Umhlanga Rocks, 15km from Durban, is an upmarket coastal village with all amenities, shops and shops.  With its own blue flag beach it is an ideal base from which to participate in a wide variety of water sports and yet still enjoy many land-based adventures as well.  The constantly warm Indian ocean and good beaches are helped by warm, sunny weather that lasts almost year round so if it's a coast holiday you want this is the place to go. If you want a break from the there's lots to do both day and night:

• Sharks Board - for those wishing to find out more about Sharks, this facility offers a surround-sound multi-media presentation with special effects, shark dissections and a display hall with a large variety of lifelike replicas of sharks, fish and rays, including an 892kg/1,960lb great white shark.
• Gateway Shopping and Entertainment complex - not just one of the best shopping centres in the area, but also includes the Barnyard Theatre, the largest art gallery in KZN, a large indoor climbing wall, a skatepark, cinemas, a fantasy forest, conference and event centre and loads, loads more.
• Golf - many excellent courses nearby including Mount Edgecombe
• Hawaan Forest - A beautiful, unspoilt, indigenous woodland area which is home to a large number of animals and a wealth of birds. Containing many different tree species with tropical attributes, it is a must for the nature and bird lover.
• Umgeni River Bird Park - waterfalls, lush vegetation, birds out on perches, walk-through aviaries and open paddocks, this bird park offers spectacular views of macaws and flamingoes and lets you see how some of the world’s rarest birds live and breed.
• Crocodile Park
• Valley of 1000 Hills
• Tennis courts
• Assagay Safari Park
• Zulu Village
• Sibaya Casino and Entertainment World

There's a wide range of accommodation available including a Protea Hotel, numerous timeshare resorts and a wonderful family run B&B called The Honey Pot - why not give it a try.