G'day Seth,

Technically yes, but we do recommend seasoning all canvas products as best practice, regardless of previous seam sealing or waterproofing treatments. This just ensures you're getting the absolute best performance out of your canvas gear.

G'day Andy,

The style of doorway you are talking about is most common with synthetic, double skinned tent options.
The Safari has an individual mesh door, and an external canvas door that fully overlays the doorway to prevent any possibility for water ingress during a rainstorm.  The external Canvas awning is an entirely different piece of canvas altogether, and whilst it is provided with the tent, it is optional whether or not you choose to use it.
So ultimately the canvas door flap & the canvas awning are not the same things - if you take a closer look at the first image, you can see the doorway is rolled up & stowed, and can be closed at anytime separate to the awning.
Hope that helps!

G'day Shaun,

I've checked in with Darche on this one and the head height at the rear of the Safari 350, under the supporting pole, is around 135cm.
Hope that helps!

G'day Brandon,

I can't guarantee it without physically trying it out, but based on the measurements and the info provided I don't think you'll have any trouble.  The slope of the walls will obviously cut the space down as you go up, which will effect the porta cot, so I'd recommend grabbing the A Frame Kit to ensure you have enough functional space.

G'day Shaun,

The footprint of this tent is a little larger than your current set-up, however, due to the shape of the tent and slope of the walls you might find you end up with a little less overall space. You should all fit, based on the mat sizes you've indicated, however we'd recommend grabbing the A-frame Kit as well, as this will stop you having to work around the centre pole.

G'day Brendan,

Darches doesn't specify that the fly mesh is sand fly / midgeproof, however it is a fairly fine mesh, and we've not had any reports of people having issues with them. We'd recommend taking some extra repellant just in case.

G'day Koobie,

We generally wouldn't recommend using the Safari 350 tent in snow as you'll end up with snow accumulation on the roof of the tent, especially in the rear extension section. The Nebula 1550 will be a slightly better option as there is less roof space to accumulate snowfall, and the fly will help to reduce condensation.

G'day Rachel,

The internal pole sits about 125cm inside the front door and approximately 210cm from the rear of the tent.

G'day Paul,

We'd classify the Safari 350 as a 3 season tent.

G'day Neville,

We don't currently have a display model to try this out, but we think it should be ok, but you would need to use the A-frame kit (which removes the central pole) with the tent so that you have enough space once to fit the mattress.

G'day Phil,

Yes the Safari 350 has a central pole, so if you're wanting to use a double mattress we'd recommend also purchasing the A-frame Kit.

G'day Emily,

The Darche Safari 350 is made from 260gsm canvas, Oztent use 8Oz canvas, which equates to around 270gsm. Swags tend to use a canvas with greater GSM than touring style tents, as a whole tent made from a 420gsm would be very heavy and bulky!

G'day Trent,

The Tent comes in a coated polyester oxford bag which should help to protect it fairly well in transit, but we wouldn't recommend leaving it permanently on the roof.

G'day Batman,

You won't be able to close the external windows from the inside but the Safari 350 has external window gussets, so you can have the windows pegged out with the gusset flap open for airflow, and protection from the rain.

G'day Adam,

In general, the canvas will block more light than nylon fabrics, however, they will block less light than a nylon tent with a darkroom style coating. If you've got the windows and doors closed it will be fairly dark inside the tent.

G'day Adam,

The Safari 350 is a great option for an easy set up and packaway by 1 person. Unfortunately we don't have a NSW location, however you might be able to see one in person at a local store.

G'day Rakesh,

I've just double-checked with Darche and you're not able to remove the square pole from the roof as it is stitched into the tent body itself. You might have to consider a different tent if you're needing to fit it in a sedan I think.

G'day Claudio,

You can't fit a double airbed into the Safari 350 without the mattress touching the edges of the tent unless you set up the mattress sideways in the rear section (which will mean someone will always have to climb over the other). We'd recommend the A-Frame Kit to give you plenty of room with a double mattress.

G'day Mark,

The packed size of 90 x 90cm is just the tent itself folded into the square bag. The centre and rear poles will need to be packed separately. 

G'day Sally,

The Safari 350 is supplied with tow adjustable trigger lock awning poles and the main awning as pictured in the first image. You can purchase side panels for the front awnings separately.

G'day Andrew,

We've just double checked this with Darche and I can confirm that the floor space is 350L x260W cm, we'll amend our floor plan to reflect the correct dimensions.

G'day Simon,

Darche doesn't make a fly for the Safari 350 as the Safari style tents are a single layer canvas tent and don't need a fly. If you'd like to take a separate fly then you could use the Oztrail Camper Fly but you might need some extra poles, pegs and guy ropes.

G'day Kevin,

You can grab an A-Frame Kit for the Darche Safari 350 Touring Tent here. 

G'day Steven,

A majority of the poles in the Darche Safari 350 Touring Tent are internal and the outer poles don't have hinges as such. Darche makes these tents with nice thick poles, definitely more like the Oztent and than the instant up tent poles. I reckon you'll have no issues with using this down at the beach!