Onrus River Caravan Park Campsite Review, Hermanus, Western Cape

A walkthrough of the Onrus River Caravan Park campsites, facilities and tips on the best campsites.
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[@pietervaneeden]

AS A CHILD 50 YEARS AGO THAT PARK WAS MY PLAYGROUND SO GLAD i COULD SEE IT AGAIN NOT MUCH HAVE CHANGED EXCEPT THAT THE ABUSIONS ECT HAS BEEN MODRNISEDTHANK YOU FOR THIS WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE I LEARNT TO SWIM IN Davies pool

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Hi Pieter Glad this brought back some good memories :)

[@benjaminterblanche4860]

Lyk pragtig dankie vir die oorsig goed gedoen

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Dankie Benjamin. Lekker kamp 😎

[@craigloubser588]

Once again, so informative and with excellent insights, really love your reviews, thanks so much for awesome content.

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you Craig. We are happy to hear you found it useful 👍

[@stevenphogojane233]

I love this place you presentation made me to enjoycamping

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Glad you enjoyed, happy camping 😊

[@henniedeyzel493]

Well done Dane Laing! It's amazing!! 👏👏

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Glad you like it! :) Please subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with new listings when we post them.

[@AlexBondSmith]

Thanks for a great review. Shared with Western Cape Camping group.

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you Alex, we appreciate the support and will bring you more reviews in June :)

[@petertomlinson3167]

Excellent review...a lovely park, please do a review also, when possible, of Jongensfontein caravan park... subscribed, thanks

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you Peter. We will certainly look into Jongensfontein and get back to you as soon as we have done a review on it :)

[@TemarahTayla]

I’ll be going there next week for the first time.

[@julespastor8149]

Awesome vlog!!! 🤗

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you Juliet. We’ll be bringing you a lot more soon. Please subscribe to get notified as we post them 😊

[@dannydanielson9257]

Job well done !

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you Danny, glad you enjoyed the videos. Stay tuned for more as we review and post them :)

[@rodrigosilva4927]

Great video, really want to go there sometime, but very far from where I stay.

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Glad you liked it Rodrigo. Subscribe and stay tuned for more reviews 😎

[@andresullivan6473]

Now that is usefull info thank you

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Hi Andre, I'm glad it was helpful! :)

[@sueblythe7626]

It's lovely. What are the permanent site like.?

[@darrellw.matodes6898]

Just a correction...there is NO beach at sites where 191 etc is. Is just a public road to a small parking area.

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Thank you for the update Darrell, much appreciated

[@engelacoetzee9666]

Any comments on plot 114? I completely forgot Easter weekend is during the March holiday, so we don't have a lot of options.....

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Hi Engela Apologies for the laet response, we get so many comments it's hard to keep track. Did you end up going to Onrus and how did you find site 114?

[@alettajobe4940]

Plot 16..any pics please

[@patbester2336]

Is there any caravans to rent in Desember

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Hi Pat Unfortunately I’m not aware of any companies providing rentals. Maybe you can call the park to find out if they know of someone or of a permanent campsite that is set up for rental. There are a few permanent ones there

[@samuelmaree7909]

Have there been any security issues recently?

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Hi Samuel Not that I am aware of. The entire site is fenced and there is 24hr access control at the gate

[@samuelmaree7909]

@@AfricanCampsiteReviews thanks

[@emiliefere2244]

We went there for my birthday in May and we got robbed. (Everything on personal camera). The weekend was ruined as we had the police coming in taking finger prints etc. It wasn't the only event that night. Others got robbed. The manager asked us not to share it on social media (last year August we had the same problem for my husband's birthday with more than R1000 in value stolen and I let a review on Google that affected them apparently). I feel it isn't ok to let people think it is safe when the 2 times we went there we got robbed. (No violence thanks Lord). Otherwise very nice and clean place. The security issue is really a downfall though.

[@hvr1874]

Over the years I've never heard of anything violent. Camp is fenced and gates locked at night and there are security patrols. But this SA after all, thieves can scale fences or hide inside before gate closing so lock away expensive items.

[@hvr1874]

Another bonus of the non electricity point sites they are cheaper and you do not pay the electricity usage fee. So few hundred rand saving a day

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

Absolutely. If you have solar those sites are in my view always, cheaper and less crowded.

[@hvr1874]

Ahve never been able to understand how a piece of land that forms part of public owned facility, built on public land with public funds can be privatly owned.

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

We’re not sure either. As long as we can enjoy the camp :)

[@leonapeplouw4892]

Good day. It is not really privately owned. As semi-pernanents, we sign a contract with the Municipality & pay quite a heavy annual tariff. Transfer of ownership also takes place through the official channels.

[@hvr1874]

@@leonapeplouw4892 R40k per annum is not a heavy tariff, that is equivalent to what you wil pay in property tax if you owned the land. And also what that stand will easily make in a year in just the peak season. I will give that to Onrus that it is not as bad as other public campsites where up to 80% of the campground are "semi-permanent" houses. In any case this should never be allowed on public municipal parks.

[@leonapeplouw4892]

@hvr1874 It depends on how.much money you have, I guess. It's gone up double from what it was. Considering it mostly gets used 2-3 times per annum during peak season. Most pensioners cannot afford such heavy tariffs. Also, the Camp has many rules for the semi's so you can't just rent out.

[@LouiseBurger-j1g]

Plot 6 ot 8?

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

They are both sea facing so basically identical and you can go with either one

[@quartellefourie5245]

Site nr 225? Any comments?

[@AfricanCampsiteReviews]

225 is located against the road leading to the beach so can be very busy with traffic passing by constantly during the holidays