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Overview: The Ethekwini Municipality offers residents and visitors to Durban many beautiful natural areas to go to. You're spoilt for choice when it comes to parks and green zones in Durban, where you and your children can enjoy the harmony of nature or experience an educational outing.

Pack a picnic or hike through Durban's subtropical natural areas - listen to the twittering of the birds, watch butterflies float by, look out for elusive small antelope like the blue duiker.  Beautiful indigenous flora and fauna are all within easy reach in this city.

Tel: 031 311 6716
Website: www.durban.gov.za
Times: phone to confirm from individual parks, but mostly from 7.30am to 4pm daily
Entrance Fees: Vary - up to R5 per person.

Amanzimtoti Bird Park 031 311 5508
Burman Bush Nature Reserve 031 312 4466
New Germany Nature Reserve 031 262 8239
Palmiet Nature Reserve 031 311 6717
Pigeon Valley Nature Reserve 031 312 4466
Silverglen Nature Reserve 031 404 3176
Silverglen Nursery 031 404 5628
Springside Nature Reserve 031 765 8122
Virginia Bush Nature Reserve 031 563 6777

 



photographs: Durban Tourism

 


photograph: North South Tourist Marketing cc 


 
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