Isimangaliso Wetlands, plus Hippo & Croc Boat Cruise Full Day Tour from Durban
Description
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park was listed as South Africa’s first World Heritage Site in 1999 in recognition of its superlative natural beauty and unique global values. Lake St Lucia is the highlight of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and is renowned for its large numbers of crocodiles, hippos, pelicans, and flamingos. Our boat cruise set sail across the vast lake for a wildlife-watching excursion and you get to admire the views from the water. Listen to the on-board commentary from the park rangers and keep your camera ready as you get the chance to admire the wild animals in their natural habitat. The game drive gives you the opportunity to see elephants, zebras, rhinoceros, giraffes, buffaloes, kudus, and many more animals. There is also a huge range of bird species. This is a memorable tour comprising a game drive and a boat cruise in one of the most beautiful places on earth all within the same day.
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Itinerary
We depart from Durban at 6am and head off along the North Coast route with beautiful scenery which comprises mainly of sugar cane plantations and gumtree plantations en route to Isimangaliso Wetlands Park. This is a 3 and 1/2 hour drive from Durban. Isimangaliso Wetlands Park is a World Heritage Site, one of the most natural beautiful places in the world. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park was listed as South Africa’s first World Heritage Site in December 1999 in recognition of its superlative natural beauty and unique global values. At Isimangaliso Wetlands Park we do: 1. A 2 hour Hippo and Croc Boat Cruise - Lake St Lucia is the highlight of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and is renowned for its large numbers of crocodiles, hippos, pelicans, and flamingos. 2. Game Drive in the St Lucia Game Reserve where we get to see elephants, rhinoceros, giraffes, zebras, kudus, buffaloes, and much more including a wide variety of bird species and the vast African bush.
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- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(3)
We were happy to see Joseph as our guide again. we hand a wonderful day with him again. the boat cruise was amazing. the weather was good, saw a lot of hippos and crocodiles. the area has a lot of birds also. Worth every penny.
The boat ride in the morning was very nice and overall a pleasant experience. The game ride in the afternoon though was a huge disappointment. Although our driver and guide was very friendly, he had no experience at all. According to him, it was his first time at the resort. He never drove there before. Also, we were not aware that we will do the game ride in a small compact car, which was not suitable for driving off-road. Unfortunately, our guide could not answer any standard questions (how big is the resort, what animals are located, etc.). During the game ride, he did not know which roads to use and overall, he was not sure if driving on certain roads with the small car was safe at all. It was concerning and we felt not very secure. We saw some animals during our tour, but again our guide could not provide any information at all. For example, we asked about a certain bird, and he just answered “it’s a white bird. I don’t know. I have to google it”. He could not provide any information on the different animals. In general, it was a huge disappointment. It was our first time visiting Africa and that was not what we expected of a game ride. We paid a lot of money for this trip which was not performed as advertised.
We apologise that the customer had this experience. Corrective action has been taken as this was a learner guide
This was the only provider I found that offers this TOUR. It was a private tour in a personal car. I was satisfied with the Tour, I did see many free roaming animals on the land tour. I saw many hippos on the lake tour.
