Why Kwazulu-Natal

  • Location

Location of KwaZulu-Natal

Location of KwaZulu-Natal:

Often referred to as the Garden Province, KwaZulu-Natal is located on the Eastern seaboard of South Africa, lapped by the waters of the Indian Ocean.

It is one of South Africa's nine provinces.

This destination occupies some 93 450km2 - equivalent to 7,7% of South Africa's total land area - constituting the third smallest land area in the country, but is home to the country's second largest population.

KwaZulu-Natal stretches from the borders with Mozambique and Swaziland in the north to Port Edward in the south.

Topography

The province comprises three distinct geographic zones, being:

  • • A coastal lowland region, abutting the Indian Ocean;
  • • The rolling grassland plains of the central region; and
  • • A mountainous region in the far west. This, the Drakensberg, constitutes the highest mountains in South Africa, with the range extending for some 200km and reaching heights in excess of 3 500 metres. Three of the province's major rivers have their sources in these towering peaks.

Vegetation:

This is the best-watered province in the country ensuring that KwaZulu-Natal is perennially green.

Vegetation tends to be lush along the coastal strip, with enormous coastal forests locate on some of the world's highest sand dunes along the northern coastline. The province his home to extensive range of plant species, while sugarcane is a primary crop.

Varied and dense coastal forests and bush, as well as lala and wild banana palms occur in great profusion along the South Coast.

Air Travel and Time Zones

Distance to other South African Cities by Air is as follows:

By Air
.. 548 .. .. .. .. 379 661 .. 461 911
.. 648 .. .. .. 820 1 272 348 863 1 250 998
.. 674 .. .. 497 .. 501 926 451 1 660 667
.. 231 .. .. .. .. 766 .. 667 1 042 575
.. 300 .. .. .. .. 1 040 630 1 240 436 764
.. 909 285 443 280 453 1 168 992 598 1 405 417
.. .. .. .. 467 734 750 842 960 175
.. .. .. .. 832 358 1 509 1 214 689 1 779 771
.. .. .. 675 748 503 1 173 594 77 1 544 578
.. .. 811 320 805 331 1 499 1 323 929 1 736 748
.. 1 393 854 1 373 752 1 062 330 300 927 756 635
1 120 273 561 342 532 58 1 226 1 050 656 1 463 475
By Road
Source: Automobile Association of South Africa, South African Airways


Standard South African time is two hours ahead of GMT, one hour ahead of Central European Winter Time, 10 hours behind New Zealand Winter Time, and eight hours behind Eastern Australian Winter Time.