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Umhlanga, South Africa

The Oyster Box

Eighty-six rooms on Umhlanga beach, beside the lighthouse, with a curry buffet.

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The place

The lighthouse

2 Lighthouse Road. The lighthouse is the landmark beside the hotel.

The rooms

86 individually decorated rooms, suites, and villas. Ocean or garden.

The curry

A curry buffet, plus the Grill Room, Ocean Terrace, and Palm Court high tea.

The year

The hotel dates its life on this beach to 1954.

The airport

About 20 minutes from King Shaka. Phone +27 31 514 5000.

Our read

Umhlanga has a long beach and more than one hotel that photographs the Indian Ocean. The Oyster Box is the one at 2 Lighthouse Road, with the lighthouse in the view, 86 rooms that are not a single repeated key, and a curry buffet sitting next to the Grill Room and high tea in the Palm Court. The hotel has been on this sand since 1954, and the airport is about 20 minutes, which is why people use it as a first or last night as well as a holiday. Come if the lighthouse, the curry, and the beach are the point. Skip it if you need every room to face the water, or a small lodge rather than an 86-room hotel.

Come here for

  • 2 Lighthouse Road, with the lighthouse and the Indian Ocean as the view
  • The curry buffet, the Grill Room, or high tea in the Palm Court
  • A first or last night about 20 minutes from King Shaka

Skip it if

  • You need a guaranteed ocean view. The hotel also has garden rooms.
  • You wanted a ten-room lodge. This is 86 rooms, suites, and villas.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

The Oyster Box is at 2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga, on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. The hotel counts 86 individually decorated rooms, suites, and villas, with ocean views or garden seclusion. It describes itself as part of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection, about 20 minutes from King Shaka International Airport, and it dates the hotel's life on this beach to 1954. The phone is +27 31 514 5000. The lighthouse is the landmark in the view, not a logo. The dining list is the other half of the stay. The site names a curry buffet, the Grill Room, the Ocean Terrace, the Palm Court for high tea, the Lighthouse Bar, the Chukka Bar, and the Oyster Bar. There is a spa in the gardens. This is a beach hotel with a specific meal people cross town for, and with enough rooms that a sea view is a question, not a guarantee. The introduction does not print a nightly rate. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga. About 20 minutes from King Shaka International Airport, as the hotel prints it. Phone +27 31 514 5000.

  2. Live here

    2 Lighthouse Road, with the lighthouse and the Indian Ocean as the view

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

Ask about the view

Ocean or garden is a real choice in an 86-room hotel. The curry buffet is on the dining list.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga. About 20 minutes from King Shaka International Airport, as the hotel prints it. Phone +27 31 514 5000.

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Where is it?

2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga, on the beach.

Does every room face the sea?

No. The hotel says ocean views or garden seclusion.

Where do you eat?

The site lists a curry buffet, the Grill Room, the Ocean Terrace, Palm Court high tea, and three bars.

How many rooms?

86 rooms, suites, and villas.

Where do I book?

With The Oyster Box. MindReach does not take the reservation. Phone +27 31 514 5000.

06 · Go

The Oyster Box

Umhlanga, South Africa

Umhlanga has a long beach and more than one hotel that photographs the Indian Ocean. The Oyster Box is the one at 2 Lighthouse Road, with the lighthouse in the view, 86 rooms that are not a single repeated key, and a curry buffet sitting next to the Grill Room and high tea in the Palm Court. The hotel has been on this sand since 1954, and the airport is about 20 minutes, which is why people use it as a first or last night as well as a holiday. Come if the lighthouse, the curry, and the beach are the point. Skip it if you need every room to face the water, or a small lodge rather than an 86-room hotel.

Getting there
2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga.
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