It was the worst experience we have ever had. only was the owner/manager rude to our children, he then wanted to charge us double from what our invoice was, and when we wanted to show him the invoice they made out, he then said we did not include the children and that is why it is double.he started shouting and did not even wanted to look at the invoice. He then shoved my brother out of the door and closed it and called us thieves for wanting to settle our payment for the invoice we got. We then left and we shoved the outstanding amount through the door from the first invoice because there is no way I will pay double the amount if that was not our invoice.I would not recommend this place ever. I am including the invoices so you can see the children were included in the first invoice. And we only stayed 2 nights, not 3 as the last invoice suddenly said.…
Excellent location if you want to stay in the nature reserve and use it as a base to go on the self drives in the reserve (you buy the self drive permits at the main gate of the Dinokeng reserve as you arrive, the permits are quite pricey, the De Rust Caravan Park is situated in the reserve). Gert is very helpful and when we arrived he offered us alternative stand options. We were very grateful for that as the stand we had booked (River stand 13) had little to no shade. We moved to River stand 12 which was lovely. It was obvious that he wants all the guests to have a good time. The stands are huge, well maintained and the camp has everything you need. We would definitely go back when we want to visit the nature reserve again.
De Rust was a great spot for a camping trip for your Easter weekend. The camp sites were huge and in great condition. Gert the owner was ever friendly and hopefully. I highly recommend and will definitely be back. Thanks Guys
I personally love this campsite. It is half an hour away from Pretoria, and about an hour from Joburg, but you are in the middle of nature. I saw Otters in the river next to my stand, 6 species of Kingfisher, African Finfoot, Elephants, multiple species of antelope etc. The camp has everything that you need, power, braai grids, proper toilets and showers, swimming pool. I could use the owners fridge for a few days to store my food as well. I personally don't understand the negative comments on this page. They are probably written by city people who get scared when they see a tiny insect and who leave their tent open the whole day and then complain about the monkeys. If you like a bit of quietness and nature, I can recommend everybody to come here!
We arrived after sunset and were welcomed by Danian that really went the extra mile to show the area to us. He gave as an option of stands although I had a booking for Stand 7 he allowed us on a stand we liked more. We had a waterfront stand and LOVED it. All campsites are of good size and have electricity and water. Camp VERY clean and we found the ablutions to be adequate and clean. Hot water always. Izak kept our dustbin empty and he also is superb with any little task that is necessary to upkeep the property. In conclusion, I will definitely book there again .......
Stayed there for a long weekend, and a found it disappointing. The bathrooms were never serviced, bins never emptied, braais never cleaned. In fact, braai was dirty from the previous visitors when we arrived.
We traveled from Jhb to Kruger stopping over here. Did not expect a wildlife campsite so close to Jhb. We saw many animals driving just from the gate to the park. The owners are very friendly and went out of their way to accommodate us even when we arrived late.The campsite and ablutions are very neat and clean. We stayed another day to do the self drive. We had an awsome ime and will be back John and Hilda
We visited the past weekend (17 - 19 August 2018)... To sum up the resort: poor and grossly neglected. We have been disappointed at the overall condition of the resort and ablution blocks. The ablutions were not cleaned / swept properly (spider webs, dust, dead grass, etc), shower curtains not properly hooked in, water flow of taps pathetic (one had decent flow), shower heads spraying all over the shower floor as a result of scale on shower heads, towels filthy/not changed for whole weekend, etc. The walls/doors scream for a little paint! Grids on braai were rusted/damaged and had big holes in it - luckily we had a hinged grid we could use over the holes/instead. On top of it (and we understand management are not to blame): the monkeys made it impossible to relax for a second - they were all over the place the whole time and got away with guests belongings, food and anything they could grab and rush into the trees/bushes with. Nothing was safe and one had to watch your belongings the whole time. This venue most certainly will need a lot of attention, care and improvement before it could be considered in future and it can't be compared to any of the other resorts in Dinokeng... We seriously doubt if we will ever return.…
Camp Sites are nice. Ablutions needs attention. Shower heads need cleaning and pressure need to be balanced or a small pressure pump be installed. Stayed in a bush site very hard and rocky. Battled to knock in tent pegs.
We visited De Rust over the weekend of 27/4-30/5. I paid the FULL amount upon registration 2 months prior to the weekend and had to endure unprofessional rudeness and many phone calls to Gert just to obtain confirmation of reservation. During our stay the ablution facilities were dirty and a toilet in the female facilities were not working. When my wife reported it to Gert he immediately blamed the female campers for not allowing the 1 male cleaner to enter the facilities as well as the high number of campers (80) making use of the facility. After we left I received an e-mail from Gert complaining about the fire we made on the ground at our camping place. At no stage were we given a list of rules nor did he specifically asked us not to make a fire on the ground. We were 3 caravans on 2 sites with only 1 braai? It is clear that Gert has very little intention to service his customers and for this reason I will never visit De Rust again.…
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