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Any news about rain in Mapungubwe?

Hi Naomi! I asked WildJohn the same question. Guess his out there working. Lucky thing
E-mailed Nomonde at Map's reception yesterday.
Last week they had a bit of rain but nothing thereafter up to midday yesterday. It's been so hot that that bit of rain had no effect

Thanx for replying Giraffee!

Really hope they had some decent rain by now!

I see that Mapungubwe has about 70mm rain forecast for tomorrow. And I am sure that a similar amount has fallen today.

Hi Dave - how are you guys?

That is great! According to this mornings weather forecast Mapungubwe has an 80% chance of rain with heavy falls possible.

According to SA Weather services old website , Pontdrift adjacent to the western section recorded 78 mm in the 24 hrs ending 8 a.m. today .
Other areas nearby also recorded good rainfall .

great news thanks ndloti ! hope it's only the start.

It seems there was good rain all around Limpopo and Mpumalanga , at Punda Maria as well as a few other areas in KNP , unfortunately the official figures take some time to be posted on the website !

Thanx Ndloti!

Just heard that the Limpopo is coming down in flood right now. Apparently its bank to bank and rising
I was also told that Mapungubwe is like a green carpet now as well. Wish I was there.

Same here!!

Was a toss up between Mpungubwe and Kruger this year but as our trusty old Land Cruiser is not 100% at this moment the decision was made for us.
But this is really good news and I would love to go there again.

Thanx Dave!

Has been a while since anyone posted on this thread!

We have added a four night stay at Mazhou to our KNP trip in December and I would love to know if Mapungubwe has had any good rains yet. On our previouse visit a couple of years ago it was an absolute paradise!

http://metzone.weathersa.co.za/images/P ... th_rai.pdf

Rainfall for October 2012 - some figures are above the monthly mean average .

MPUMALANGA
ERMELO WO
91
GRASKOP AWS
147
KRUGER MPUMALANGA INT. AIR.
171
SKUKUZA
88

LIMPOPO PROVINCE
ALLDAYS HALY ARS
49
GRAVELOTTE
07
GRAVELOTTE ARS
07
HAENERTSBURG ARS
100
HANS MERENSKY N.S
59
HOEDSPRUIT
52
LEPHALALE
94
LOUIS TRICHARDT
83
MARA
72
MARKEN
53
MOKOPANE
60
PHALABORWA AIRPORT AWS
65
POLOKWANE WO
86
PONTDRIFT
27
PUNDA MARIA
35
SOEKMEKAAR - POL
69
STEENBOKFONTEIN ARS
92
THABAZIMBI
24
THOHOYANDOU WO
85
TOM BURKE S.A.P.S. ARS
75
TZANEEN-WESTFALIA ESTATE
99
VENETIA MINE
19
VILLA NORA-POL
47
WATERPOORT
34
WOODBUSH
118

Thanks for the info Ndloti!

Hallo Naomi and other interested parties,
We have been at Mapungupwe last weekend (26 - 27 Oct 2012). I will post a few pics later on, but it seems -as Ndloti said, there was quite enough rain to turn the place into a green and lush paradise. I have never seen Boabaps so beautiful and green and at places it looks as if somebody planted beautiful lawns.

Unfortunately the "other" side where the tent camp is situated, looked quite bad and "barren". It has been trampled by elephants and although that part also got rain, it looks "empty" and dusty and no growth anywhere. Some of the trees started to get green leaves (reminds me of the Pafuri-area earlier in the year). The impalas are also very thin.

The roads doesn't look too bad and some were grated in the "main" camp area. I drive a Suzuki SX4 which is not 4x4 and we drove fairly easy on all the "strictly only 4x4's allowed" roads. It was on one of these 4x4 roads that we saw +- 10 Wild Pigs. A Lion was also keeping us company one morning on a hill in front of our Bungalow.

Good time to visit now