Sports       Canoeing 5 min Umgeni River, finish of the Dusi canoe marathon   Deep Sea Fishing   With our our own boat   Diving Aliwal Shoal 45 min Diving with ragged tooth sharks   Golf Courses x4 10 min Durban Country Club, Durban Royal, Beechwood, Windsor , Mount Edge    Surfing 10 min All along the Golden Mile   Animals       Birding (we have a pair of fish eagles in our area) 5 min On the banks of the Umgeni River massive variety or the Bird Park   TALA Game Farm 35 min Hippo, Rhino, giraffe loads of buck a sure see.   Game parks Hluhluwe / Umfolozi 2.5 hrs Equal to the Kruger National Park with Big Five   Lion Park 30 min Lions in a large closure you get very close they do sometimes chew your tyres.   Gambling       Sabiya casino 15 min North of Umhlanga   Sun Coast Casino and Entertainment World 5min Suncoast casino complex on beachfront, movies, 23 restaurants, private beach   Wild Coast Casino and Entertainment World 90min In Transkei   Shopping       Gateway 10 min Largest Shopping Centre in the Southern Hemisphere   Pavilion 10 min Most favourite in Durban   Other       Boat rides Harbour and Sea 15 min Try a boat trip around the harbour and out to sea   Midlands Meander 60 min Very scenic drive with many home-made stalls   uShaka Marine World 5 min Amazing must must see   Valley of a Thousand Hills 20 min See for yourself if this is true or not   Zulu Kraal & Traditional Dancing 20 min See how the Zulus lived and be informed as to their tradition and customs   Drakensberg 2 hrs Mountain Range