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Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:53 am
by vinkie
Richprins wrote:If you leave at 6 you should be in Nelspruit before 10, and Numbi Gate before 11....this is the most "direct" route to get into the Park ASAP, and leaves plenty of time to get to Satara, depending how you go inside the park. At that time of day you should reach Satara at about 3pm?
Thank you
Looking forward going to Kruger, in two weeks time we will have done our morning drive
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:23 pm
by Richprins
Enjoy!!
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:04 pm
by Flutterby
vinkie, we always leave Johannesburg at around 1am so we get to the gates when they open. We normally enter at Numbi or Phabeni and then we have a nice long drive up to Satara. We'd rather do the driving inside the park than outside.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:58 pm
by vinkie
Flutterby wrote:vinkie, we always leave Johannesburg at around 1am so we get to the gates when they open. We normally enter at Numbi or Phabeni and then we have a nice long drive up to Satara. We'd rather do the driving inside the park than outside.
Is it safe to drive during the night? We will arrive early on Friday morning at OT international....I was told that you shouldn't drive during nighttime(well our friends in Krugersdorp told us). I don't mind driving during the night we do it when we go on Wintersport to Austria, France or Switzerland.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:51 pm
by Flutterby
We've never had a problem vinkie, and the roads are nice and quiet...sometimes we don't even see another car from Belfast to Sabie.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:54 pm
by Sprocky
Belfast to Sabie???
Thats a long route to Numbi.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:57 pm
by Flutterby
We normally take Belfast, Dullstroom, Lydenberg, then Long Tom down to Sabie and go in at Phabeni.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:07 pm
by Sprocky
I would rather stick to the N4 to Nelspruit and then go to White River and from there either Numbi or Hazyview to Phabeni or Kruger.
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:11 pm
by vinkie
Sprocky wrote:I would rather stick to the N4 to Nelspruit and then go to White River and from there either Numbi or Hazyview to Phabeni or Kruger.
Thanks Flutterby and Sprocky
That's the route we take most of the time Sprocky but then up to Orpen...now we will enter at Phabeni or Kruger depending on the traffic....
I think we will try to leave very early like Flutterby said and enter the park early in the morning
Thanks for all the tips....so happy to be part of this forum
Re: Which gate to use to enter the park?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:50 am
by Flutterby
Sprocks, I just don't like going via Nelspruit. -O