Durban offers the best of both worlds: a thriving port city that’s a major business hub for South Africa and a dream destination for holidaymakers. Here, you’ll find luxury hotels lining stretches of beachfront right next to the tenth largest port in the world - and the busiest in South Africa.
With beautiful, warm weather almost all year round and some of the best beaches in the country, Durban is definitely a tourist hot spot. It’s a big city, with plenty to see and do, making renting a car a good option for getting around easily. With Tempest, you’ll get a wide variety of vehicles from which to choose for your Durban car hire. Contact us today to find out more about what we have to rent and our hire rates.
A perfect place for a day out with the family, uShaka Marine World is a must for anyone’s to-do list. As the largest marine theme park in Africa, uShaka boasts a huge aquarium, exciting shops and wonderful restaurants to tickle your taste buds.
Next to uShaka is Bell’s Beach. This section of Durban beach is set aside specifically for outdoor adventures, allowing you to windsurf, jet-ski, play volleyball or rugby on the sand and so much more. If fresh water is more your taste, make a stop at Wet ‘n Wild World. This part of the park offers swimming pools, river trips and a mini super tube.
The Durban Botanical Gardens provides a look at vegetation that is unique to the area as well as a trip through history with the 100 000 pressed plant specimens in the Herbarium. Two of the main highlights in the Gardens are the Orchid House and the original cycad that is grown only there. The Gardens were started as place to preserve cycads and they house one that is acknowledged as possibly the rarest plant in the world.
This gorgeous, opulent Hare Krishna temple is only a short drive from the city of Durban, an easy task with your Durban car hire choice from Tempest. Not only is this temple beautiful to behold, but there are gardens to explore and a vegan restaurant that will get your appetite going. Spending the day at this alluring site is a must for anyone interested in spirituality.
In the heart of Durban, located in the old City Hall, is the extraordinarily popular Natural Science Museum. Here you’ll find a wide variety of extremely interesting and insightful displays that are all aimed at teaching visitors about the world around them: past, present and future.
On the corner of Victoria and Queen Streets, is the place where the two dominant cultures in Durban, African and Indian, meet. The Victoria Street Market offers an intense array of colours, smells and sounds that fill up the beautiful, ornate building. This is the perfect place to buy mementos and gifts during your holiday in Durban. You can get spices, incense, African curios, beadwork and saris, to name a few highlights.
Finding Durban car hire with Tempest is easy
Having the freedom to drive around while on holiday in a city like Durban means you’ll be able to see what you want, when you want. Whether you need a large family car or something fast and flashy, Tempest has plenty of options for you. Contact us today to book from our Durban car hire choices.
