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Durban day safari tour

Durban day safari tour

I met my clients in Durban at their hotel for their Durban day safari tour to Tala game reserve and the valley of 1000 Hills.

We would begin with some introductions and a briefing of the day tour from Durban and then I was able to settle in to chatting about Durban and KwaZulu Natal and the in depth history of the area that we were entering.

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Durban Overnight Big 5 Safari

Durban Overnight Big 5 Safari

We began our Durban overnight Big 5 safari on the Bluff in Durban where I collected my client and we headed off to Hluhluwe Imfolozi Big 5 game reserve. It would be a safari from Durban to remember!

The usual story took place with me covering the general history of Durban and KwaZulu Natal on route to our first stop, the endangered cat project for Cheetah interaction.

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Durban day tour with Tim Brown Tours

Durban day tour with Tim Brown Tours

I met my clients outside of Durban for their Durban day tour to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve, the closest Big 5 game reserve to Durban!

It was a different tour for me as of the 5 clients, 3 of them were from South Africa originally and 2 of them had grown up in Australia and were visiting their Mothers land so to speak.

I usually only have overseas clients so the change was as good as a holiday and I had very nice clients.

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Safari Durban | Tim Brown Tours

Safari Durban | Tim Brown Tours

Safari Durban | Day Safari with Tim Brown Tours I met my clients at the Sibaya lodge in Durban for their Durban day safari with me to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve which is home to the Big 5. We had some very funny weather on the drive up as it rain intermittently...

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Big 5 safari Durban

Big 5 safari Durban

Big 5 safari Durban for 2 days I met my clients in Durban for their "Big 5 Safari Durban" Our route - Durban to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve which is world famous for its Rhino breeding success through the 1950's. We are truly blessed to have such an amazing Big 5...

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Safari near Durban

Safari near Durban - 29th July to 1st August 2015 I met my clients in Durban, a family for their 3 day Durban safari tour. We got all the luggage aboard and began making our way to the cat rehabilitation center near Hluhluwe. It would be here that our safari near...

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South African Safari Tour

South African Safari Tour 26-29 July 2015 Beginning our South African safari Tour near Durban, I collected my client who were out for a Baptist conference.  As it was a slightly larger group than I usually take on Safaris from Durban I rented a 13 seat vehicle and...

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Durban big 5 Safari

Durban big 5 Safari - 21st-23rd July 2015 We began our Durban big 5 safari from my home as I was taking my cousins on a 3 day safari tour to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve, St Lucia and Cat rehabilitation center. I was to be a great 3 day on safari from Durban! We...

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Drakensberg Tour South Africa

Drakensberg tour South Africa - 20th July 2015 We began our Drakensberg day tour South Afrca just outside Durban. I was taking my cousins and wife up the Sani pass into Lesotho. It had been 13 years since I had seen my cousin. So I was pretty happy about showing off...

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Durban day tour

Durban day tour - St Lucia estuary - 17th July 2015 We began our Durban day tour in Durban city. After introductions, we headed up to St Lucia. This town is 2.5 hours away up the North Coast of KwaZulu Natal. St Lucia is South Africa's first world heritage site and is...

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Durban day safari

Durban day safari

Our Durban day safari began in Durban where I collected some of my clients for this African safari near Durban. We continued to Umhlanga to collect Nick and then headed up to Hluhluwe Imfolozi Big 5 game reserve.

I was a little concerned as I had been up a few days in the week already and it had been a little quiet on the Cat front so decided to play it safe and enter a gate I knew we would have more chance at finding animals.

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Hluhluwe Overnight safari

Hluhluwe Overnight safari

Our Hluhluwe overnight safari began in Durban where I met my clients. We then began the journey to the cat rehabilitation center to interact with Cheetah, Serval, Caracal and African Wild cat.

It is always an amazing experience to interact hands on with these great endangered species and very memorable!

One of the Cheetah cubs was very playful and hugged one of my clients all very exciting when on Safari in Africa.

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Durban midlands tour

Durban midlands tour

We began our KwaZulu Natal midlands tour in the Durban area and made our way up to the Nelson Mandela Capture site near Lions river. It would be here where our historical tour would begin!

In 1962 on the 5th of August the late Nelson Mandela was captured on his way from Johannesburg to Durban where he was meeting Chief Albert Luthuli who ironically had won the noble peace prize in 1960! Mandela had been plotting to overthrow the Apartheid government.

On the one side of the road the plaque commemorates this day.

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Durban city tour

Durban city tour

We began our Durban city tour north of Durban in an area which used to be covered with reeds, Umhlanga!(Zulu for reeds).

We took the old road into Durban the M4 and crossed over the Umgeni river where the Blue Lagoon is now and made our way towards the NMR(Natal mounted rifles) passing the Suncoast casino and visiting the Moses Mabida stadium. This stadium was built for the 2010 soccer world cup that South Africa hosted and was named after one of the many freedom fighters, fighting against the apartheid government for the liberation of all.

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Drakensberg tour

Drakensberg tour

I met my client in Umhlanga north of Durban for his Drakensberg private day tour and it was an early start. I was there at 05:30 for 6am and we then drove to Underberg in the Southern Drakensberg and where the temperatures dropped to 0 Degrees Celsius. It was going to be a cold day!

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Durban private tour

Durban private tour

I met my client from Scotland at his hotel in Durban for his Durban private tour to Tala game reserve and the Valley of 1000 Hills.

On route we chatted about some of the History of Durban and KwaZulu Natal but mostly chatted about general things that we are going through as a country as we would be spending 4 days together.

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Tala day tour

Tala day tour

We began our day tour in Durban where I met me clients and we made our way up to Tala game reserve 45 minutes outside of Durban city.

On route I covered the history of Durban and KwaZulu Natal, as well as answering any questions my clients had for me.

We reached Tala game reserve and began with our Safari part of our tour from Durban and as Tala is so highly populated with animals it is really easy to find the animals if you know where to look.

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Durban 2 day safari

Durban 2 day safari   I met my clients down in Durban near the harbour and it was here where we began our Durban 2 day safari to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve.   Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve is the oldest national park in Africa and home to the Big 5,...

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Durban private safari

Durban private safari 20 June 2015     I met my client in Durban where we began what was to be a day where we would mix up two tours, the Hluhluwe day tour and a visit to the cat rehabilitation center.   We left just before 7am and but 09:30 we were at...

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Durban day safari

Durban day safari - 19th June 2015     I met my clients at their hotel in Durban to begin their Durban day safari to Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve. Hluhluwe Imfolozi game reserve is the oldest proclaimed national park in Africa and home to the Big 5. We...

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