And this guy is also complaining about the tents at Lower Sabie.....and the topic was locked very quickly
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kOa_Master
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Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Unread post by kOa_Master » Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:27 am
This probably fits better in here instead of the photo thread but well:
Would anyone of SANParks please make a statement about the absurd (or rather fraudulent if you ask me) situation with the Lower Sabie tents?
Little bit more than a year ago, SANParks did build 5 great new units called LBVST2 - Luxury Tents added to the Lower Sabie accommodation choice, all of them positioned between the "old" existing tents and the fuel station, thus having bush view.
They also added later on a single LRVST2 - Unit, a river view unit with (more or less, slightly smaller) similar size, extent & interior.
Compared to the prior LSTU2 and LST2 - units, this was not only a big upgrade but also quite a steep increase of price (before: ~R1000, after: ~R1700). For some time, the shabby old ones did exist parallel with the newer ones. This can also be clearly seen here in this (still officially linked) map on the SANParks website:
https://www.sanparks.org/images/parks/k ... ie-map.jpg
Recently (for the 2018/19 holiday season?) SANParks decided to finally refurbish also their older units, all the LST2 and LSTU2 units. It's not completely done but much of them have been refurbished.
Now, every sane person would assume that those units would still sell as LST2 and LSTU2, as they are clearly different and a lot less luxurious.
However, SANParks decided out of nowhere (to maximise profit?) to fool their customers and "turned" all the old LST2 and LSTU2 units into LBVST2/LRVST2 units! Suddenly not only the old units sell a lot more but also SANParks is using the deceiving beautiful pictures of their new luxury units and tricks customers in believing what they book looks exactly like that when in fact the probability of getting one of those units is slim, especially with the river view units!
Currently available are 8 river view units with just 1 (one!) of them being actually luxurious as promised, out of the 13 bush view tents just 5 are new.
But promised is the following:
https://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/c ... 31&resort=
https://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/c ... 30&resort=
Now don't get me wrong: I still love the tents in Lower Sabie and I have been staying in the old tents when the were literally falling apart. But this was a) at a lower price and b) it had fitting images and c) you didn't feel cheated on arrival
So PLEASE dear management do:
- adjust the price again and separate those categories
- put up correct pictures
or
- refurbish the units so that they are more or less similar
The situation as it is now can only be working because Lower Sabie & the tents are hugely popular and even if SANParks aggrevates their customers, new naives ones will fill up the gap - irrelevant of the possible long term damage and reputation they are getting.
Kind Regards,
Master
Anna just loved everything! 
I think if you request a river view tent you will be ok, but I didn't know that! 
As I said to Ex, if I'd known there were different tents I would have requested a river view. 
), even though I told him that Jonty was very excited about lighting his first fire in Kruger in many, many years!! 
So he lit the five coals that were going to cook our dinner. 
When Jonty got back, a whole 10 minutes later, he just shook his head and started again!! 
Anyway...our dinner was lamb sosaties, boerewors, boiled potatoes and salad...it was yummy!! 
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It's always great showing newbies the wonder of Kruger! 
Who is Koamaster? 
