Accommodation in Durban - Accommodation in Southern Africa - South African Accommodation

Durban, South Africa's third most populous city is located in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It forms part of the eThekweni metropolitan municipality. The city's warm subtropical climate and beaches also make it a tourism centre of South Africa. According to the 2007 Community Survey, the city has a population of almost 3.5 million. Today, Durban is the busiest container port in Africa, and a popular tourist destination. The Golden Mile, developed as a welcoming tourist destination in the 1970s, as well as Durban at large, provide ample tourist attractions, particularly for people on holiday from Johannesburg. Durban has a mild sub-tropical climate with warm wet summers and mild moist to dry winters. Frost does not occur in the city. However, due to large altitude variations, some western suburbs get very cold in the winter. Durban has an annual rainfall of 1,009 millimetres.