Point Waterfront

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Durban Point is one of Durban's most historic and significant urban quarters, but over the years it has been subject to a creeping blight that left it largely abandoned and vacant. All that changed with the 2003 launch of the Durban Point Waterfront, with over R1.8 billion being invested in this Durban Area. The Durban Point Waterfront lies in a superb location, and enjoys access to a range of modes of travel including pedestrian, road, rail and sea, and therefore has local, national and international connections. Much of the renewed impetus for this initiative in the Durban Point Waterfront is due to the implementation of the uShaka Marine World project, Africa's largest marine theme park lying on 15 hectares of prime Durban beachfront property. uShaka houses a 1200 seater dolphinarium, where visitors are thrilled by dolphin and seal performances, retail outlets featuring fashion, arts and crafts and indigenous goods, and a fabulous selection of restaurants, including the Shark Restaurant situated in the themed shipwreck with a window into a shark tank. uShaka's famous Wet 'n Wild World offers excitement, fun and laughter for the whole family, on slides, chutes, tunnel ride's and swimming pools.
This 'must-see-must-do' Durban Waterfront attraction was consciously targeted at creating a development impetus for Durban CBD, which led to the idea of creating a unique 'waterfront city within a city', in which a system of canals forms the central spine of urban re-development, and where the economic benefits of water frontage extend throughout the Durban Area.

Just 1km North from Durban Point Waterfront accommodation lies Durban Beachfront CBD, extremely popular with local and foreign visitors who flock to Durban to enjoy the wonderful sub-tropical weather. Durban Beachfront CBD's world famous 'Golden Mile' with its bathing and surfing beaches, fishing piers, paddling pools, flea markets and many restaurants is just a few steps West of Durban CBD, with its interesting mix of Victorian, Georgian and modern architecture, and closeby, the scenic small crafts' Durban harbour offers wonderful entertainment venues and eateries. With its excellent bathing, surfing beaches and world-class pedestrian promenade, Durban Beachfront CBD extends to the fabulous Durban Suncoast Casino to the North. Set amongst towering palm trees and nestled against the Durban beachfront along the Durban Golden Mile, Suncoast Casino has 12 restaurants and fast food outlets, kid's entertainment, cinemas, sundeck, boardwalk and a dance bar, making it the premier entertainment destination for the whole family.