Half Day Safari Tour from Durban

We saw wonderful animals, I especially loved seeing the elephants. Fortune was an excellent guide! It’s so cool to see the rural areas of Cape Town too.

An excellent experience Would do it again. Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

First know that as it states in the itinerary, the tour through the reserve is in "an enclosed vehicle," i.e. the tour van itself and NOT in Tala's big open trucks. What may have been a great trip was spoiled by a majority of guests, a few in particular, who refused to do the tour since not in the open truck as they expected and supposedly as their reservations indicated. We had a group 20 (all from the same cruise) who booked through different tour companies, some through Zulu Safaris directly. While the guide Zamani remained calm and courteous, several demanded a full refund and an immediate turn to the ship. He tried his best to resolve the matter to no avail. A Tala employee also explained that all their trucks were reserved all day by cruise tours. We wanted to continue the tour in the van but the majority overruled. Since we all came in one large van, we all had to return to the ship an hour away. We were very disappointed, as we later saw great photos from fellow passengers who did the tour, some in open trucks, others in an enclosed vehicle. But all really enjoyed the tour and saw lots of animals. After contacting Viator and explaining a situation beyond our control, they gave a partial refund. While the guide was kind and informative, one helpful thing Zulu Safari's could ensure is that either their guide hold a sign with the name of the tour company or put a sign in the window of the van, as the van was all white with no sign or logo at all. One couple waited 20 min, another 45 min (very annoyed) trying to locate the guide and van which was parked on the curb just outside the terminal gate, but down a ways past other tour vans. Even though I sent a What's App message to the guide the day before asking for the specific location to meet, his short reply was "we meet tomorrow harbour." Thankfully our friends on the same tour arrived ahead of us and after asking around found the guide and texted us.

We had a great experience with Zamani on the Half Day Safari Tour from Durban. He was very professional, knowledgeable and friendly. The game reserve was about an hour drive from Durban. Zamani pointed out all the points of interest during the drive and also answered our many questions about South Africa. The safari was so much fun. Zamani has expert skills in spotting the animals. He made certain that we got great pictures. I recommend the tour and Zamani.

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Our guide Leon was super class, could speak perfect German and showed us everything that was important and took a lot of time for us. The Tala Game Reserve is very nice to look at, offers a lot of animals and is worth a trip.

Had a fabulous time with my nephew in South Africa, Durban sightseeing the Safari. Our tour guide ( Zamani) was very knowledgeable and patient in terms of guiding us to see the animals around us and showing us where they can be seen. I have seen all these animals in the zoo before but it's refreshing to see them outdoor and roam freely. Highly recommend it.

Safari for two with guide! Super Jeep and a guide with a tremendous ambition to see all the animals in the Tracking Tala Park. Well-kept park, a real experience ✨

Bule was an amazing tour guide. Very helpful and full of insight! His communication skills and sense of humour were outstanding and of great value. He made the tour an absolute experience! Thank you Bule!

I had a fantastic trip with my driver Bule. He was a very careful and responsible driver, enjoying to banter with me while driving to the reserve. When arrivint there not only did he show me patiently all of the wildlife, but he also shared his knowledge of them. I had a great time and gladly recommend this tour.

We were greeted by Fortune in an immaculately clean vehicle and once at the reserve he ensured we saw everything on offer. Snippets of relevant information were offered about each animal which added interest along the way. One negative was the EXTREMELY bumpy tracks throughout the reserve - most uncomfortable! Although not the “big five” it proved to be a good half day trip from our cruise ship especially for me as it was the first time I’d ever seen such animals outside of a zoo!