# The Oyster Box in Durban — Citylit

A coastal hotel overlooking Umhlanga’s lighthouse and the Indian Ocean.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/lodging/the-oyster-box

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## The Oyster Box

A coastal hotel overlooking Umhlanga’s lighthouse and the Indian Ocean.

- City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Lodging
- Address: 2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/lodging/the-oyster-box
- Official website: https://oysterboxhotel.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oyster_Box
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 31.0871965, latitude -29.728337 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/313961238

The Oyster Box may refer to:

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oyster_Box; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### 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
- The Oyster Box, Luxury Hotel Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: https://oysterboxhotel.com/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- The Oyster Box: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oyster_Box; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### 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
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/6b3a4eaf58c9.jpg — The Oyster Box Hotel, north Durban. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: This Particular Greg; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_Box_South_Africa.jpg

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