Durban - Playground of the Zulu Kingdom

Structure

zoom Vasco da Gama Clock, Victoria Embankment

Foley-Marianni Bridge, Umgeni River

Foley and Marianni were two young canoeists who negotiated the Umgeni and Umsinduzi Rivers in 1893, travelling from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in seven days.
Valley of a Thousand Hills below Emkhambatini Mountain.

Indigo Vats

Mr Colenbrander and Mr Preen built the indigo vats in 1854, but the venture failed. The ruins were rediscovered in 1969 and declared a national monument in 1974. They are on the Natal blood transfusion services property.
10 Robin Road, on the blood transfusion services property
(031) 7010554

Madressa Arcade

It was built in 1927. The arcade is lined with fifty or so busy little shops that are reminiscent of a colourful oriental bazaar.
Grey Street, Durban

Malandela Highway, KwaMashu

The Malandela highway is named after Malandela the Zulu patriarch who was father to King Zulu. The Kings who followed Zulu are thought to be Punga, Mageba, Ndaba, Jama, Senzangakhona, Shaka, Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinizulu, Solomon, Cyprian and Goodwill Zwelethini. Malandela's father could have been a man named Nnja.
North West of Durban Central

North Pier

The pier was built from 1850 onwards. It is currently 335 metres long. The pier has proved to be a fine barrier to the worst north easterly sea - swells and is popular with fishermen. A good view of the harbour entrance and beachfront is obtained from here.
Harbour entrance, Point, Durban

South Pier

It was built during the 1890's by engineer Edward Innes . It provides a marvellous place from which to fish for Barracuda or Shad.
Bluff, at Harbour Entrance, South Side

Umbilo Waterworks

The Umbilo waterworks were built in 1887 although the dam was washed away in May 1905. They are a national monument.
Umbilo River in Paradise Valley

Vasco Da Gama Clock

The clock was first installed in Point Road in 1897 to commemorate Vasco da Gama's visit to the Natal coast, four hundred years before in 1497. The stone plaque that stands nearby was unveiled in 1969 by the ambassador of Portugal, on the 500th anniversary of Da Gama's birth.
North-east end of the Victoria embankment, near the Bartel Arts Trust building, Durban

Zulu Images, Old Receiver Of Revenue Building

High above the door of the old Receiver of Revenue building are a low - relief sculptured Zulu head, assegai and fighting stick, all sculpted by Mary Stainbank.

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