Dragonstroh close to the Kruger National Park

My place is in the heart of the South Africa lowveld and only 15 km from the Phabeni Gate of the Kruger National Park. It is an ideal base from which to conduct your exploration of the rich and diverse natural conservation region and travel the Panorama Route. It is ideal for families, groups or individuals. Please take note of IMPORTANT INFORMATION Required The space There are 5 en-suite rooms in the house, 3 with access through the house and 2 with outside access only. A big inside open plan living room, dining room, kitchen and bar and a big outside Patio with braai and swimming pool Guest access What to expect and NOT to expect 1.Security a. The house is situated in the Sabie River Eco security estate with 24-hour excess control. b.I n all the time since the house was built there were no incidents at our house or in the estate. c. There are 24 security response from Spesplan d. The house is equipped with an alarm system and beams around the outside living area and patio. e. The security panel is in Room 1 f. The system is remote activating. 2. Indemnity a. You must sign an indemnity form on arrival. Your stay at the house will be all on your own risk and no responsibility will be taken by the owners for any injury, death, loss or damage of any personal items. 3. House rules a. You must obey the house rules. b. You must sign the check in and check out list for the recovery of costs due to the loss, breakage or damaging of anything inside or outside the house. 4. What is included All the areas as presented and indicated on the Airbnb site will be available for your use while staying in the house: a. Inside living area has a separate guest toilet. Study/Office is excluded for guest use. b. Kitchen and scullery with dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer. The grocery cupboard has some of our groceries in it and is intended for our use only. However, should you use anything from it please replace it if you finished it. The fridge and freezer are available for your use. We will keep items for our personal use in the fridge/freezer in the garage however should you use some it for some or other reason please replace it. The kitchen is equipped with a gas hob and electric oven stove. c. Bar, please don't use the bar fridge, it has high electricity usage. One bar cupboard is for personal use only. d. 4 En-suite bedrooms: Rooms 1 is the only room with a bath, separate toilet and a king-size bed (part of the cupboard in room 1 will be covered with private belongings in it, kindly respect it). This room does not have a tea/coffee station and will have to use the kitchen. Room 2 has two single beds, a bathroom with a shower and a separate toilet. This room does not have a tea/coffee station and will have to use the kitchen. Room 3 is ideal for parents with small kids and has a queen size bed and 2 single sleeper couches, basin, shower and separate toilet with no direct access to the house. This room has a tea/coffee station and is accessible from the outside stoep. Room 4 is ideal for parents and children. It is downstairs and accessible from the outside house with a queen size bed and en-suit bathroom. This room has a tea/coffee station. Additional blankets are available in the cupboards of each room and is only for use inside that rooms. The outside living area including a wood and gas braai with outside basin and the swimming pool. Parking for 1 vehicle in the double garage is available for guests. 5. What is NOT included The following will NOT be available for the use or entry by any guest and is for private/personal use only. a. The Study/private office with a door from the living room will be excluded b. Parking for one vehicle in the garage is available for guests c. Fridge/freezer in the garage d. The wine cellar at the bottom of the outside stairs e. The swimming pool pump room/storeroom under the stairs f. Covered parts of the cupboard in room 1 g. Groceries in the grocery cupboard h. Cupboards, tools or anything else in the garage 6. Swimming pool a. The swimming pool will not be covered however a net is available on request (ask Gladys) and the use will be on your own risk!!! b. Should you take the creepy out when you swim, kindly put it back again. c. Should any of the swimming pool equipment be damage during your stay repair or replacement will be for your account. 7. Gas a. Kindly take all the necessary precautions when using the gas stove and braai. b. Gas bottles are situated in the courtyard. c. There is always a spare bottle available should one run empty, just close the empty one and open the full closed one. d. Kindly inform us when you changed bottle to ensure we arrange for a replacement. 8. ELECTRICITY NB!!!!!!!! We have something called load shedding in South Africa. “Load shedding is a measure of last resort taken by Eskom (South Africa’s largest/only producer of electricity) to cut electricity to areas when power demand begins to exceed possible supply. To avoid a nationwide blackout and total collapse of the power grid, Eskom rations the available supply between different districts according to a published schedule. This schedule may change or be implemented at short notification on different stages” For this schedule it is proposed that you download the EskomSePush APP, for apple and android, to use during your stay in South Africa. You can select different areas on the APP. The area for our house is De Rust (7) Eskom Direct, Emakhazen, Mpumalanga or Hazyview Ext1 (7), Eskom Direct Mbombela, Mpumalanga. It will just make your life easier if you know when you will encounter loadshedding and when not as it is totally unpredictable. We will also send you a link to the APP. Please contact either me or Elna should you encounter any problems with it. We installed a solar/inverter/battery system to make it easier for all of us. Once loadshedding is implemented the battery system will immediately kick in and in most instances, you won’t even notice it. You will have power in all plugs (e.g., TV Wi-Fi, fans etc.) and lights, however there will be no power