Warning: Dinokeng roads are shocking

Warning: Terrible roads We have just spent most of the long weekend in Dinokeng game reserve It was our first visit and we were keen to see what was there We read their website and saw they have the Self-Drive route and it said this ‘most of which is suitable to sedan vehicles’’ So we went in our sedan and bought a 3-day Self-Drive permit. Before we even went on any of the self-drive routes, we were HORRIFIED at the state of the main road to our lodge, Foreva Wild – the De Wagendrift Road. We have NEVER been on such a bad road ever – and we are in our late sixties/mid seventies and have been all over South Africa. That road was so bad we did not dare to tackle any of the self-drive routes and we even cancelled visits to other lodges for dinners which we had pre-booked. We decided to leave early because we were unable to enjoy game drives or game viewing and then disaster! We hit an unseen deep gully on that same De Wagendrift Road soon after leaving the lodge and the car was so badly damaged that we had to call a tow truck and wait 3 hours on the road for it to come. Now we have been quoted many thousands of rands to fix the damage to the car. So our pleasant, relaxing weekend in the bush was very unpleasant and is going to cost us a lot of money. Dinokeng need to be honest on their website and say that the roads – all of them – are suitable ONLY FOR 4 x 4 vehicles Better still fix them! If they want to attract visitors - they need local visitors now more than ever, surely?