Umgeni River Bird Park
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The bird park is absolutely lovely. The birds are treated well and allowed to go free and come back at will. The staff are incredible and friendly. I gave the staff R50 to buy coke but the choose to donate the money to the birds instead of having coke for themselves. This shows they love these birds. I highly recommend you visit the place. The bird show is informative and funny and u get to interact with the birds. The place is old and certain parts are falling apart so it needs more people to visit so pall can be rebuild and maintained. Food at Cafe is mediocre at best. It's just a place for a quick snacks. Overall experience is wonderful the birds repeat and say hello and laugh and act crazy is a must see if u in Durban. Price is reasonable R67 for adults and R39 pensioners and 25 for kids
Dayalan PuckreeDayalan Puckree
120
If you haven't yet been to the Umgeni River Bird Park it is well worth making a trip there! Something for everyone; be it sitting in one of the enclosures and watching the magnificent and brightly coloured bird life filling the trees around you or even sitting on your shoulder; or walking through and admiring the wide variety of local and international species; spending some time in the nursery with the new arrivals; or sitting having an amazing cappuccino or beverage while the kids play on the swings, jungle gym or jumping castle. A must though is to go watch the bird show. Really a treat for young and old. We went with the family ranging from our 2 year old right through to great granny at 89! We will be back for sure.
Paul SummertonPaul Summerton
00
I absolutely loved my time here! It was a quite Sunday so we decided to do something a little different . We paid a visit to this Gem of a place! Entry was only 70 rand per person. And when you see how your money goes to creating such clean and safe environments for the bounty of birds that they have. Ypu will have no regrets! All of the enclosures are well kept and tidy. Some even have full on producing fruit trees in them. We arrived just im time and got treated to a lovely birds how at 2pm. We got up close amd personal with Macaws,vultures, giant pelicans, storks and much more. We strolled around for about 2 hours and had some cool encounters. Definetly worth our time and money.
Tiara NaiduTiara Naidu
10
Not sure what to say. Been there 4 years ago and then today 7. 1. 2023. This place is losing it fast. Haven't seen empty cages the last time. So some birds disappeared or died. They had a big cage where you could walk through and interact with the birds that would jump onto you and try pull your jewelry🙂 and play around well they gone now just a smelly cage with peacocks 😕. The big stinky pools for big birds oh jeez what can i say and you think ecoli is in the sea only... Id say go see for yourself i don't want demote our city. But sorry i won't go there any time soon.... I should have taken more pics.
Imraan RajakImraan Rajak
10
My latest experience (10 years) after the first was beyond my expectations. We saw and studied plenty exotic birds. The layout of the park was excellent and the grouping of the different birds well done. Shortly after we entered we had the most gorgeous view of a waterfall. There were plenty benches strategically placed around the park where one could sit down and relax, drinking in the serine atmosphere. Apart from the beautiful birds we also enjoyed the vegetation and beautiful trees around the park. Afterwards we enjoyed a snack with tea after which we left with only great memories to treasure.
Helen BothaHelen Botha
20
The park is really nice and there is a wide variety of birds. You are allowed to walk inside some of the in closures and the birds are use to people some of the birds will come so close you can touch them. But don't touch them they will bite. The monkey's run free and if you are lucky they will be feeding and the fotos is really nice. Due to covid 19 there were no bird shows available and that was really sad my kids were really looking forward to the shows. The entrance fee is observation only and the tuck shop/Cafe is really expensive.
Mrs.BMrs.B
20
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Address
Riverside Rd, Durban North, Durban, 4051, South Africa
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Phone
+27 31 322 5750
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Website
umgeniriverbirdpark.co.za
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4.4
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outdoor
family friendly
Description
The Umgeni River Bird Park is a bird zoo located in Durban, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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