Africa Wild

Toko wrote:This guy tried camping at the reservation office Camping to get 2013 bookings

This won’t help if it’s all booked before the official opening time.

The guy at the KZN office was confused this morning and told all of us in the queue that Lower Sabie was already booked at 7:20am, which is before the official opening

I seem to remember that online booking can only be done 10 months ahead or is am I wrong here? If this is right, it might be their excuse not to show availability.

Lisbeth wrote:I seem to remember that online booking can only be done 10 months ahead or is am I wrong here? If this is right, it might be their excuse not to show availability.

Correct online booking can only be done 10 months in advance, but that’s no reason to hide the availability of units that can be booked telephonically 11 months in advance.

Maybe they have a technical issue, but for me it’s obvious why one would not want this section of availability visible on the Sanparks website only as of today.

Right, because it's the only place where to find it!! If not how can one organize a stay

BC I agree with Sprocky It's time we get other destinations to spend our holidays .

One of these days the self drive and camping will be taken away to cater for the lazy and the rich who can afford to pay mad prices to go on game drives and stay in luxury hotels and other accomadation . Let them keep on lying to the regular visitors thet go to Kruger and other sanparks camps, at the end off the day and when all these parks are run into the ground and Mabunda and his board off directors has taken there millions and ducket, the goverment of this country will beg us the purist( and all that nonsens Mabunda called people who don't agree with his mad plan)and true nature lovers of this country to help save the parks, hopefully it wont be too late

I agree to going north

Must say what surprized me in Etosha already that 80% of the people we saw there in July where from overseas , looks as if that is already starting to filter down that side that sanparks stinks in there relationship whith there customers with the take it or leave attitude

Wont be long before the parks are empty for 3/4 of the year

Most people on this forum have a big soft spot for Kruger, but I'm afraid that this soft spot is turning into an aching sore. Sanparks management are not playing the game with their customers and it will come back to bite them. No more Sanparks visits for me, I will spend my money where it is appreciated. Places like Botswana, Zim, Moz Namibia and Zambia.
I'm tired of being treated badly and taken for granted, in addition wild places in the above countries give me what I'm looking for in a way that any SanPark can never do.

Unfortunately I don't have the vehicle (4x4) or the money to go to Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia or Zim...so I'm stuck with Kruger. Pilansberg is not for me (It's a bit small). Maybe I should skip Kruger for a year or six and concentrate on my shark diving...Down there in the deep blue are no load music, no noisy drunks, no traffic jams, no Apps or BBM sighting groups....it's pure bliss!!

And your family? I am not sure that they will be too happy with that

Theuns, we are in the same situation as you...Kruger is it for us!!