Visit Seaworld (dolphinarium)
Sea world is rated as one of the best marine exhibition areas in the Southern hemisphere. This beach front complex houses huge turtles, stingrays, octopuses, corals and a myriad of dazzling fish. Sharks are fed by Scuba divers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 12.30. See the Discovery Room.
Next door to Sea world is the Dolphinarium. See exciting dolphin, seal and penguin shows and the Sea World Education Centre and the Oceanographic Research Institute. All proceeds are used to fund the ORI which is involved in a number of marine research activities including breeding programmes. Every Saturday, there are children workshops for members.
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Sea World at uShaka Marine World
The unique Sea World at uShaka Marine World showcases the diversity of marine life found in the Western Indian Ocean.
On ground level, as guests wander through beautifully landscaped gardens filled with many indigenous plants, the aquarium is visible from the surface. Guests can gaze into all of the larger exhibits from the surface and, in the shallower exhibits, this provides a unique 'birds eye' view of the fish and sharks. The real aquarium experience is, however, underground. Guests enter the aquarium through a 'hole' in the wrecked vessel and walk down three floors, past a restored skeleton of a southern right whale, into the imaginatively themed aquarium galleries.
Join us on a virtual dive into the Indian Ocean!
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The Durban Botanic Gardens
The Durban Botanic Gardens (DBG) traces its origins to colonial times, when it was founded in 1849 for the introduction and trial of potentially useful commercial crops.
The gardens later developed collections of sub-tropical trees, palms and orchids. The Durban Botanic Gardens remains a classic botanic gardens, reflecting the universality of the plant kingdom. It has, for over 100 years, had a fine mixed arboretum of African, Asian and American trees.
The Gardens are a few minutes walk from the bustling Warwick Triangle, site of one of the largest retail medicinal plant markets in the country. The Gardens hosts approximately 500 000 visitors per year, many of whom are foreign tourists.
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Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
This reserve offers magnificent views over the river gorge and includes many very rare species of plants. The walks are the most rewarding of the entire South coast.
More than 28kms of river frontage are compressed into the 19 kms of the reserve. There are coastal forest, riverine forest, sheer rock faces more than 240m high above the river and the wild flowers in the higher regions offer a never ending change of colour as the seasons progress.
This small reserve is well worth a day's visit. There is no accommodation but there is a picnic site near the reserve office. The name of the reserve is taken from that of the river the 'reaper of mouthfuls' due to its action whilst in flood.
There is a nesting colony of one hundred Cape Vultures, baboons, leopards and samango monkeys. Over 250 species of birds have been identified in the reserve.
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Fitzsimons Snake Park
The Fitzsimons snake park is home to hundreds of both indigenous and exotic snakes. For you snake-lovers out there they also give talks and demonstrations ,repeatedly on a daily basis. You will be happy to note that they will be secured in glass viewing enclosures [thermostatically controlled of course] to allow you to breath a little lighter.If arranged you can even view a feeding session. The Park focuses on South African snakes but never fear you'll see snakes from other parts of the world too, Like the Anaconda.
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