Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:21 am
Good advice RobT!! 
Then you'll be sure to see EVERYTHING PJL!! 
Then you'll be sure to see EVERYTHING PJL!! 
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Kruger Advice
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Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:03 am
If you are lucky even a traffic jam or two
Re: Kruger Advice
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Re: Kruger Advice
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Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:27 pm
Thank you all for the great advice - really appreciate it. I'm leaning towards going a week before the school holidays in October... so somewhere around 27th Sept for a week.
@Bushcraft - for that time of year what do you reckon about anti-malarials (both for yourself & the kids)?
After phoning around the camps a bit it seems that they'll be happy enough to push a 3 bed unit into a 4 bed unit if we bring along the blow-up bed etc. One very helpful lady at Berg said it was easiest to confirm which units could be bumped at each camp and then do the booking for 3 people at head office. Once done, phone around the camps in turn getting it amended to 4 people.
So I guess the next plan is to figure out which camps to aim for that week depending on availability.
@Bushcraft - for that time of year what do you reckon about anti-malarials (both for yourself & the kids)?
After phoning around the camps a bit it seems that they'll be happy enough to push a 3 bed unit into a 4 bed unit if we bring along the blow-up bed etc. One very helpful lady at Berg said it was easiest to confirm which units could be bumped at each camp and then do the booking for 3 people at head office. Once done, phone around the camps in turn getting it amended to 4 people.
So I guess the next plan is to figure out which camps to aim for that week depending on availability.
Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:57 pm
PJL , en September is always good , dry coolish weather . animals congregating around water , and so on . Beginning October still the same , especially if it has not rained yet , but , even better , because camp gates open 30 minutes earlier
Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:59 pm
If it was me, the kids would take, but the SO and I wouldn't.
Rather be safe then sorry though
I arrive in KNP on the 4th of October, so may see you leaving
Rather be safe then sorry though
I arrive in KNP on the 4th of October, so may see you leaving
Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:28 am
Which camp are you heading to on 4th?Bushcraft wrote:If it was me, the kids would take, but the SO and I wouldn't.
Rather be safe then sorry though
I arrive in KNP on the 4th of October, so may see you leaving
One other question - are the swimming pools at the camps warm enough to swim in at that time of year? I know down here in PE it would be chilly to say the least!
Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:54 am
PJL, in October the temps can reach 40 and over so the pools are a welcome relief ...sometimes the water can even be too warm! 
We sometimes jump in in our clothes before going on a drive and let them dry in the car!
...sometimes the water can even be too warm! We sometimes jump in in our clothes before going on a drive and let them dry in the car! Re: Kruger Advice
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:06 pm
Love it!!Flutterby wrote:We sometimes jump in in our clothes before going on a drive and let them dry in the car!
Hopefully very early in October won't be too hot