Guest reviews for Pretoriuskop Restcamp

Feedback on Parks visit from 11-14 Feb 2010

"Positive Comments
Found the Park well managed, staff very friendy and helpful. Roads, both tar and gravel in a excellent condition (better than out non-toll roads)
Negative comments
You will have to re-look at your maintenance team/contract at the different camp sites This is not up to standard. Your abution blocks are you window to the camp site and if that is not in a good condition then it does not reate a good impression. This a back up with the following observatios:
Abultion Block T2 (Pretoriuskop)has 2 showers and 2 baths for females. On Sat the 13th the one shower was blocked and the second shower hot water tap is faulty. You cannot control the hot water and when my wife tried to close the tap it would not close. After lots of efford she event. got the tap closed. When she tried to bath she had the same problem with the hot water as well.In the end she left without cleaning herself.
We stayed in Hut 36. The hut was in a good condition but the door and the door frame was in a shocking condition. Please have a look at this.
I visited a ablution block close to the restautant in Lower Sabie and was very surprised to see how run-down the place looked.
At Satara I walked into the Abulution block at reception and found the following:
1. The hand dryer electric cord was hanging in the air so not working. Did not look good.
2. The middle urinal drain was put into place into the urinal by using the putty they use to seal roof scews in tin roofs. The working off was awful.
3. The one Steiner dispenser cover was missing.
4. The green tiles were repaired on one spot with white (about 1.2 meters long) polly filler and just left as such. This catches your eyes at a instance."


- Gavin Roberts (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Guest Cottage

"Exellent accomodation. May not have the location of Skukusa (overlooking the river) but the cottaged seemed better cared for."


- Alex (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Mr

"As long as you "Braso" your garden taps you will see me there!"


- Johan Visser (RSA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"It was a wonderful time. Thank you"


- Stienie du Toit (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Wonderful time - thank you for another great Kruger Park experience.

2 comments:

• Sunset tour - guide was great, but could have done with 2 hours instead of 3. All tired, cold and hungry for the last hour and some, but little game.

• Went back to eat at the Carvery - not great quality for the cost.

Otherwise, love the camp, the peace and the atmosphere!"


- Stephen Hall (Australia) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop

"We had a wonderful time. Problem areas were that there was no cash in the ATM in the shop and the lady behind the counter could not help us. We also wondered about the logic of renting us a bungalow with a braai but no utensils. Otherwise we had a wonderful time.Thank you"


- Dawn Clarke (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Comment - T de Wet

"Met ons aankoms by die ontvangs- was die diens ietwat teleurstellend, aangesien die rekenaars 'af lyn' was, en ons 'n ruk moes wag om die hut-sleutel te ontvang. Daarna was ons verder ontwrig toe ons die hut wou oopsluit, en die sleutel boonop verkeerde sleutel was. Ons moes teruggaan na ontvangs, om dit te rapporteer. Maar na nog 'n wag-proses; het die kamp-opsigter opgedaag met die korrekte sleutel- en sy behulpsaamheid en vriendelikheid was gerusstellend, dankie! Van die kamp self, kan ons net positief praat, buiten die feit dat daar gebou word direk langs ons hut, en dit toegespan was vir 'n bouery, wat dus die eerste indruk van die kamp en hut nogal belemmer het! Maar verder het ons alles baie geniet, dankie. Die abblusie-blok was skoon en netjies,en ons het die kuier by Pretoriuskop geniet!"


- Thea de Wet (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Thinking ahead

"We always enjoy our trip to Kruger however there were some fellow caravaners at Pretoriouskop that made it very unpleasant. They were camped close to the ablution blocks and by the state of their caravan and old army tent it appeared that they had been there some time! As school holidays approached it was decided to renovate the ablution block and this caused major problems. Please could you not have waited until after the holidays?
a responce would be appreciated!"


- J Steenkamp (SA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"We noticed that the camp is busy with an upgrade which is wonderful."


