South
Ballito and the nearby villages are famous for elegant residential areas and holiday flats
Umhlanga the "noble" extension of Durban offers nice beaches
Durban - beach life along the Golden Mile.
The Bluff - close to the city centre and famous for the people of Durban
Amanzimtoti - nice protected beaches
Scottburgh - small seaside resort on the South Coast

Shopping Centres in greater Durban
Pavillion in Westville, huge shopping paradise with entertainment facilities
Gateway in Umhlanga, also called the biggest shopping centre in the Southern hemisphere

A little bit of history...
The Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama was the first European to discover the coastline of KwaZulu-Natal. As this happened during Christmas in the year of 1497 this part of Southern Africa was named Natal (Portuguese for birth or Christmas). The sailors believed they found a lagoon at the mouth of a huge river and therefore called present day Durban Rio de Natal (Christmas river). The lagoon however was a bay suitable for ships to enter.
Many years later Henry Francis Fynn started a settlement at this bay. In 1835 the little town was named Durban after the governor of the Cape colony Sir Benjamin D’Urban.
KwaZulu-Natal is the home of the Zulu people. This tribe developed from a smaller community during the reign of Shaka and Dingane into the biggest tribe of South Africa.

(image: The Bluff near Durban)

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