subject: Tents In South Africa [print this page] Although tents were not indigenous to South Africa there have been a number of tent types and styles used in the country for many years. In fact, the tent manufacturing industry in South Africa is both a large one with some of the worlds most technologically advanced tents being manufactured and exported from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. The industry itself is committed to providing different types and styles of tents manufactured to exceptional quality standards. It does this in a cost effective way, which ensures that the largest tent manufacturers in South Africa are all competitive within the international tent sales and rental markets.
The Types of Tents Available in South Africa
Although there are an almost unlimited amount of tent types available in South Africa, these are some of the most popular types:
Peg and Pole tents
This type of tent is an extremely economical tent that is available in South Africa and a good example of one of these types of tents in the Marquee tent. These tents are secured by central poles and also include side poles held in place with rope and tent pegs. Peg and pole tents are easy to erect and manufactured from either PVC or canvas. They can be purchased or hired in a range of different colours from a number of tent manufacturers and suppliers in South Africa.
Canvas Tents
Canvas tents are predominantly used by South African government and military authorities as Disaster Relief Tents. They are easy to manufacture, extremely hardy and cheap to produce. They can also be manufactured on a large scale in a short period of time.
Please Note! These types of tents are also used by the South African National Defense Force for cover in the harsh African sun.
Bedouin Stretch Tents
Bedouin stretch fabric tents are designed using the look and style of the Bedouin dessert tribes of the Middle East and Noth Africa. They are also sometimes called Nomad tents or Tuareg tents. In South Africa these types of tents are manufactured using technologically advanced stretch fabric. South African tent manufacturers are at the forefront of this fabric technology and are some of the only manufactures that use fire retardant stretch tent fabric in the construction of their tent.
Frame Tents
Frame tents are also known as Free Standing Marquee tents in South Africa and use a frame instead of pegs or poles to keep it erect. These tents can be made out of a range of fabrics and often come with clear PVC window panes. They are often used for weddings and other such special events.
