Putting you within a 10-minute drive of Sahara Stadium Kingsmead and uShaka Marine World, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani offers an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) for ZAR 450 per vehicle. You can visit the spa to be pampered with deep-tissue massages, facials, or mani/pedis, and Daruma, one of 4 restaurants, serves Japanese cuisine and is open for lunch and dinner. There are 3 outdoor pools and 3 bars/lounges, and rooms at this upscale hotel offer 24-hour room service and designer toiletries.
Breakaway.
Pros: Always good.
Cons: Restaurants need work.
Small room
Pros: Gorgeous view of the sunrise. Great location. The staff were welcoming, and gracious.
Cons: Our room felt like a converted broom closet. For a hotel of this rating, I expected something a bit more spacious. Be wary of windows that open wide without any safety precautions. It was a bit hairy being on the tenth floor, and leaning out of the window with nary a safety net in sight!