When small Streams turn into Rivers
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 8:28 pm
Well it was wet extreme wet – We already experienced rainy days with torrential rain and road closures during our previous trips from time to time but that was nothing compared to this year’s flood. I know that one day we might experience a flood as we are always in the park during the rainy season and now I hope that the next flood will only occur in a couple of years. Temperaturewise each morning we had already 23 degrees with a lot of humidity and consequently it was already extreme sweltry. The temperature rose nearly each day up to 33 degrees so it was not that comfortable with the humidity and it never cooled down by night. One day we even had 38 degrees but on that day it was extreme windy and not that humid so it was more bearable for us.
We had to change our booking for Biyamiti and Lower Sabie as both camps were not reachable during the time we were in the park and the first sand road we could drive was the S100 all other sand roads in the South were closed.
Despite the road closures and consequently the traffic on the tar roads our sightings were in fact not that bad although must say that the lions were a bit rare during that trip and we never experienced it before that a single giraffe or a single warthog can cause traffic jams!
The positive things were we luckily never got stuck everywhere, we never had the whole day torrential rains but also sunshine, the staff at the reception of Berg en Dal as well as Pretoriuskop where we had to change our bookings for the not reachable camps were extreme helpful, patient and did everything they could to satisfy not only us but also many other visitors who had to change their bookings as well. Finally we could also spent 2 nights in the only main camp we never stayed before, Pretoriuskop, and the best thing of all is nevertheless to be back in the park is simply the best and we even spotted a couple of lifers as well. So ready for our wet adventures?
We had to change our booking for Biyamiti and Lower Sabie as both camps were not reachable during the time we were in the park and the first sand road we could drive was the S100 all other sand roads in the South were closed.
Despite the road closures and consequently the traffic on the tar roads our sightings were in fact not that bad although must say that the lions were a bit rare during that trip and we never experienced it before that a single giraffe or a single warthog can cause traffic jams!
The positive things were we luckily never got stuck everywhere, we never had the whole day torrential rains but also sunshine, the staff at the reception of Berg en Dal as well as Pretoriuskop where we had to change our bookings for the not reachable camps were extreme helpful, patient and did everything they could to satisfy not only us but also many other visitors who had to change their bookings as well. Finally we could also spent 2 nights in the only main camp we never stayed before, Pretoriuskop, and the best thing of all is nevertheless to be back in the park is simply the best and we even spotted a couple of lifers as well. So ready for our wet adventures?