Terms & Conditions
1) Use of the website
1.1 These terms and conditions (“Terms“) govern:
1.1.1 your use of the website operated by Nelis Wolmarans Proprietary Limited trading as “Nelis Wolmarans” (“Nelis Wolmarans” and also referred to as “we” or “us“) located at https://www.neliswolmarans.com (“Website“) ; and
1.1.2 the reservation, booking, guiding and other services offered by us (“Nelis Wolmarans Services“),
on the basis of an agreement between you and Nelis Wolmarans.
1.2 By accessing, browsing and using our website and/or by using any Nelis Wolmarans Service, you acknowledge and agree to have read, understood and agreed to the Terms, which expressly includes the terms of our Privacy Policy, that can be found at https://www.neliswolmarans.com/privacy-policy.
1.3 You will be entitled to use the website and the Nelis Wolmarans Services for your personal purposes.
1.4 You agree that you will not at any time, whether alone or in conjunction with any third party, attempt or actually:
1.4.1 alter, reverse-engineer, modify, circumvent, disable, amend, tamper with or change any security features of the website;
1.4.2 alter, reverse-engineer, modify, circumvent, disable, amend, tamper with or change any part of the website;
1.4.3 allow any third party to use your usernames and passwords in any manner other than as permitted by these Terms; or
1.4.4 infect the website with any software, malware or code that may infect, damage, delay or impede the operation of the website or which may intercept, alter or interfere with any data generated by or received through the website.
1.5 Based on information you supply to us, including geographical location information, the use of the Nelis Wolmarans Services may be restricted to certain geographical areas, which areas will be listed and updated on our website from time to time.
2) Use of the Nelis Wolmarans Services
2.1 Nelis Wolmarans provides Clients with the Nelis Wolmarans Services on the basis that Nelis Wolmarans, in rendering the Nelis Wolmarans Services is:
2.1.1 acting as the principal; or
2.1.2 acting as an intermediary on behalf of service providers engaged in the hospitality industry (“Service Providers“) in relation to the services offered by the Service Provider (“Service Provider’s Services).
2.2 Accordingly, when using the Nelis Wolmarans Services:
2.2.1 where Nelis Wolmarans is the principal, you enter into a direct (legally binding and enforceable) contractual relationship with us on the Terms in respect of the relevant Nelis Wolmarans Services; and
2.2.2 where Nelis Wolmarans is acting as an intermediary between you and the Service Provider in relation to Service Provider’s Services:
2.2.2.1 the agreement in use by the Service Provider in relation to the Service Provider’s Services shall constitute the sole agreement between the Service Provider and you (“the Service Provider’s Agreement“), enforceable by you against the Service Provider;
2.2.2.2 Nelis Wolmarans shall, as soon as possible following a request from you, provide you with the identity of the Service Provider and to the extent possible, where the Service Provider’s Agreement is in written form, a copy of such Service Provider’s Agreement.
2.3 For continued use of the Nelis Wolmarans Services, you may be requested from time to time to accept new or amended versions of these Terms, which will appear as a pop-up, requesting your acceptance.
2.4 You must familiarise yourself with and follow the security procedures communicated by us from time to time as well as such other procedures that may apply generally to the Nelis Wolmarans Services.
2.5 Any reference to “personal information” means any and all information that you provide when using the Nelis Wolmarans Services, that is categorised as “personal information” in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013, as amended from time to time and the EEA, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing directive 95/46/EC. In order to use certain of the Nelis Wolmarans Services, you may have to provide certain personal information, which we may have to validate.
2.6 You are responsible for keeping all of your personal information, usernames and passwords up-to-date, secure and confidential and must inform us immediately if there has been, or if you suspect, any breach of security or confidentiality. We may ask you to provide us with proof of your registration/identity or other information in a form that we regard acceptable.
2.7 Nelis Wolmarans reserves the right to modify, replace or terminate any existing Nelis Wolmarans Service without prior notice to you. If such modification, or termination of any Nelis Wolmarans Service is, in our discretion, material to the nature of any transaction you have entered into with us, we will give you prior notice of such changes, in order for you to decide whether you wish to continue the use of the Nelis Wolmarans Services after such material change.