- Frew Clive (South African) Guest sightings:

Visit to Pretoriuskop Rest Camp

"An absolute joy! I would love to go there more often"


- T van der Westhuizen (SA) Guest sightings:

our wedding anniversary

"It was a great trip and we were blessed with the animals that we saw."


- Juanet (SA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop

"Overall we had a very good experience in Kruger - The drives were extremely good value for money."


- WOODCOCK (UK) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop

"Had a lovely stay, overall very happy. Only one improvement on the utensils in the little outside kitchenette. The bare minimum is supplied and never had essentials like a tin opener. I feel they should equip the kitchen a little better."


- Charmaine Luckhoff (South Africa) Guest sightings:

lovely stay, but poor restaurant

"i recently visited the Kruger National Park and had an excellent stay. The camp was not busy and very peaceful, and waking up to the sound of a hippopotamus was a pleasure. The free roaming impala walking in and outside of the camp was peaceful to behold.

The only thing i found lacking, was the exceptionally poor service in the restaurant, having walked out once and the next day sitting for long periods before getting served, and when i was served, the waiter was a grumpy guy with no idea of how to be a good waiter. The food was good, when it finally arrived. I will definitely visit again, but next time I will bring my own food."


- liaan kruger (RSA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Excellent"


- A J DE KLERK (RSA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Enjoyed the camp,easy check in.
We were with family sharing 3 houses but none of the can openers worked from any of the houses. Otherwise we were very happy with the camp."


- russell (south africa) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"We had a marvelous week in the park."


- GM van Zyl (SA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Thank you the night we spent, it was great. The staff is very
friendly and quick. Thank you for everything i hope we will get a
opening for next year. Regards"


- Talita Lombard (S.A) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Men's toilets urinals had a leak which was reported but not attended to during our stay.We had to ask for pillow cases as there were none on the beds.Staff in office not very helpful if you want to upgrade,although there were quite a few unoccupied chalets during our stay.Otherwise enjoyable."


- Lynn Roux (South Africa) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"A very nice park but if you ask me the conservation fee for foreigners is expensive. I think that R140 per day is far too much. For his reason we decided to leave one day earlier. I think it is logical to ask a fee on the moment that you arrive at the first gate in to Kruger. But not for everyday that you are there. And also the fact that you can not get money in every atm as a foreigner. We had to drive from pretoriuskop to skukuza just to get money. And it was not the road we would have liked to take the first day."


- stefanie (netherlands) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"In general we had a fantastic time. Bungalow service was good. It is always great to visit the Park. Just a pity the Leopards were hiding from us this time, other than that we cannot complain about our sitings, which included, lots of rhino, lots of buffalo, lots of Elephants and the odd lion. Of our favorites are eagles of which we also saw lots, especially the Bateleur and an added bonus was a Juvenile Marshall Eagle on a tree right next to the road, giving some guinea fowl a hard time. The only two areas we would like to comment on are as below:
The reception staff could be a more friendly.
The restaurant front line staff serving customers at Lower Sabie were extremely slow, unfriendly and not well trained.
Service started taking place once, what looked like Supervisors, came to the fore.
My husband tried getting the attention of the one of the waiters, who just ignored him and walked away."


- I BOWIE (SA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Good accommodation. Lucky to see rhino"


- Laura Keenan (RSA) Guest sightings:

Pretoriuskop Restcamp

"Enjoyed it. Seen a lot. Limited menu items for mid day at restaurants. Previous items like Buffalo pies ? Staff a bit slack, but in many cases friendly. Overall i've enjoyed the stay and will visit again."


- A Jooste (SA) Guest sightings:

Great! Thanks

"Everything was just fine, I would like to mention the friendliness of all the staff. It was ecellent"


- Henry Green (RSA) Guest sightings:

Beautiful camp!

"We had a great stay."


- Udo Kleindienst (Germany) Guest sightings: