iSimangaliso Wetlands Tour: Explore with Kian
4.7
147 Ratings
uMkhanyakude District Municipality

Kian Barker will be leading you through your journey in the iSimangaliso Wetlands Park and nearby locations. Kian is a fervent and informed narrator with a considerable period of expertise in his field.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saint Lucia Estuary - Embark on a 2-hour cruise through the St Lucia Estuary, surrounded by mangroves and the company of hippos, herons, crocodiles, and crakes. Delight in refreshments while observing the playful hippos. This 2-hour lake cruise includes hot beverages and rusks.
What's Included
  • Pickup and drop-off at your St Lucia accommodation.
  • Enjoy fresh fruit refreshments.
  • Savor tea and coffee.
Additional Information
  • Bring – Binoculars, camera, jacket, hat & sunglasses.
  • Please Notify Us Of Any Allergies (Nuts or Fruits)
Location
Saint Lucia Estuary
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Johns17707
Apr 14, 2026
cruising st lucia - my wife and i enjoyed a guided boat tour in st lucia. it was an amazing experience and the guide was preofessional and well informed.
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Joneil_1978
Apr 9, 2026
St Lucia wetland boat cruise - Amazing guide Kian. Great interaction with whole family - from teenagers to granny. Punctual pickup at our lodge.
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Faraway300476
Apr 5, 2026
A highlight of our time here - Brown was a brilliant guide. Such a great trip, interesting and beautiful. Perfect number of passengers on these boats too (ie not too many). Highly recommended.
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Kurt
Apr 3, 2026
Great river trip with lots of background information - The ride was very impressive. Our guide Siyabonga picked us up on time in front of the hotel. On the ship we had enough space and could observe the animals very well. Siyabonga told us many details about the animals and our questions were answered comprehensively. We could help ourselves to the large fruit basket, drinks were also plentiful. We liked that the boat went very slowly to the animals and kept enough distance to not disturb. It is important to know that the animals move in their natural habitat and the perfect photograph is not always successful. We would definitely book the tour again with this company.
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727isabelleh
Mar 2, 2026
Lovely tour - Lovely tour with very experienced and knowledgeable guide. We saw crocs and hippos and beautiful birds. We really enjoyed this.
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797cerstinr
Feb 7, 2026
An impressive ride with Mr. Brown! - We chose the right hippo tour and disembarked very happy. It was amazing how much information we received – about the country, the people, the beautiful yellow birds, the plants, a small crocodile, and of course, the hippos. Mr. Brown even had hippo teeth and skin with him. We were able to observe three hippo families, including babies. We were invited to one hippo family's home for coffee or tea and bread, and we could help ourselves to the fruit basket whenever we wanted. Mr. Brown has a great sense of humor and is a wonderful storyteller; we laughed a lot with another couple. Thank you ♡
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Hilarysh
Jan 16, 2026
Best hippo / crocodile tour in St Lucia. A must with this company. - Had a fantastic time on this tour. Brown (tour guide) was brilliant- very informative and also good crack. Gave us a really insightful history of St Lucia and Cape Vidal. We saw crocodiles iguana lots of bird life including two king fishers and the world largest heron and hippos (countless ones) of all ages and sizes. During the tour we were offered hot chocolate, tea or coffee with a rusk and also a selection of fresh fruit. Totally yummy!! Would highly recommend this tour. We booked via The Eco Lodge as we were staying g there - fab place!!
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717elizabethanne
Apr 14, 2026
Excellent wildlife tours for both adults and children - We were a family group of 6 adults and 3 children. All of us did the hippo and croc boat tour, the day safari and night safari and 5 adults and 1 child the early morning bird walk. All the groups were small and the guides very knowledgeable and helpful. Pick up for all 4 tours from the guest house.
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Nicoles12345678
Apr 9, 2026
Make sure you get a friendly tour guide! - This outing started out a bit abrupt from the first guy who fetch us from our lodge was not friendly and seemed annoyed from the get go. We got to the boat after a not so great drive around town to collect everyone else, just from the way the driver was driving you could tell to by it he did not feel like doing the trip at all. We arrived at the boat, my kids couldn't even sit together only 3 by the way, I asked to move 1 chair and was told no due to weight capacity he wasn't even willing to try make a plan. So I requested to swop boats as this company had a second boat going out at the same time. I am VERY thankful that we did as I was not looking forward to 2 hours with a tour guide that clearly did not want to be there. An attitude like he was doing the guests a favour by being there. The second boat we had a great tour guide. THANK YOU to Cia that made the trip great, he had a much better personality, you could see he enjoys his job which makes the entire experience better and more enjoyable! The only reason there aren't 5 stars to this experience is due to the abrupt start . A friendly smile and personality make a huge difference in the experience that the guest has paid for.
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Movozo
Feb 15, 2026
S.lucia hippos - We did this booked tour and saw many hippos and also a crocodile. The animals, i.e. the hippos, are mostly covered by water
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From $30
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).