2.8 Quotations. Nelis Wolmarans quotations are based on anticipated costs and are subject to amendment should these anticipated costs increase due to circumstances outside the control of Nelis Wolmarans.
2.9 Payment terms. Unless the Service Provider’s Agreement states otherwise:
2.9.1 at the time of making your booking/reservation, a payment of a 50% deposit is required, and the balance of payment is due 60 days prior to the commencement date of your itinerary;
2.9.2 bookings made within 60 days prior to the commencement date of your itinerary are subject to payment in full at the time of confirming the booking/reservation.
2.10 Failure to make these payments on time will result in your booking/reservation automatically being cancelled.
2.11 Payment in foreign currency. Please note that should you have been quoted in a foreign currency (other than South African Rand) and wish to settle payment by means of a credit card, your quotation will be converted to South African Rand prior to the transaction being processed due to foreign exchange regulations determined by the South African Reserve Bank.
2.12 The rate of exchange on the day that the transaction is processed will be used to determine the equivalent Rand amount with any resulting foreign exchange differences or bank charges being for the Client’s account.
2.13 You may, however, make payment by means of a bank transfer – in this instance the amount will be converted by your bankers on presentation of our invoice. It is your responsibility to inform and instruct your bankers that the net invoice amount must equal the funds clearing into the Nelis Wolmarans’s bank account and that all bank charges in this regard are for your account.
2.14 Other fees and charges. Any additional fees or charges that pertain to your use of the Service Provider’s Services, such as mandatory park admission fees or tourism levies, as well as all bank charges incurred in the payment and clearance of any payments made by you, will be for your account.
2.15 Double bookings or non-availability of Service Provider’s Services. It may happen occasionally that once you have confirmed your reservation, the Service Provider may advise us that the Service Provider’s Services have been double-booked or are no longer available for another reason, including any technical glitches or errors on the Service Provider’s reservations system. In this case, while we cannot be held responsible, we will try our best to find a reasonably similar alternative.
2.16 Site inspections. While Nelis Wolmarans is familiar with the Service Providers through which the Service Provider’s Services are offered, we do not undertake regular site inspections of the Service Providers. We make every effort to ensure that any information listed on our website about a particular Service Provider is true and accurate, however this information is provided to us by the Service Provider in question and as such we cannot be held liable for any loss sustained or damage suffered by you as a result of the inaccuracy or otherwise of such information.
2.17 Your cancellation rights in respect of the Service Provider’s Services. The cancellation policy of the relevant Service Provider’s Agreement will apply to any notice of cancellation received from you.
2.18 Subject to clause 2.17, you will be entitled to cancel any Service Provider’s Services that you have booked with us at any time prior to the start of your itinerary, on the further terms of clauses 2.19 and 2.21.
2.19 All cancellation requests must be sent in writing to Nelis Wolmarans. Within 24 hours of receipt of your cancellation request, Nelis Wolmarans will submit your cancellation request to the relevant Service Provider. Such cancellations shall only be effective from the actual date of receipt of the cancellation notice by the relevant Service Provider. Nelis Wolmarans will use its best endeavours to facilitate the processing of any refunds due to you in the event of a cancellation, within 15 business days from receipt of the cancellation notice.
2.20 While we undertake to get the refund to you as soon as possible, we do not have control over the entire refund process and remain subject to the Service Provider’s processes.
2.21 Please take note that any cancellations may be subject to the following deductions (subject at all times to the cancellation policy(ies) of the Service Provider’s Agreement):
2.21.1 refunds based on a Client’s credit card payment: the relevant cancellation fee, less a 3 percent credit card surcharge;
2.21.2 refunds based on a Client’s direct bank deposits: the relevant cancellation fee, less actual bank charges debited by the payor’s bankers;
2.21.3 refunds based on a client’s foreign exchange transfers: the relevant cancellation fee, less actual bank charges debited by the payor’s bankers; and
2.21.4 refunds based on a Client’s cash payments: the relevant administration charges, less actual bank charges debited by the payor’s bankers.