going to the geyser, stove, and swimming pool pump. KINDLY DONT USE ANY AIRCONDITIONERS, THE MICORWAVE FOR MORE THAN 10 MIN, THE OVEN OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT USING AN ELEMENT AS THIS WILL USE THE BATTERY BACKUP POWER AND YOU MAY END UP IN THE DARK WITH NO ELECTRICITY. The gas stove will allow you to make food and the solar geyser will assist with hot water if there is enough sunlight. On average the electricity will be down for 2-3 hours at a time and may vary between 1 – 4 slots per day depending on the National situation. Electricity is the single biggest cost running the house and therefore we request guest kindly to use is sparely. PLEASE switch of air-conditioners whenever you leave a room. 9.Water a. Please SAVE WATER and use it sparely. b. The house is equipped with a 300lt and 200lt solar geysers. The temperature of the geyser can be seen on the geyser info panels in rooms 1 and 2. 10. TV and radio a. Television with all DSTV channels is available in the lounge and patio living areas. You can watch Netflix by using your own lock in information. b. Please don’t change any TV setting. c. Dual view is not available. Both TV’s will transmit the same channel. 11. Air conditioners and Fans a. All bedrooms have air-conditioning and fans. Your will receive the remotes for the aircons on arrival. Please switch of the aircons when leaving your room. PLEASE SWITCH AIRCONDITIONERS OF WHEN NOT IN THE ROOM b. The living area only has a fan. c. Mosquito nets is available in the cupboard of each room. 12. Parties and Estate Rules a. No additional guests will be allowed into the estate if not arranged before check in. b. The house is not available for guests to have parties or functions. c. Your must adheres to all normal estate rules such as traffic rules, noise etc. 13. Games and books a. Games and books are available and may be requested from Retha or Gladys 14. Housekeeping a. The cleaning fee included in the tariff quoted by Airbnb is merely for post and pre-arrival cleaning and sanitizing of the house. b. Daily housekeeping service is available on request at a cost of R300 per day payable before departure. c. No washing and ironing of cloths is including. d. Should you use the dish washer, washing machine or tumble drier please do not change any of the settings, only use the power and start buttons. 15. Covid_19 a. All Covid-19 protocols as prescribed by the Tourism Industry and government remain applicable. b. The house will be cleaned and sanitized before and after every arrival. c. Guest took full responsibility for compliance during their stay in the house. Important Issues a. Monkeys: All windows and doors must be closed when you leave rooms or the house due to Monkeys. Damage by Monkeys during your stay will be for your account. b. Snakes: Please be aware of snakes, this is an area known for dangerous snakes. Another reason to keep doors and windows as far as possible closed when unattended. c. Crocodile: There are crocodiles moving around from dam to dam in the estate. Do not swim in any of the dams for your own safety. Other things to note Important Issues a. Kindly provide the following information not later than 5 days. to ensure that you will have access into the estate: Name and Surname of all adult visitors. ID number, Vehicle registration number, Name and Surname of the/all vehicles and drivers. Please take note that access will be refused if the above information has not been provided. This is important to ensure you safety while staying in our house. b. ELECTRICITY NB!!!!!!!! We have something called load shedding in South Africa. “Load shedding is a measure of last resort taken by Eskom (South Africa’s largest/only producer of electricity) to cut electricity to areas when power demand begins to exceed possible supply. To avoid a nationwide blackout and total collapse of the power grid, Eskom rations the available supply between different districts according to a published schedule. This schedule may change or be implemented at short notification on different stages” For this schedule it is proposed that you download the EskomSePush APP, for apple and android, to use during your stay in South Africa. You can select different areas on the APP. The area for our house is De Rust (7) Eskom Direct, Emakhazen, Mpumalanga or Hazyview Ext1 (7), Eskom Direct Mbombela, Mpumalanga. It will just make your life easier if you know when you will encounter loadshedding and when not as it is totally unpredictable. We will also send you a link to the APP. Please contact either me or Elna should you encounter any problems with it. We installed a solar/inverter/battery system to make it easier for all of us. Once loadshedding is implemented the battery system will immediately kick in and in most instances, you won’t even notice it. You will have power in all plugs (e.g., TV Wifi, fans etc) and lights, however there will be no power going to the geyser, stove, and swimming pool pump. KINDLY DONT USE ANY AIRCONDITIONERS, THE MICORWAVE FOR MORE THAN 10 MIN, THE OVEN OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT USING AN ELEMENT AS THIS WILL USE THE BATTERY BACKUP POWER AND YOU MAY END UP IN THE DARK WITH NO ELECTRICITY. The gas stove will allow you to make food and the solar geyser will assist with hot water if there is enough sunlight. On average the electricity will be down for 2-3 hours at a time and may vary between 1 – 4 slots per day depending on the National situation. Electricity is the single biggest cost running the house and therefore we request guest kindly to use is sparely. PLEASE switch of air-conditioners whenever you leave a room. c. Monkeys: All windows and doors must be closed when you leave rooms or the house due to Monkeys. Damage by Monkeys during your stay will be for your account. d. Snakes: Please be aware of snakes, this is an area known for dangerous snakes. Another reason to keep doors and windows as far as possible closed when unattended. e. Crocodile: There are crocodiles moving around from dam to dam in the estate. Do not swim in any of the dams for your own safety.