Durban Botanic Gardens
A 15 hectare garden in subtropical Durban, and the city's oldest public institution. It is the oldest surviving botanical garden in Africa, and is known for its collection of cycads and an orchid house.
- Where
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -29.8467, 31.0067
Get the Durban Botanic Gardens stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Durban Botanic Gardens. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your KwaZulu-Natal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Durban Botanic Gardens
uShaka Marine World 4.2 km
A 16 hectare marine theme park on Durban's beachfront, opened on 30 April 2004. It combines an aquarium built around a shipwreck set, water slides and a beach, and holds thousands of fish and sea animals.
Sibudu Cave 37 km
A rock shelter in a sandstone cliff above the Tongati River in KwaZulu-Natal, where layers of occupation stretch back about 77,000 years. Excavations found grass bedding, bone tools and early arrowheads, and the shelter is also a bat roost.
Howick Falls 80 km
A waterfall about 95 metres high, dropping on the Umgeni River beside the town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. The Zulu name KwaNogqaza means Place of the Tall One, and a viewing point looks across the gorge.
Giant's Castle 157 km
A mountain in the central Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal, with a grassy plateau set among deep valleys. The shape of its peaks and escarpment resembles a sleeping giant, and the reserve around it holds many San rock paintings.
uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park 161 km
A World Heritage mountain park along the border with Lesotho, with basalt cliffs, deep valleys and high peaks. Its caves and rock shelters hold some of the largest collections of San rock paintings in Africa, painted over thousands of years.
Sani Pass 168 km
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Isandlwana 169 km
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Mafadi 175 km
The highest point in South Africa at 3,450 metres, a rounded peak on the border with Lesotho in the Drakensberg. It has no marked tourist path, and reaching it takes a multi day hike through the wilderness area of the Giant's Castle region.
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Questions
Where is Durban Botanic Gardens?
Durban Botanic Gardens is in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are uShaka Marine World (4.2 km), Sibudu Cave (37 km), Howick Falls (80 km).
How do I get the Durban Botanic Gardens stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Durban Botanic Gardens and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your KwaZulu-Natal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Durban Botanic Gardens before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your KwaZulu-Natal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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