White Weddings to Black Tie

Leading Durban Event Venues

Our 15 venues can be transformed to be event-suitable from white weddings to black-tie and all manner of business events. Relaxed breakaway rooms, elegant dining venues, classy cocktail affairs or large scale meetings and seminar spaces all under one-roof.  

The largest space at our Durban venue, the Great Ilanga is over 400 m2 and is suited to banquets, large seminars and events with a seating capacity of 500 people cinema style. Suites 1-5 can be used as one large venue ideal for exhibitions or sub-divided into five smaller rooms offering breakaway rooms or training classrooms for up to 60 people each. Sky venue has space for 150 in cocktail configuration.

Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani has a glamorous history hosting weddings and special events in Durban. Our stunning beachfront location, catering abilities and impeccable venues ensure an event to remember. Whether your event is grand or intimate, lavish or understated our spaces can be transformed for your special occasion.

Venue Floor Plans

Room Name	Sqm	Cinema	Schoolroom	Banquet	Cocktail	Boardroom	U-Shape
Boardroom	19m2	-	-	-	-	10	-
Congella	95m2	60	50	40	80	-	25
East Ilanga	67.2m2	50	30	40	40	-	20
Great Ilanga	420.4m2	500	400	350	500	-	90
North Ilanga	67.2m2	50	30	40	40	-	20
Sky	293m2	-	-	120	150	-	-
Small Ilanga (D)	238.6m2	100	60	80	150	-	-
South Ilanga	82m2	30	15	40	50	-	15
Suite 1	112.5m2	60	50	40	50	-	25
Suite 1-5	564m2	-	-	400	500	-	-
Suite 2	100m2	50	40	40	50	-	20
Suite 3	100m2	60	50	40	50	-	20
Suite 4	100m2	50	50	40	50	-	20
Suite 5	175m2	100	80	80	100	-	30
Tugela	292m2	200	150	150	200	-	50
Umgeni and Congela (D)	142m2	80	60	60	100	-	-
Umgeni Room	42m2	30	20	20	30	-	20