Plains Camp @ Rhino Walking Safaris FAQs

The tap water is filtered, treated and safe to drink at Rhino Post Safari Lodge.

Chilled water is freely available from the bar at all of our lodges, and you will be given glass bottles which the bar staff will be happy to refill for you at any time for the duration of your stay. These bottles will be sterilised and re-used on your departure. We do not encourage the use of plastic and have moved to glass in the interests of conservation. Thermo water bottles which keep water chilled for up to 12 hours are also available for purchase at the lodge and can be refilled at the bar. We keep a small number of sealed plastic bottles of water for guests to purchase if they do not want to make use of the filtered water, but please note that we do charge for this – think of it as a conservation levy!

International adaptors are available from the reception at Rhino Post Safari Lodge. If you are at the beginning of your holiday in South Africa and may have further need of an adaptor after you leave us, you are welcome to purchase one. If you are at the end of your visit to the country, and will only need it for the duration of your stay with us, we will be happy to lend you one. In this case, a refundable deposit will be charged to your room; when you return the adaptor to the reception on check-out this will be refunded to your bill.

From Rhino Post Safari Lodge, yes. You are welcome to drive on any of the tourist roads within the park between the normal gate opening and closing times. Please inform one of the staff if you intend going for a drive and do not plan to be back in time for the evening game drive. For your safety, and to keep the impact on the concession to a minimum, private vehicles may not travel on the concession other than the access road to Rhino Post Safari Lodge.

It is for this reason too that guests of Plains Camp are collected from Rhino Post Safari Lodge and may not take their private vehicles through to the trails camp. We ask that guests at Plains Camp respect this and understand that day trips in and out of Plains Camp would be damaging to the roads, and should only be requested in case of emergency.

While bush-walks are an excellent educational experience for children, the presence of big game in the Kruger National Park introduces an element of risk. For this reason, we cannot accept bookings for children under the age of 12 for safari walks.

There is no age restriction on accommodation, but regrettably, children under the age of six are not allowed on the game drives unless a private vehicle is booked. This is in the best interests of the child as animals react with curiosity toward small children, especially if they should cry out. This means that at a potentially dangerous sighting, the vehicle is forced to leave the sighting for the safety of the child.

Unfortunately not. Maturity levels are too hard to ascertain before arrival, and parents are often biased. We therefore keep our policy in line with SANParks legislation which does not allow children under the age of 12 or 16 respectively to participate in walking trails. It is hard enough to get an adult to stand still in the face of a potentially threatening situation, we do not believe that it is fair or safe to test a child under these circumstances.

Unfortunately not. When the walks go out, both guides and rifles go with, and the three remaining staff members are busy cleaning rooms and preparing meals. We do not feel that this represents a safe, enough environment for a child.

Yes, it has been done before, but only if you book the whole camp, and either only participate in game drives, or pay an additional guiding fee to have an armed guide take care of your child in the camp and take him/her/them on game drives. At the same time, you participate in walks with the other two guides – this can make for a wonderful family holiday as the camp is small enough (only eight beds) to occupy with a family group.