Category: Architecture

Channel

Roodeplaat Dam is a well-known destination for bird watching, game viewing, and a range of water sports including freshwater angling.


Barrier

Roodeplaat dam is a well-known destination for bird watching, game viewing and a range of water sports including freshwater angling.


Dam wall

Roodeplaat dam is a well-known destination for bird watching, game viewing and a range of water sports including freshwater angling.


Swirl

Swirl

The Umhlanga Lighthouse is fully automated though its form is hand captured by local artists whose works are sold to foreigners chartering international waters with framed fragile portraits of this sturdy structure. Mistress of memorabilia and master of light since 1954, this 21m high circular concrete tower has a light range of 24 sea miles at a focal plane height of 25 meters above high sea level. It has never been attended by a lighthouse keeper with the official warden residing at the adjacent original beach cottage of the area, now the Oyster Beach Hotel.


Illuminate

Illuminate

The Whale Bone Pier better known as the Umhlanga Pier was declared by CNN as the “Best In World!” and “world’s most beautiful pier” in 2014. This accolade was made after CNN proclaimed Durban one of the world’s most underrated cities.