Most people coming out to South Africa are on their way to the Kruger National Park and Cape Town, and that’s great, both places are fantastic to visit. Few though, know about how amazing Durban can be, and fewer still know about the great many opportunities there are around Durban to get out and enjoy a Durban Safari tour.
The history of Durban is fascinating, there are so many characters that influenced the path South Africa would take, names such as Mahatma Gandhi, Moses Mabhida, Nelson Mandela and John Dube. On our Zulu and Indian Cultural Day Tour from Durban we learn a great deal more about these individuals, Read more…
KwaZulu-Natal is home to the most game reserves than any other province in South Africa, giving visitors an amazing range of choices and experiences. For convenience, a Durban safari is really hard to beat thanks to the King Shaka International Airport, the modern city of Durban and reassuringly, low-risk malaria areas. Read up more about our range of Durban Safaris below and if you need any further information simply send us an email.
South Africa is probably best known for two places, the Kruger National Park and Cape Town. And that’s great, they two fantastic places to visit. There is a third place that should absolutely be on your itinerary, and that’s the city of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. We’ve broken Read more…
It’s been another great week of tours, with loads of highlights and memorable moments. We’ve had great lion sightings, a leopard sightings, excellent general game an some really fantastic birds sightings as well. The one tour that stands out though is the last – and it had to do with Read more…
Over the last 10 years or so I’ve been keeping track as to which tours are the most popular. I’ve also categorized the tours into 1 day tours, overnight tours and the 3 day tours to again try and judge just what people prefer. And I guess it shouldn’t be Read more…
The last few weeks have been great with loads of tours going to the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve as well as Tala Game Reserve. Some of our guests have booked overnight tours as well as day tours – and all have been thrilled with their time spent with us and Read more…
Many of Durban’s visitors are in the city because of work commitments. They may be visiting because of a conference, or be employed on a contract basis, or even be in Durban to study. The two clients I collected early one morning were here because of the latter; they were Read more…
The city of Durban is one of the most interesting cities to visit in South Africa. The area the city occupies today was once the territorial lands of the Zulu king, Shaka kaSenzangakhona. The first europeans who arrived to deliberately settle the area arrived only in 1824 and it was Read more…
Visitors to Durban are often looking for day trips to do in and around Durban. One of the more popular day trips we offer at Country and Coastal Touring, is a guided tour to Tala Game Reserve and PheZulu Safari Park, both of which can be visited in one day Read more…