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Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:23 am
by Richprins
Ja, what is the problem if they pay? Isn't there an accommodation exchange thread, for example, where people trade stuff they can't use?
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:42 am
by RobertT
Agree with you Mike, provided the area of the site is big enough and you are not overflowing on a neighbours site, I see no problem as long as the correct amounts have been charged for.
The only issue for me would be if you are 8 you would take 2 sites, with 6 on one 2 on other. However if the 2 persons extra shared on another site, they would be paying just the extra for the person and not a full site, so Sanparks would be out a few bucks. Difference between extra persons on a site and a full site cost.
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:13 am
by mikef
Agreed Robert - if sites were available Sanparks would receive more money. The lady looking for help had stated that she could not get any other site as the park was full.
I am of the opinion that Sanparks does not expect you to split camping groups of more than 6 persons into separate physical sites when putting up your camp even though you need to book a separate site for each 6. When individual sites are not demarcated how do you even determine this and even at places like Tsende I doubt if you were a group of 10 and booked 2 sites that anyone would mind if you all stayed on 1 site (using the 2nd site to park the vehicles for instance)?
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:26 am
by Richprins
Don't you have to pay extra for a second vehicle too, Mike?
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:32 am
by mikef
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:33 am
by RobertT
Where do you pay for a vehicle?
You could have 10 people in a vehicle.
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:38 am
by RobertT
more concerning to me is them doing a little survey of whether people wanted their own private ablutions with their campsite. They do not even maintain the current ones properly.
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:09 pm
by Heksie
Richprins wrote:Don't you have to pay extra for a second vehicle too, Mike?
If you are more than one vehicle per site you pay R100 per night extra for the vehicle which is absolutely mad...
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:35 pm
by Richprins
So the crisis is power, am I right? Or is the crisis ablutions? Or overcrowding?
Re: Kruger Camping - current rules and possible changes
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:38 pm
by harrys
Heksie wrote:Richprins wrote:Don't you have to pay extra for a second vehicle too, Mike?
If you are more than one vehicle per site you pay R100 per night extra for the vehicle which is absolutely mad...
In 2012 we had 2 vehicles on one site and we didn't pay extra, I even asked at reception and they said it's not nessesary, that was at Letaba and Satara
