Margate Caravan Park

If you’re hoping for a sedate break from real life, there’s loads to do in the area around Margate Caravan Park: start things off with a soothing round of golf at Southbroom Golf Club, 10 minutes’ drive away, or head to Margate Pier (five minutes) for a spot of fishing. Getting back to nature is a cinch in KwaZulu-Natal. The trails through Mbumbazi Nature Reserve are 25 minutes from the site, and the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve – a top spot for trails, ziplining, abseiling and whitewater rafting, and home to the Wild Gorge Swing (the highest gorge swing in the world) – is less than an hour away. You can also get up close (but not too close) with some of nature’s predators at the Riverbend Crocodile Farm and Pure Venom Reptile Park, both within 15 minutes of Margate Caravan Park, or have a more gentle experience at Butterfly Valley butterfly farm. For those craving that city life, Durban is an hour and a half away – head here for uShaka Marine World theme park, botanic gardens, Phezulu Safari Park and Phansi Museum, and to get your heart back in your throat by taking the plunge at Big Rush.