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ExFmem wrote: Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:59 pm Anna had to be :-0 :-0 with all the various animals you saw! Love the fuzzy baby Zebra and the Elephant w/ tree trunks is very eye catching \O \O .

Glad to know about the safari tents - will have to consider other options in the future perhaps. :-?

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Thanks for popping in Ex!! \O Anna just loved everything! :yes: I think if you request a river view tent you will be ok, but I didn't know that! 0*\
Richprins wrote: Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:45 pm Those tents are hyper-popular, and some are right on the fence? I think they have a grand view especially in winter? -O-
RP, I doubt very much that this tent has a view even in winter...that bush was super dense! :no: As I said to Ex, if I'd known there were different tents I would have requested a river view. ;-)
Lisbeth wrote: Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:56 pm That does not help if you go in summer ;-)

The room is very small and dark and in order to turn in the kitchen, you must go outside lol
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Lower Sabie - S28 - Lower Sabie

As we'd had a long day in the car we decided to take a short drive at 5pm down the S28 until it was time to turn back. It was very quiet. :no:

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Anna loved the babies!! :yes:

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The obligatory LBR pic. ;-)

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We had time to pop in at Sunset Dam where we found a pair of Pied Kingfishers.

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Jonty was really hoping to see a nice sunset but the weather was turning!

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The hippos were getting ready to leave the water.

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This croc was eyeing us from nearby. 0'

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We got back to camp at 6.30 and Jonty and Anna said they would go and buy some wood and would then start the fire. But my dad couldn't wait (because the fire must be lit as soon you get back to camp :O^ ), even though I told him that Jonty was very excited about lighting his first fire in Kruger in many, many years!! O/ 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!! 0*\ lol My dad was freaking out because Jonty used half a bag of charcoal...."that fire's going to last all night".... and sulked! O** Anyway...our dinner was lamb sosaties, boerewors, boiled potatoes and salad...it was yummy!! O/\ O/\ You can see we like our meat rare! ;-)

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We settled down to "kuier" a bit but then the heavens opened and we were all huddled on the tiny verandah trying to stay dry, so we eventually called it a night, and made plans to leave at 4.30 the next morning when the gates opened! O**


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Those sosaties looks delicious and the salad so fresh and yummy :-)


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And this guy is also complaining about the tents at Lower Sabie.....and the topic was locked very quickly 0*\

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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.

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I'm glad to know that it's not just me being difficult!! \O I did mention all of this in the survey which I completed when we returned. :yes:


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Sanparks is getting a bit too smart for my liking :evil:


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I finally managed to delve into your travel tale, Flutts O\/

But what a different (or maybe even a tad difficult…) start 0*\ I think I would have lost my nerve,
especially at that time of the day when I'm all sleepy and grumpy O**

Sightings look good so far and I also remember how fond I was on our last Kruger trip where we took our
newbie friends with us. I'm sure we would have passed on the more common sightings if the boys in the
back our car hadn't demanded to stop at every impala lol

Food looks yummy too. Luckily I'm still full from our dinner - otherwise I would've drooled all over my keyboard :-0

And from what I see of your brother, he looks alright too, so it's only natural that RP might like the looks of Anna lol
Haven't seen her on FB though, can't log on again. Not sure what's going on there. But that's a different story :O^


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Aha! What a stunning food pic, Flutts! O/\

Always a joy at Sunset Dam! :yes: [O]

Maybe Koamaster is Mommo on the internet? :twisted:


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All that lovely food makes me hungry ^Q^ ^Q^


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Lisbeth wrote: Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:28 pm Sanparks is getting a bit too smart for my liking :evil:
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Mel wrote: Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:21 pm I finally managed to delve into your travel tale, Flutts O\/

But what a different (or maybe even a tad difficult…) start 0*\ I think I would have lost my nerve,
especially at that time of the day when I'm all sleepy and grumpy O**

Sightings look good so far and I also remember how fond I was on our last Kruger trip where we took our
newbie friends with us. I'm sure we would have passed on the more common sightings if the boys in the
back our car hadn't demanded to stop at every impala lol

Food looks yummy too. Luckily I'm still full from our dinner - otherwise I would've drooled all over my keyboard :-0

And from what I see of your brother, he looks alright too, so it's only natural that RP might like the looks of Anna lol
Haven't seen her on FB though, can't log on again. Not sure what's going on there. But that's a different story :O^
Welcome Mel! 0/* It's always great showing newbies the wonder of Kruger! :yes:
Richprins wrote: Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:27 am Aha! What a stunning food pic, Flutts! O/\

Always a joy at Sunset Dam! :yes: [O]

Maybe Koamaster is Mommo on the internet? :twisted:


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The food pics were all taken especially for you! ^0^ Who is Koamaster? :-?
Lisbeth wrote: Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:40 am All that lovely food makes me hungry ^Q^ ^Q^
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