Local Payment

We require the local payment as we are unable to reliably transfer foreign currency required to operate the tour. It is for this reason that we ask for a part of your tour payment to be paid on the first day, directly to your driver. The Local Payment is not a Food Kitty. Whilst it does pay for the food as per itinerary (two meals day whilst on the truck, or as per the meal plan on the Southern Africa small group tours), it also covers; camping accommodation costs (hardtop accommodation on the Southern Africa small group tours), included entrances as per the itinerary, local tolls and taxes and other payments required to make the tour run successfully. It is administered by the driver/guide and is not refundable.

In towns or places where the vehicle will be parked up the kitchen will be available for you to cook with but food during this time will not come out of the Local Payment. This normally happens in places where we are for a few days; Arusha, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta, Swakopmund. In Cape Town and Johannesburg as the truck is parked in the street it can’t be used for cooking. At theses places cheap food is available at, or near, the places we stay. Generally at lunchtimes we eat at small cafes or restaurants where you can try cheap and tasty local food. If no local food is available we eat on the truck.

All Local Payment amounts are subject to change without notice. Changes are very rare and are normally due to a sudden or unexpected price increase by a local service provider or National Park.

Although the LP is better for the Driver in USD$, with the ever fluctuating exchange rates we feel it is fairer to advertise in Pounds£ as it is a far more stable amount. We can then worry about the exchange rate rather than you.