2.22 Your cancellation rights in respect of Nelis Wolmarans Services where Nelis Wolmarans is acting as principal. You will be entitled to cancel any Nelis Wolmarans Services that you have booked with us at any time prior to the start of your itinerary, on the following terms:
2.22.1 where notice of cancellation is received from you until 60 (sixty) days prior to travel – 25% (twenty five percent) of the total cost of the Nelis Wolmarans Services booked by you will be forfeited to Nelis Wolmarans;
2.22.2 where notice of cancellation is received from you at any time between 59 (fifty nine) days to 30 (thirty) days prior to travel – 50% (fifty percent) of the total cost of the Nelis Wolmarans Services booked by you will be forfeited to Nelis Wolmarans;
2.22.3 where notice of cancellation is received from you at any time between 29 (twenty nine) days to 14 (fourteen) days prior to travel – 75% (seventy five percent) of the total cost of the Nelis Wolmarans Services booked by you will be forfeited to Nelis Wolmarans; and
2.22.4 where notice of cancellation is received from you at any time within 14 (fourteen) days prior to travel – 100% (one hundred percent) of the total cost of the Nelis Wolmarans Services booked by you will be forfeited to Nelis Wolmarans.
2.23 Our cancellation rights. Nelis Wolmarans reserves the right to cancel any booking/reservation at its sole and absolute discretion, without prior notification in instances where this is unavoidable. However, in such cases, Nelis Wolmarans agrees to refund all monies already paid by the Client in respect of that booking.
2.24 This shall be Nelis Wolmarans’s sole responsibility towards you for such cancellation, and no claim for any damages, howsoever arising, shall accrue against Nelis Wolmarans.
2.25 Important Travel Documentation. It is the Client’s sole responsibility to ensure that all passports, visas, health certificates, proof of vaccinations, reference letters, travel and medical insurance and any other documentation required (for you and anyone travelling with you) are all valid, in force and in order for the countries and locations to be visited.
2.26 We strongly advise all travellers to ensure that they have appropriate and comprehensive travel and medical insurance, as well as insurance covering the cancellation of any travel. Nelis Wolmarans will not be liable for any loss that you, or any person travelling with you, suffers resulting from a decision by you not to purchase the appropriate travel and/or medical insurance.
2.27 No liability for luggage. Nelis Wolmarans shall not be responsible for any loss of or damage to the Client’s luggage whether in transit or at the Service Provider’s establishment or facilities or otherwise (including hand luggage, luggage checked into the aircraft hold, or luggage transported by any other means whatsoever to or from the Client’s destination). The acceptance of final documents, vouchers or tickets shall be deemed to be consent to the above conditions.
3) General terms and conditions
3.1 Social Media integrations. The website may connect to various social media sites or apps, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google+, from time, for purposes of creating user profiles, logging in and/or sharing information. If you proceed to use the Nelis Wolmarans Services in this case, the respective social media platforms’ rules will also apply and you agree to such integration.
3.2 Third party sites. We may provide certain hyperlinks to third party websites or apps only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any hyperlinks or any advertisement of any third party on our website does not imply endorsement by us of their websites or apps, their products, business or security practices or any association with its operators. If you access and use any third party websites, apps, products, services, and/or business, you do that solely at your own risk.
3.3 Intellectual property rights. You acknowledge and agree that all right, title and interest in, and to, any Nelis Wolmarans or other intellectual property (including but not limited to any copyright, trademark, design, logo, process, practice, or methodology which forms part of, or is displayed or used on the website or the Nelis Wolmarans Services including, without limitation, any graphics, logos, designs text, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, page headers and software) is proprietary to Nelis Wolmarans or the respective owner(s)’ property and will remain ours or the owner’s property at all times.
3.4 You therefore agree that you will not at any time or under any circumstances acquire any rights of any nature in respect of such intellectual property by using the website or the Nelis Wolmarans Services.
3.5 Service delivery and interruption of website. Nelis Wolmarans uses its best endeavours at all times to ensure that the Nelis Wolmarans Services are of a high quality and that access and availability of the Nelis Wolmarans Services and the website is maintained at its peak. However, these Nelis Wolmarans Services are offered as they stand and we cannot guarantee or warrant that the Nelis Wolmarans Services will always be free of errors, always available, free from interruptions, secure and reliable, or meet any of your specific delivery requirements.
