Enjoying The Kruger Without Staying In The Park
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:18 pm
There are several advantages by staying outside the Park, especially if for a rather long period and only one downside.
The advantages:
Cheaper
Staying in a more comfortable place with nothing missing and lots of space
Internet access (wifi)
Supermarket on the way to the park
Shops if you need something
Etc.
Downside:
Limited roads that you can drive.
The trip went like expected: Long and tiring with little to no sleep, but never mind.
Car rental quick (the advantage of a small airport) and I was presented with a new VW Polo with a great air condition system.
The “Spar” was right there a few hundred meters from the airport, but I was too tired to think of stopping. Having a certain experience in this kind of trip I had brought coffee, sugar, milk and croissant and even something to eat the next day from home and I had kept a bottle of water that I had got on the plane.
My home for the next month was a cottage at the “Hans Merensky Estate”
In order to get to the cottage I had to pass two security checks, the first mostly for the Hotel and Golf access and the second for the cottages. At the second one, I filled in a form with the usual information and got a yellow slip with name, dates and name and address of the cottage. I found the place easily enough.
Last obstacle: security number for the small key storage box and finally inside, quickly find the alarm and type in the security number. The owner had explained everything perfectly in an e-mail and even explained the road from the airport, where the “Spar” was and the rest of the itinerary in a detailed and clear way.
Next was switch on the air condition which worked beautifully. Two of them in a very big room with a kitchen at one end, an enormous table and at the other end a comfortable living area with view on a small pool and behind it the golf course.
I was happy to have arrived without trouble and that the place looked fine.
The advantages:
Cheaper
Staying in a more comfortable place with nothing missing and lots of space
Internet access (wifi)
Supermarket on the way to the park
Shops if you need something
Etc.
Downside:
Limited roads that you can drive.
The trip went like expected: Long and tiring with little to no sleep, but never mind.
Car rental quick (the advantage of a small airport) and I was presented with a new VW Polo with a great air condition system.
The “Spar” was right there a few hundred meters from the airport, but I was too tired to think of stopping. Having a certain experience in this kind of trip I had brought coffee, sugar, milk and croissant and even something to eat the next day from home and I had kept a bottle of water that I had got on the plane.
My home for the next month was a cottage at the “Hans Merensky Estate”
In order to get to the cottage I had to pass two security checks, the first mostly for the Hotel and Golf access and the second for the cottages. At the second one, I filled in a form with the usual information and got a yellow slip with name, dates and name and address of the cottage. I found the place easily enough.
Last obstacle: security number for the small key storage box and finally inside, quickly find the alarm and type in the security number. The owner had explained everything perfectly in an e-mail and even explained the road from the airport, where the “Spar” was and the rest of the itinerary in a detailed and clear way.
Next was switch on the air condition which worked beautifully. Two of them in a very big room with a kitchen at one end, an enormous table and at the other end a comfortable living area with view on a small pool and behind it the golf course.
I was happy to have arrived without trouble and that the place looked fine.
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