4 Star Hotel

The Capital Zimbali

5 Corkwood Drive, Ballito, South Africa View Map

$194 nightly

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The Capital Zimbali

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Comfortable Accommodations The Capital Zimbali in Ballito offers family rooms with sea, garden, or pool views. Each room includes air-conditioning, a private bathroom, and modern amenities such as a mini-bar and free WiFi. Exceptional Facilities Guests enjoy a private beach area, spa facilities, fitness center, sun terrace, and a year-round outdoor swimming pool. Additional amenities include a restaurant, bar, and children's playground. Dining Experience The family-friendly restaurant serves local, European, and South African cuisines with vegetarian options. Breakfast is available as continental, buffet, or full English/Irish. Convenient Location Located 12 mi from King Shaka International Airport, the hotel provides free on-site parking and is highly rated for its attentive staff and excellent breakfast.

1,186 Reviews

9.0Exceptional
Cleanliness
9.2
Staff
9.3
Location
9.4

What Guests Say

  • “Breakfast was spectacular. Room was super especially the pillows (give me your supplier). Staff were superb The reception and front desk…”
  • “The room was amazing Breakfast had a great variety Staff was very helpful”
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Top Amenities

  • Swimming Pool
  • Restaurant
  • Free Internet Access
  • Free Parking
  • Spa
  • Fitness Center
  • Accessible Rooms / Facilities
  • Beachfront
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Room Options

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Garden Suite1/4

Garden Suite

463 sqft • 1 King

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  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony
Family Suite1/4

Family Suite

980 sqft • 1 King or 1 Sofabed

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  • Additional toilet
  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
One-Bedroom Apartment1/4

One-Bedroom Apartment

926 sqft • 1 Queen or 1 Sofabed

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  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony
Two Connecting Double Rooms1/4

Two Connecting Double Rooms

496 sqft • 2 Queen

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  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony
Luxury Garden Room1/4

Luxury Garden Room

528 sqft • 1 King

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  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony
Luxury Room1/4

Luxury Room

496 sqft • 1 King

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  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony

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    What Guests Loved

    9
    Exceptional

    Based on 1,186 reviews

    Location

    9.4

    Cleanliness

    9.2

    Staff

    9.3

    Overall Quality

    8.9

    Pros +

    • Location is great
    • Breakfast was spectacular. Room was super especially the pillows (give me your supplier). Staff were superb The reception and front desk staff are fabulous.. I love them.. one lady in particular was so helpful and i'm going to mess up her name but she needs to be thanked.. Her name begins with an L and helped so much when we left something behind yesterday
    • The room was amazing Breakfast had a great variety Staff was very helpful

    Cons -

    • The restaurants don’t have ventilation so you’ll have to change multiple times throughout the day to get rid of the food smell. The beach is not serviced
    • The waitress at the restaurant on the 1st floor. She didnt get the order right at all. Forgot one item and got one other item totally wrong. When we went back to the restaurant she didnt come to speak to us at all but sent someone else. Something like that puts a negative on all the other wonderful experiences
    • the copper restaurant was not up to my std
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    6GhadaPosted on: 10-15-2025

    Location is great

    The restaurants don’t have ventilation so you’ll have to change multiple times throughout the day to get rid of the food smell. The beach is not serviced

    8Peta J.Posted on: 5-8-2025

    Breakfast was spectacular. Room was super especially the pillows (give me your supplier). Staff were superb The reception and front desk staff are fabulous.. I love them.. one lady in particular was so helpful and i'm going to mess up her name but she needs to be thanked.. Her name begins with an L and helped so much when we left something behind yesterday

    The waitress at the restaurant on the 1st floor. She didnt get the order right at all. Forgot one item and got one other item totally wrong. When we went back to the restaurant she didnt come to speak to us at all but sent someone else. Something like that puts a negative on all the other wonderful experiences

    9ZandilePosted on: 4-30-2025

    The room was amazing Breakfast had a great variety Staff was very helpful

    8NaeemPosted on: 4-29-2025

    we did not have breakfast , the water was cold in the shower, when we asked, they told us there was problem with boiler room

    the copper restaurant was not up to my std

    9DavidPosted on: 4-28-2025

    Beautiful location. Spacious room with fantastic views of the ocean and an espresso machine. The breakfast was epic (buffet style) with an incredible array of options. The staff were friendly and attentive. A wonderful experience and we will be back!

    Better seating in the bar. The deck area needs to be expanded, it's too cramped.

    8PearlPosted on: 4-8-2025

    The food

    The Zimbali club beach club is run down and overall facilities need a revamp, pavings need cleaning and tiles need replacing and some areas need to be painted

    7MoroaseremePosted on: 4-7-2025

    The facilities, and all the staff was great. The restaurant was also great and I guess the view is also amazing but I don't know if you can temper with with the view even if you wanted to because it is just there.

