We took at trip to Durban last week to visit the new and popular Ushaka Marine World. This is a park that, according to its website, offers fun for the whole family with dolphin and seal shows, a massive aquarium and wet and wild.

Now if someone is charging upwards of R100 for a wet and wild pass, you expect something fun and fancy, something with water slides and pools and wave machines. Not at Ushaka, the Wet and Wild there consists of a long river around the complex and a tube to sit in. I am sorry, but with the sea close by, there is a lot more fun to be had in the waves for free.

The dolphin show was nice and the kids enjoyed it. It wasn’t spectacular and the audience interaction wasn’t great except for one man who was invited to touch a dolphin. But a pleasant way to spend half an hour - and the kids were impressed.

The aquarium itself is massive and some of it very impressive. Built in an old ship, you walk around in the hull watching the fish. We watched them feeding the sting rays and thought immediately went to Steve Irwin. We didn’t have time to watch the shark feed, but that sounded fun.

But all in all I think this is a completely over priced adventure. You get a very similar aquarium in Cape Town (without the tubing and dolphin show) as well which I feel is better value for money.

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