# uShaka Marine World in Durban — Citylit

A beachfront marine park with an aquarium, water attractions and ocean encounters.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/entertainment/ushaka-marine-world

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## uShaka Marine World

A beachfront marine park with an aquarium, water attractions and ocean encounters.

- City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Entertainment
- Address: 1 King Shaka Avenue, Point
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/entertainment/ushaka-marine-world
- Official website: https://ushakamarine.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UShaka_Marine_World
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 31.045915, latitude -29.867443 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UShaka\_Marine\_World

uShaka Marine World is a 16-hectare (40-acre) theme park that opened on 30 April 2004 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has a total capacity of 4.6 million gallons containing 10,000 animal species.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UShaka_Marine_World; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 90 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- uShaka Marine World: https://ushakamarine.com/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- UShaka Marine World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UShaka_Marine_World; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/fe65d470dcda.jpg — Eingang uShaka Marine World, Durban. Venue photograph. Author: Bgabel; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZA-Durban-shaka-m-eing.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/f421f4cd2a2f.jpg — Vue du KwaZulu-Natal en Afrique du Sud.. Venue photograph. Author: South African Tourism from South Africa; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UShaka_Marine_World,_Durban,_KwaZulu-Natal,_South_Africa_(19890466534).jpg

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