    When you dial #9 from the room, it took for ever for someone to pick up the phone. Please clarify the transport arrangement for travelling beyond the range of the curtesy transport. I felt scammed into paying R500 for a trip which would have been half of that had I ordered an Uber. Lack of clear communication from the staff was the reason. Please get the cleaners to clean the sliding doors that fold into the walls, especially since my glass walls had streaks of dried up soapy water running down in some places especially where they enclose the bath tub.

    9SimeonPosted on: 4-7-2025

    Location was amazing with amazing view. Breakfast was brilliant with a lot of options. Loved it!

    The shower had an issue where we had to hold the lever manually so that the top shower head stayed on and flowing, otherwise the bottom hand held shower head would be on constantly.

    9ThandoPosted on: 4-5-2025

    Great place, good facilities and pool area, plus non-swimming beach access. Decent spa, overall a great experience. The staff are great, very friendly and attentive. Food was good and lots of choice at breakfast. The in-room order website is great

    Could do with more options on the room service menu, and some of the in-room meals were ok but not great relative to the very high price.

    10LondiwePosted on: 3-26-2025

    I loved everything about the Facility??..The staff was very welcoming and super friendly . Our room was beautiful,big,clean and comfortable .food was also mouth watering. The whole environment was beautiful.

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    10PearlPosted on: 3-25-2025

    Very beautiful, clean and relaxing environment. Staff were also very friendly.

    I loved everything.

    10MetlhaPosted on: 3-11-2025

    The view of the pools at night from the Copper Restaurant balcony

    9UnknownPosted on: 3-10-2025

    The venue, the food and the hospitality is sublime.

    Ive stayed here twice and the sink in the rooms seems to be tilted and accumulates water and doesn't completely drain. Kids club closes at 5pm which isn't helpful for little ones that get bored at supper time. They should run it until 7pm.

    4ZimiselePosted on: 3-10-2025

    Close to the beach, breakfast and supper was very nice with options. Arranged a Birthday surprise for my wife satisfactorily.

    I booked a luxury room with a balcony. To my surprise, the room allocated to me had no balcony. I asked the next morning the reason for not getting what I booked for. Then I was moved to another room 3112 which had balcony. But the room and carpet was wet the whole. We closed the doors and opened the aircon so that it can dry from 11:00 in the morning until 17:30. When we got back the room was still wet. About 3 cleaners came to clean the room and indicated that the room has got that problem hence it was not occupied. We had a 1 year old child and he was blocked already because of the aircon. We eventually complained again around 20:00 in the evening because we could take it any longer. We we then moved to another room (3rd room) which was fine and exactly what I booked. This was frustrating for us because we were there to enjoy the birthday in peace but we ended up complaining for us to be catered for what we paid for.

    8KeleabetswePosted on: 2-28-2025

    Location was perfect and breakfast aswell

    The first room they put us in was a disaster,looked like it wasn’t cleaned,had stains all over then I complained,they came and checked the room then they moved us to a better one

    7ZakhonaPosted on: 2-24-2025

    everything, fresh food and wide variety

    dampness and its smell in the room

    9NandiPosted on: 2-22-2025

    The roomThe restaurant

    Pool are too full in the afternoon when we got there,there were no chairs

    7NosizoPosted on: 2-21-2025

    Overall almost everything including the comfortable room, friendly staff, delicious breakfast and dinner.... amazing pool area and the welcoming was great.

    I booked for a sea view room and the room was not sea view ?

    10OfentsePosted on: 2-18-2025

    The room sizes and the spa

    No heating in the room

    5SerishaPosted on: 2-17-2025

    The scenery and location

    Rooms are aged and not kept clean. The facility has a damp smell which smells of sewage.

    Amenities & Policies

    Amenities

    Swimming & Soaking

    • Beachfront
    • Swimming Pool
    • Outdoor pool
    • Private beach

    Fitness & Spa

    • Fitness Center
    • Spa

    Food & Drinks

    • Restaurant

    Media & Technology

    • Free Internet Access

    Transportation

    • Free Parking

    Health & Safety

    • Health Services
    • Daily disinfection
    • Professional cleaning services

    Accessibility

    • Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
    • Accessible toilet
    • Facilities for disabled guests available
    • Wheelchair accessible

    Kid Friendly

    • Family Friendly

    Business facilities

    • Business Center

    General

    • No Smoking Rooms/Facilities
    • Lower bathroom sinks available

    Guest policies

    Check-inAfter 2:00 PM
    Check-outBefore 10:00 AM
    InternetFree Wi-Fi is available.
    ParkingFree parking is available.
    Children & Extra BedsChildren of all ages are welcome. Children of age 0 to 3 stay free with cot.
    PetsPets are not allowed.
    Room RatesAll rates displayed are for two guests unless otherwise noted.

    Location

    The Capital Zimbali

    5 Corkwood Drive, Ballito

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