Wellvale Resort

If you fancy getting active, several walking trails run in and around the resort, or you can hire mountain bikes to venture a little further into the hills. Golfers are well supplied with places to swing a club, as there are four courses within a 45-minute drive. Other ways to get out and about include horse riding, quad biking and microlight flying, all of which are within an hour’s drive. The Dolphin Coast, half an hour’s drive away, is a mighty scenic stretch with some fab beaches. The nearest, Blythedale beach, has safe swimming and some good surf waves; take your binoculars if you’re heading to Ballito, a little further along the coast, as dolphins can often be spotted close to shore here. You’ll be needing those binoculars again to scan the scenery for wildlife at the area’s nature reserves – it’s around an hour's drive to Harold Johnson Nature Reserve or Amatikulu Nature Reserve to drive, canoe or cycle around the parks in search of zebra, giraffes and antelopes.