Olivia Pedler / UnsplashBest time to visit
Year-round; warm and humid, mildest April–September
Durban's Golden Mile is a wide, palm-fringed promenade tracing the city's warm-water beaches on the Indian Ocean. It runs from uShaka Marine World one of Africa's largest marine parks northward past piers, pools and surf breaks.
Warm all year, it is made for morning runs, rickshaw rides and sunset strolls, with the city's Afro-Indian food culture close at hand.
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