Mapungubwe National Park

Archived News

Update on the heavy rains experienced in Mapungubwe

Date: 2013-01-22

• The rain has stopped.


• All the camps are closed.


• R572 from Musina to Mapungubwe is closed due to the bridge at Weipe that collapsed.


• The R572 to Pont drift / The town of Alldays is accessible by normal 2x4 vehicle.


• All the roads in the park are still closed except the main road from the main gate to treetop.


• All staff members are safe and no injuries have been reported in the park.


• Most tourist facilities are still underwater, eg. Interpretative Centre , Tshugulu Lodge, Limpopo Forest Tented Camp, Mazhou, Treetop, Malountswa Pan Hide.


• The Electricity has been restored.


• Telephone lines are now working.


• Some animals have died.


• All 4x4 roads are closed.


• The park is open to day visitors with 4x4 vehicles to limited areas.


• The clean-up operations has started.


• The camps will be open to the public on Saturday (26 January 2013).


• The park is full of water everywhere.


• The Limpopo river is still full to capacity.


• Staff accommodation affected are Limpopo Forest Tented Camp, Rhodes Drift, Schroda, Samaria Farm are still under water.


• Staff members at Samaria Farm have lost all their personal belongings and the road to the farm will not be accessible by road at least  for days to come.


• All staff members will receive counselling as many are visibly traumatized.


• The following roads are closed: * Schroda, All river roads, all 4X4 roads, Denstaat road, Tshugulu road, The road to the tented camp and Samaria road.