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Totally agree with you, I camped at pretoruskop over easter and man it was crowded, people had made laargers and cordened off areas that could easily have been 2-3 sites, but only had 4 people occupying that area. Luckilly there were no primate problems.

In future I will camp at pskop with out power, the no power camping site is really nice and quiet

Spargish, it is such a pity when people take advantage like this. A common theme that keeps coming up on the forum is the need for consideration. We also need to be aware of how our bahaviour impacts on others.

All of us need to ask the question: Would I like to have myself as a neighbour in the Park? We cannot control what others do, but we can set the tone of simple civility.

SO and I camped in P'kop last year Freedom Day long weekend. We had to squeeze into a space. It was really unpleasant. SO also said the ladies' bathroom was disgusting.
I won't be back camping in P'kop in a hurry. Its Berg-en-dal next (next weekend).
I can recommend CB and Balule, really liked both of them (though CB was also quite crowded, it was a long weekend).

We had serious problems with draining rain and lack of plugs in Punda Maria in December (also a long weekend).

The female members of my family also complained about the Ladies Ablution block, mens one was fine.

Will be camping at Balule for the 1st time next week and then skukuza, although it is busy the campsites do have very nice facilities.

If Malelane wasnt so close to the fence of the park it would be one of my favourite camps to camp at.

I must say that one of the nicest places to camp is Berg en Dal... until the weekend that is.

People started arriving on the Friday evening, long after the gates closed to set up camp. I could have been tolerant of the neon lights that were shining into our tent and even the noises of the camp being set up. But the music blaring from the car sound systems! The loud chatter of people from across the campsite! This went on until about 1am.

Then there was the morning where the teenage boys had taken to throwing small rocks at the primates for stealing food off of an unattended table. Pack your food away and they won't bother you!

We did report them, but the following night followed a very similar pattern.

I did take a little pleasure in knowing that after everyone had left camp on the Saturday the monkeys decided to occupy their camp - they made quite a mess! Apparently primates do get their revenge because no other sites were touched

We've only camped there once, so please let me know if we were just unlucky

Other than that, I will rate any place where you can set camp in KNP with all of the stars in the sky!

Staying in a chalet or hut just about kills the experience of being in the bush I am actually reluctant to stay anywhere that I can't set up my own tent. The comforts of home are also more appreciated after you've roughed it and the stories funnier when you relate them.

What an unpleasant experience KDJ

I am more and more inclined to go to the smaller camps as my noise tolerance decreases. I do understand that the larger camps are lovely for children though.