A 4km ridge that provides the land-locked harbour of Port Natal with its southern arm is known as the Bluff, or to the Zulu as isiBubulungu (‘the long bulky thing’). The ridge is a 90m high bush-covered dune of sand, which protects the harbour from winds. Marine Drive runs along the seaward side and leads to a viewing site from where there is a panoramic view of the harbour and city. King, one of the founders of Durban, is buried on the bluff.

The Drakensberg
Geology The Drakensberg Mountains had their onqm some 200 million years. ago when a vast landmass...