I was enraged to be referred to as a customer by a car park official who clamped my car and then demanded a 60 release fee.

Police and park officials gave chase along its artificial bank.

Park officials say numbers on the trek will be restricted to four, one of whom will always be a slower runner than the others.

But for park officials, it echoed what they had already observed in their daily patrols—that vandalized trees were often clustered near each other, and close to access roads.

An inquiry into the incident began last night, with reports that national park officials had warned the guides not to continue the tour because of heavy downpours.