Shopping Malls in South Africa

Still in the pipeline, Amanzimtoti eagerly awaits the launch of their new mega size shopping centre on the 26th November 2009. The Galleria will feature 12 movie houses, an ice skating rink, indoor putt-putt, sea view restaurants and Woolworths flag ship.

Amanzimtoti offers amazing beaches, good old fashioned fun family entertainment and affordable accommodation. With the launch of The Galleria, the beach front Water World and Fun Land, Amanzimtoti is proving to be the new destination of choice.

Bayside Mall Shopping Centre is your one stop shopping mall with free parking. Here you will be able to shop for all your requirements from groceries to fashion, movies to perfume, restaurants to jewellery - all under one roof!

Bayside Mall's fashion offering includes most of South Africa's major retailers, as well as a number of quality speciality stores. Bayside Mall offers a large variety of eateries, including loads of coffee shops and restaurants. Ster Kinekor, situated at the heart of the food court offers 8 spacious cinemas and the latest sound technology.

Salty sea dawgs, venerable captains, fishermen, locals and trendy visitors all hang out at Mariner's Wharf. En route to Cape Point from Cape Town, Mariner's claims to be the first harbour emporium in Africa and is a worthwhile stopover to have lunch, sundowners or do a bit of shopping. Overlooking the bay and Chapman’s Peak, the restaurants, shops and markets exude a maritime atmosphere and even the seagulls look like part of the decor.

The perfect excuse to go shopping! Cavendish Square Shopping Centre is an award-winning shopping mall and is the premier fashion destination in the Southern Suburbs. Encompassing more than two hundred and fifty of the most elite stores in the country. Shoppers can find a wide selection of restaurants, 16 cinemas, including foreign feature films and 5 Forex Banks all conveniently situated in a safe and secure indoor shopping environment.

The most recent development to the centre is Cavendish Connect. This exciting redevelopment has stores spilling out across Dreyer Street, transforming The Link into Cavendish Connect and adding many more stores. The new development now brings you international concept stores, fashion boutiques, trend-setting lifestyle emporiums and a range of mouth-watering restaurants and cafes.

When its time to take a break, shoppers can now also sit beneath the maples in Dreyer Street, the green hub of Cavendish cafe culture or walk across to Connect by sky bridges linking the first floors of Cavendish Square and Cavendish Connect. Cavendish also recently launched a fully re-loadable gift card that takes the hassle out of choosing what gift to buy; shopping has just been made so much easier!

Need to know? Trading hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 19:00, Sundays 10:00 - 17:00, Public Holidays 09:00 - 19:00.

Bosman’s Crossing is a picturesque blend of heritage and modern lifestyle with a trading village as the central theme. The trading village incorporates tourist shopping, community shopping and craft markets. To enhance visitor browsing, an arched village piazza, a river promenade and a cobbled arcade were added with an aesthetic emphasis on natural materials.

This provides an area of leisure, reflecting traditional activities of the Stellenbosch wine lands embraced by the ambience of a village square consisting of restaurants, coffee shops and wine bars, open square and arcade, riverfront boardwalk and bridge, access to the nature reserve, mini museums and a place to honour South Africa’s wine pioneers - a “third place” to meet people and make new friends.

Papegaaiberg is a stone's throw away, with the starting point of the 24-kilometre long Vineyard Hiking Trail, through a series of hills and ridges, through forest plantations, vineyards, olive groves and some of the remaining small remnants of the coastal Renosterveld.

With its incomparable harbour views, Wilson's Wharf is Durban's trendiest fusion of fun food, top shows and crafts, blended with the rustic interface of a boating marina and working slipways.

The waterfront has something for everyone, from a fast-food court to restaurants providing funky food and fine dining, from cuisine from the four corners of the globe to an oyster bar, and from harbour cruise dining to a cosy coffee bar or festive pub atmosphere.

Shops contain a wide range of quality crafts and speciality items for the discerning shopper, while the 165-seat intimate Catalina Theatre brings top shows to Durban's only stage with bay vistas.

The Marina offers deep-sea fishing charters daily, or visitors may take their pick of the catch-of-the-day from a full range of seafood at the wharf-side fresh fish market.