The Selborne Hotel, Spa & Golf Estate

You stay at Selborne Hotel on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, an hour from Durban, where the eighteen-hole golf course runs through coastal forest. The hotel has forty-nine rooms, from garden suites with private terraces to the presidential suite at the top of the manor house staircase. Air conditioning, satellite television, and coffee stations come standard.

La Vita Spa offers massages, anti-aging treatments, and manicures in single or couples' rooms, with a sauna and spa bath. It stays open until ten at night. The Lord Selborne Restaurant serves fine dining with estate views, while Barker’s Bar does à la carte meals in a social setting. The wine cellar holds South African vintages.

The estate takes weddings in its chapel and hosts events in rooms that seat up to one hundred and twenty guests. A beach house, outdoor pool, and tennis courts are on the grounds. The nearest train station is three minutes by car; King Shaka International Airport is an hour and a half away.

Rooms have king or twin beds, private bathrooms, and safes. Some connect for families. The fairway rooms look over the golf course from their terraces.