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Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:05 pm
by Alf
Peter Betts wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:04 pm
Storms River Camping is the BEST ..Garden Route camping is awesome ..It doesnt rain all the time ..There is a major Drought there now ..You just choose the season properly ie Feb to May..Those camp sites facing the ocean are ICONIC and probably the best situated in SA bar none ..We hardly ever camp under trees as our Trailer is cool and less mess from birds etc ..and the tent and awnings provide plenty shade..The ONLY thing wrong with Storms River camping is that it is SANParks so I cant take my Border Collie so we go to Yellow Sands instead at the moment ..she spends enough time staying in Kennels when we go to Kruger & Kgalagadi ..The sea she comes with ..The hutted accommodation at Storms River cant shape up to the camping there...Staying at the Ocean ANYWHERE in SA in Dec ..= WIND..Rather go in April School Hols to the Coast
Yes Peter i hear what you say but i get leave over December and can't go during the time period you mentioned. We go to Stormsriver every second year and for the last 3 trips half of our time there it rained. I've spend many hours sitting in the lounge watching campers trying to set up tents in the rain there.
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:09 pm
by Alf
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:25 pm
Be careful not to get the accommodations in the back, towards the wood and hill. They are/were old and humid. IMO the nicest ones are 16A, 16B and 17. In any case far from the parking space. Over the weekend it is terrible
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Lisbeth the units you mentioned are not big enough for us and i think they are all 2 beds. We also prefer to stay as far as possible away from the busy restaurant because the cars park on both sides of the road for about 1km long and you struggle to get in and out of your unit
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:32 pm
by Lisbeth
You are right those only have two beds
I hope that the restaurant is better now than it was in 2013
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:40 pm
by Peter Betts
The restaurant burnt down about then
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:19 am
by Mel
On our recent trip to the Kgalagadi we managed to bag 9 nights at the most favourite camp Urikaruus.
4 we got when the bookings opened, and another 5 I picked up online some weeks later. Turned out that
for those 5 days there was a group of 3 couples travelling together.
I think, it's obvious that they must have booked the whole camp (I'm just not sure about the 5th unit which
is the "new" honeymoon suite - but maybe that can be extra since it's a bit further away from the rest of
the cabins) and dropped the unit that they hadn't needed after a decent period of time.
Anyone any clue how to book out a whole camp? Might be worth it teaming up with friends to get into those
hard to come by camps.
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:02 am
by Richprins
One can book individually or together, Mello, unless it is a private camp which has to be booked in its entirety?
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:07 am
by Lisbeth
Individually online if they are all free or else e-mail or phone I'd say
Are you going to invite the committee for a week at Urikarus? How sweet of you
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:49 pm
by Mel
It must have been the whole camp (and not a private one, just a wilderness camp) - otherwise I don't get why the fourth one wasn't needed.
And not on the day when the booking opens because I don't think one would ever be able to get four units at Urikaruus - ever.
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:53 pm
by Lisbeth
Maybe a "Do you know who I am "
and they did not need the last one
Re: The Truth about sanparks Booking system
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:59 pm
by Mel
Maybe
Or maybe it is true after all that you can pre-book a whole wilderness camp in the KTP
