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Why use a tour guide in Durban

  I have never thought to ask that question. However if you arrive in Durban and have a rough idea of what you want to do, how are you going to go about it? I recently  ran a private safari with a couple and they gave some answers to the question I didn't ask. I made a comment about a vehicle being so low.  Too low for decent game viewing. We sat on the side of the road watching some lion cubs soaking up the sun. A vehicle pulled up next to us and asked what we were watching.  "There are some lions sleeping next to that bush over there " I told them. "Oh no! We can't see them the bushes are too high". Came the reply. Now they did not have a qualified experienced  tour guide to tell them that they needed a different vehicle. We moved on and I caught something out the corner of my eye. "Ooh" I said " that's beautiful ". I reversed  the car and went down a short dirt track. There in front if us was a water hole. It was small but almost c