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Kruger Park wants deposits
18/06/2008 21:34 - (SA)
Sharon Hammond
Skukuza - To prevent day visitors from making a booking and then not arriving, the Kruger National Park will now insist on a non-refundable deposit.
General manager of tourism operations at South African National Parks (SANParks), Joep Stevens, said on Wednesday that there were repeated incidents in which day visitors failed to honour a booking, unnecessarily forcing the park to turn away other guests who arrived at the gates on the spur of the moment.
"The previous system was abused by visitors who would book and not arrive and this caused problems when waiting guests could also not gain entry to the park," he explained.
The park encourages day visitors to book in advance over peak periods so that entrance quotas are not exceeded.
As of this week, day visitors who make a booking will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of R20 per adult and R10 per child before their booking is accepted.
Advanced bookings can be made through any of the booking offices up to a day beforehand.
Visitors must arrive by 13:00 or their booking will be cancelled.
Stevens said advanced day-visitor bookings will only constitute 60% of the gate's day-visitor quota, with 40% will be reserved for visitors on a first-come first-served basis.
- African Eye
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