"Wildpicture" wrote in message
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> tim..... schreef:
>> I've no interest in staying in the park if that equates to
>> 'camping'.
>
> Here is a link to Kruger's official website:
> http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/
>
> You can find all the information you need there, including pictures of all
> kinds of accomodation. You can camp, but you can also rent a small (or
> big) bungalow in the park. All the bigger restcamps have shops,
> restaurants, fuelstation etc so there is no need to go rough, unless you
> choose so.
>
> On the website you can also check the availability of each type of
> accomodation online.
OK thanks. R500 for a bungalow is easily affordable.
It seems that the week that is best for me: 1-7 July
still has some availability.
Waiting until about July 14 is better but then my flights
will be 200 pounds more!
Seems I will need to book the accomodation first and
then make the flights fit. Unfortunately, I can't find the
cancellation details.
I presume that car hire in Jo'burg isn't going to be a
problem!
>> And can it really be that they don't let 'day' visitors in if
>> all the accomodation is full? Surely the day capacity of
>> the park is much more than the number of sleeping places?
>
> There is a maximum to the number of overnight visitors and day visitors in
> Kruger park. Once that number is reached (all entry gates and camps era
> linked by a computersystem) no more day visitors are allowed in. We
> expereinced that once several years ago. Luckily we had rservations, but
> we had to stand in queue for a LONG time and watch all day visitors in
> front of us get rejected.
Does arriving really early get you in? I note that it opens
at 6:00, or does everybody do that?
> This is done so that the pressure on wildlife isn't too great and it also
> ensures that visitors can still have pleasant experience.
This I can understand, but....
The park would appear to be about 400km from end to end.
That's a size of a medium sized country, 2 or 3000 people
is not going to fill it.
> You can also find all this info and loads more on their website.
Right, off to the Library, to get a book, so that I can work
out what to do with a week in Cape Town.
tim
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