3.6 No liability for interference. Nelis Wolmarans shall not be liable to you in any manner in respect of any loss, damage or claim of whatever nature that may be suffered by you, directly or indirectly, resulting from the unauthorised and/or unlawful access by a third party to your email service, computer or any other electronic device through which you have access to the online Nelis Wolmarans booking services.
3.7 Warranties. Nelis Wolmarans makes no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, and assumes no liability or responsibility for the proper performance of the website and/or the information, images or audio contained on the website.
3.8 The website and the Nelis Wolmarans Services are used entirely at your own risk.
3.9 You warrant to and in favour of Nelis Wolmarans that:
3.9.1 you have the legal capacity to agree to and be bound by these Terms; and/or
3.9.2 you are 18 years or older; and
3.9.3 the Terms constitute a contract valid and binding on you and enforceable against you.
3.10 If these Terms are concluded by any other person acting in a representative capacity on behalf of you, the person accepting these terms hereby warrants that all of the information relating to the person (natural or juristic) that they represent and which information they have supplied to us, will be true, accurate and complete.
3.11 Indemnification. Should Nelis Wolmarans suffer any harm, loss, damage, liability or costs of any nature and however they arise, or have such claims instituted against them, resulting from:
3.11.1 your use of the Nelis Wolmarans Services;
3.11.2 your failure to comply with any part of these Terms, including the breach of any warranty given by you;
3.11.3 the interruption or non-availability of the Service Provider’s Services,
you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally indemnify and hold Nelis Wolmarans harmless against such harm, loss, damage, liability or costs of any nature.
3.12 Limitation of liability. In providing certain of the Biggesleaf Services, Nelis Wolmarans acts only as an intermediary in regard to the Service Provider’s Services. Accordingly, and to the extent permitted by applicable laws, Nelis Wolmarans will have no liability towards you for any direct damages that you may suffer, however this may arise, and neither of us shall be liable to the other for any indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental loss or damages arising out of or relating to these Terms, whether as a result of negligence or breach or any other cause.
3.13 Regardless of the provisions of clause 3.11, if Nelis Wolmarans is found by the courts to be liable to you for any damages suffered, the maximum amount of our liability to you in such instance shall not exceed the amount paid to us by you in relation to the Nelis Wolmarans Services.
3.14 Waiver. Failure or neglect by Nelis Wolmarans to enforce any of these Terms will not be construed as a waiver of its rights, nor will such failure or neglect in any way affect the validity of the whole or any part of these Terms, nor prejudice the rights of Nelis Wolmarans to take subsequent action.
3.15 Applicable law. These Terms are governed by South African law, including the Nelis Wolmarans Services, regardless of what country you are based in, the country where you access the Nelis Wolmarans Services from or the country where you receive or use the Nelis Wolmarans Services.
3.16 For any dispute arising between Nelis Wolmarans and you with regard to these terms and conditions or your use of any of the Nelis Wolmarans Services, you agree that the High Court of South Africa (Western Cape Division, Cape Town) will have sole jurisdiction to consider the dispute, applying these terms and conditions and South African law.
4) Information in terms of section 43 of the Electronic Communication and Transactions Act, No. 25 of 2002
4.1 Site owner: Nelis Wolmarans Proprietary Limited t/a Nelis Wolmarans
4.2 Legal status: Nelis Wolmarans Proprietary Limited t/a Nelis Wolmarans is a private company, duly incorporated in South Africa in accordance with the applicable legislation
4.3 Nelis Wolmarans Registration No: 2017/016798/07
4.4 Nelis Wolmarans Director(s): Nelis Wolmarans
4.5 Description of main business of Nelis Wolmarans: the operation of a tourism business
4.6 E-mail address: nelis@neliswolmarans.com
4.7 Website address: https://www.neliswolmarans.com
4.8 Physical Address: 18 Rose Avenue, Tokai, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 7945
4.9 Postal Address: 18 Rose Avenue, Tokai, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 7945
4.10 Registered Address: 18 Rose Avenue, Tokai, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 7945