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SANParks, as a state institution is governed by relevant Government policy and legislation including the Public Finance Management Act (Act 1 of 1999).

Section 16.1 of the PFMA prescribes a private party that wants to make use of state property for commercial purposes needs to enter into a Private Public Partnership (PPP) agreement with the relevant state institution. In order for this agreement to be effective it needs to be preceded by a PPP process that entails a transparent and fair tender process as laid down by the PPP Toolkit for Tourism that can be accessed on the website www.ppp.gov.za.

Section 41 of the National Environment Management: Protected Areas act, (Act No 57of 2003) gave existence to the Garden Route National Park and granted it the powers to manage the following areas,

• The formerly proclaimed Wilderness National Park.
• The Knysna National Lake Area*
• The formerly proclaimed Tsitsikamma National Park.
• The indigenous forest areas and associated fynbos areas previously managed by the Department of Forestry (Farleigh- Diepwalle; and Tsitsikamma Forest Estates).

All entities that are operating commercial activities in demarcated areas of the Garden Route National Park must be in possession of a valid Permit/ Operating License / Agreement. An entity that is operating without any of these is running an illegal venture in the Park and may face prosecution. In order to obtain the necessary legal documents to operate a legal commercial venture in the Park, contact our Business Development Manager Mr Andile Namntu on [email protected] or on telephone number 0443025629. Below are examples of activities that take place in the in the Park;

Please note that this request is for operators to voluntary come forward to get their operations legally registered and compliant as required by the law. This window of opportunity is effective until the 31 January 2015 and harsh measures will come into effect after this date.