Town Lodge Umhlanga, DurbanTown Lodge Umhlanga in Durban, South Africa has a corrected score of 3.2 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), ranked 30 of 47 hotels we score in Durban. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.1 before correction: Booking.com 3.4, Tripadvisor 2.4, Agoda 3.7. Rooms from about $90 a night (cached, not a live quote).Town Lodge Umhlanga is a two-star hotel established in 2019. Situated in the Umhlanga area, it sits near the Gateway Theatre of Shopping and the Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve. The property offers 154 air-conditioned rooms equipped with WiFi and large showers. Guests can use the outdoor swimming pool, the on-site restaurant, or the bar. It serves families and business travellers looking for proximity to local shopping and nature reserves. While the hotel provides free private parking and 24-hour service, the individual guest rooms are quite small.What stands out

Free private parking

On-site restaurant and bar

Close to shopping and nature reserves

Watch out for

Small room sizes

Unreliable Wi-Fi

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