SOUTH AFRICAN VEHICLE RENTALS

INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT NOW REQUIRED!

Please be advised that an international drivers permit is now required in order to drive a rental car in South Africa.

Extract from the Automobile Association of South Africa's website:

Please be advised that the South African Traffic Department are now enforcing a law which was passed in 1998 that travelers to South Africa wishing to rent a motor vehicle whilst in this country must be in possession of a valid "International Drivers Permit/License". Should travelers neglect to obtain this document before leaving their country of residence, they will not be permitted to hire a vehicle in South Africa.

http://www.aa.co.za/home/trave...nd/south_africa.aspx

International Drivers Permits can be obtained

At AAA office for your InternationalDriving Permit. Bring your valid U.S. driver's license, $15USD* ,
and two
ORIGINAL passport-type photos** (also available at AAA offices). You may
also wish to fill out our International Driving Permit application in
advance. NOTE: International Driving Permits may not be issued more than six
(6) months in advance of desired effective date. Simply print out the
application <javascript:appendPara('/vacation/idpapplc.html');> , fill in
the information requested and bring it with you to the AAA office nearest
you.

Thanks, Kathy! I am planning to rent a car in RSA in November, so I will pick up an IDP at my automobile association office this week...
It pays to read AR!
Dave

and the pain in the ass paperwork goes on and on and on and on

You all know what an "international driver's license" really is, don't you?


It is not a driver's license doumenting your driving competency issued by some international agency. It is nothing more than a copy of your home driver's license that is duplicated in several forign languages. Nothing more.

Get you "international driving permit". Info here. http://travel.state.gov/travel...ety/safety_1179.html

Just go to your nearest AAA office? Hmmm, that would be about 360 miles away.....how convenient.

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Originally posted by butchloc:
and the pain in the ass paperwork goes on and on and on and on

+1

Just one more reason to hunt other African countries. To be honest, I scratched RSA off my list when they came up with that cockamamy edict that a serial number had to be stamped on every part of every rifle.

As I've said before, RSA continues to kill the golden goose!

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and the pain in the ass paperwork goes on and on and on and on

-1

Jeez guys, gimme a break! It is a few minutes and a few bucks, or a postage stamp if you do it by mail. All this whining for that? Save your indignation for PETA...and get over yourselves.

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Originally posted by akpls:
Just go to your nearest AAA office? Hmmm, that would be about 360 miles away.....how convenient.

Lucky for me I drove right past one today. However, the application (available online) indicates you can mail the application in and there are options for expidited shipping.

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Just one more reason to hunt other African countries. To be honest, I scratched RSA off my list when they came up with that cockamamy edict that a serial number had to be stamped on every part of every rifle.

We should all be careful to not make statements like the above as newbies here often take what they read as fact. In this case the ser# only needs to be on the receiver for a bolt gun. In the case of something like a Blaser there does need to be a ser# on the barrels. Otherwise there needs to be no other ser# on any part of the gun.

Mark

Absolutely agree with DAL. How hard could it be to download a form and send it to AAA. And absolutely disagree with onefunzr2. This is no reason to scratch RSA off your list of places to go hunting. How many of us that have hunted there have actually rented a car and driven somewhere in RSA. I would guess not many. The people who would rent a car for some touring before of after their hunt probably have an international DL already. I just don't see the problem.