BushMasterJoined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm
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Hi all. Just wondering, is there electricity at the tented camp?
Need to charge batteries and stuff.
thanks
Ian
Need to charge batteries and stuff.
thanks
Ian
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:38 pm |
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Hi all. Just wondering, is there electricity at the tented camp?
Need to charge batteries and stuff. thanks Ian |
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DuQues Honorary Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:42 pm Posts: 18634 Location: Red sand, why do I keep thinking of red sand? 
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:47 pm |
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Quote The Mazhou Camping Site in Mapungubwe National Park will be opening to the public on the 1st of March 2007. The site, situated close to the Limpopo Forest Tented Camp in the Western Section of the Park caters for 10 caravans or tents, and each camping site is equipped with a powerpoint.
You can find that here. |
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:49 pm |
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Thanks DQ, I did do a search that came up with very little.
thanks again |
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DuQues Honorary Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:42 pm Posts: 18634 Location: Red sand, why do I keep thinking of red sand?
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:00 pm |
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I cheated, I used this to search and knew the name of the campingsite.
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Senyetse Virtual Ranger Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:32 am Posts: 1017 Location: Krugersdorp
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:08 pm |
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Bushmaster, by saying tented camp are you not referring to the Limpopo Forest tented camp? That is a different camp to Mazhou.
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:14 pm |
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yes, sorry. I didnt realise there is another tented camp. But the link does say each camp has power.
Limpopo forrest camp.... DQ, I used your search, but nothing still. |
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:37 pm |
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Found this
Quote Many visitors to the area will be happy to learn the park will open a camping site in the beginning of 2007. This will provide a true bush experience in the middle of the Limpopo riverine forest that is favored by elephants, bushbuck and many other mammals. Although the ten sites have private water taps and electricity points, the camping won’t be fenced in. Therefore it won’t be a place for the fainthearted, "this is the real experience", Nemaheni smiles.
here but are they talking about LFTC? I see the units have a ceiling fan, so assuming they have power points? |
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Senyetse Virtual Ranger Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:32 am Posts: 1017 Location: Krugersdorp
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:43 pm |
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They are referring to the campsites and not the tented camp. I assume that if it has a kitchen it should have plugs unless the fridge and stove run off gas.
I'm sure someone on the forum who has been there can assist. |
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DuQues Honorary Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:42 pm Posts: 18634 Location: Red sand, why do I keep thinking of red sand?
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:46 pm |
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Joel!
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JoelR Senior Virtual Ranger Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:36 pm Posts: 526 Location: Pretoria
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:28 pm |
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Hello BushMaster. Yes, there is electricity in the Tented camp. I don't no the exact set-up of the powerpoints, but there's at least the lights, the fan and the fridge that need power.
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:39 pm |
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Thanks Joel, we should be able to make a plan and charge cameras.
The main thhing is keeping the beer cold. |
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arks Senior Virtual Ranger Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:53 pm Posts: 3761 Location: Cambridge, MA (and home from home in Darling, WC)
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:03 pm |
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BushMaster wrote Thanks Joel, we should be able to make a plan and charge cameras.
Perhaps you should also consider getting a car charger (they run off the cigarette lighter) for your camera batteries. Then you don't have so many worries about electricity in the camp. |
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BushMaster Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:54 pm Posts: 9
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:13 pm |
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Hi Arks, yes, I have looked at that and I need to install a full dual battery system to run a fridge, lights and inverters and so on. Apparently its not just a case of getting a charger for the car, like a cell phone.
Its quiet a big project, and we off to Mapungubwe next weekend. Unless I have been misinformed. Do you have such a charger? cheers Ian |
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arks Senior Virtual Ranger Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:53 pm Posts: 3761 Location: Cambridge, MA (and home from home in Darling, WC)
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:19 pm |
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The car charger for camera batteries is a very simple affair and yes I do have one and always bring it with me to SA. You should be able to get one at most camera shops? Or do a google search? I got mine two years ago, so don't recall the details.
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Freda Distinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:01 am Posts: 2155 Location: Marloth Park, South Africa
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| Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:22 pm |
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Limpopo Forest tented camp has electricity, you will be fine for keeping beers cold and charging batteries, (Eskom and ellies permitting)
Have a great trip, I am  |
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