Top 10 dingen om te doen in Durban City Tour

Zeer interessant - veel verschillende aspecten en gebieden komen aan bod. Gids zeer goed en deskundig Waar voor je geld

We hebben onlangs de Top 10 dingen gedaan om te doen in Durban en het was echt leuk en interessant. De rondleiding over de Zulu-medicijnenmarkt was buitengewoon verhelderend. Christo was zeer deskundig en grappig en zorgde de hele dag voor ons. Als je maar een paar uur in Durban hebt en op zoek bent naar een tour om alle bezienswaardigheden te bezoeken, dan is dit de juiste keuze.

Christo was a laid back, fun, and warm guide. We enjoyed the information we learnt about Durban on our shared tour and also enjoyed hearing about his experiences of growing up in Durban. The Zala Medicine and Herb Market is visually stunning; Christo warned us not to take any photos, telling us that quite a lot of what is sold there is illegal - so if stallholders saw us taking photos they would be angry. The market also stunned our noses due to the number of dead animals/birds on sale! Christo walked us through at a very fast pace, so it wasn't really a 'cultural visit' but was certainly an experience. The Victoria Street Market was quiet as it was Sunday, but our 30 minute stop there enabled us to buy a few gifts for the family. The highlights of the day were definitely visiting Gandhi's house/museum which is situated near a township on the outskirts of Durban and the visit to the beautiful Botanic Gardens. When we stopped at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Christo told us that the Sky Car hasn't been working since 2016. If that's right perhaps the info on Zulu Safari's website should be amended as it said 'The Sky Car is available to go up if it's functioning'. It doesn't look like it will be functioning any time soon! As well as stopping at civic buildings in the historic centre, we had a 20 minute stop at Umhlanga rocks. We also drove past the ''Golden Mile' beach promenade, an enormous shopping mall, a Hindu Temple and a Holocaust Centre. The final actual stop was at uShaka Village Walk. Christo left us here and said he would return in 2 hours to pick us up and return us to our cruise ship terminal - but as it was only a short walk away we said we would make our own way back. The 'village' is very attractive and has a range of restaurants/cafes and shops (we found the shops were quite expensive). There's also a cinema and lots of fun activity centres for families. We went down to the beach from there and walked along for some distance and then made our way back. We were quite confused as to whether we had seen 'The Top Ten Things' so looked at the tour itinerary when we returned to the ship. We realised we hadn't been to the KwaMuhle Museum that was supposed to be included, but as it was a Sunday it was presumably closed. Durban is very spread out so this tour was a good way of seeing briefly quite a few of the 'highlights' of this attractive city, old and new.