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uShaka Marine World


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 46 attractions in Durban
Traveller Description: This uShaka Marine World is suitable for both kids and adults. It has a Wet and Wild with a great variety of water slides for young and old. There are more »
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Attraction type: Water park
Address: 1 Bell Street
PO Box 38416 Durban 4001
South Africa
Tel: +27 031 328 8000

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2 of 5 stars
Gloucestershire
18 Jan 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

Visited here in Spring 2007. Staff were clearly untrained and not interested in their jobs. Had to ask the same question to 4 different people before we got a straight answer. The waterpark was closed and there were no dives being done the day we went which was disappointing. Having to walk through about 60 shops before even getting to... more

15 Jan 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

We visited UShaka as part of our Christmas holiday to South Africa and frankly if you've been to Florida or any American water park you are bound to be disappointed. Very few rides, fairly greasy dirty water, bad queuing systems (as we found all over South Africa actually) though it's very cheap to get in - around 8 GBP per... more

15 Jan 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

an attractive and very interesting place to visit... --a short walk after you park in the adjourning compounds for a small daily fee...safer than parking on the main road -- the 'wreck' is amazing - so well laid out in terms of the vast species of all sea life - big and small, to the rustic decor and soft background... more

7 Nov 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I had the priviledge to visit and enjoy the sublime beauty of the nature and fantastic creation of the mankind on my visit to South Africa. Ushaka Marine World is located in Durban, walking distance from the seaport. It is one of the largest marine aquariums in the world but having seen the one in Singapore, I think this place... more

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4 of 5 stars
Vancouver, Canada
20 Feb 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

My hubby and I visited in May 2007. uShaka is a great improvement over the old Sea World aquarium, while still retaining the same ideas that made Sea World so popular. They have two separate amphitheatres for dolphin and seal shows, along with a penguin habitat and a place where you can go and swim with the fishes. The dolphin... more

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uShaka Marine World Address

1 Bell Street | PO Box 38416, Durban 4001, South Africa
Tel: +27 031 328 8000