# Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani in Durban — Citylit

A beachfront stay overlooking the Indian Ocean, steps from Durban’s promenade.

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## Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani

A beachfront stay overlooking the Indian Ocean, steps from Durban’s promenade.

- City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Lodging
- Address: 63 Snell Parade, North Beach
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/lodging/southern-sun-elangeni-maharani
- Official website: https://www.southernsun.com/southern-sun-elangeni-maharani/contact-us
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 31.0346123, latitude -29.8457126 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16125725

A beachfront stay overlooking the Indian Ocean, steps from Durban’s promenade. Beachfront towers on the Golden Mile, close enough to the promenade to hear the sea.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 60 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani | Durban North Beach: https://www.southernsun.com/southern-sun-elangeni-maharani/contact-us; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Southern Sun hotel essentials: https://www.southernsun.com/southern-sun-elangeni-maharani; fetched 2026-10-07; search-verified

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/c4266986faf9.jpg — Durban from the Balcony. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: Dennis Sylvester Hurd; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durban_from_the_Balcony_(Dennis_Sylvester_Hurd)_1.jpg

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