We had a total of 270 mm (nearly11”) of rain in November, much of it in the form of heavy storms in the last half of the month; causing considerable damage to the roads and making Mara Bridge impassable for days at a time.
There were a few scattered storms early in the month, sufficient to send the wildebeest back into the Serengeti - by the 15th there was hardly a wildebeest in the Mara.
There was one storm on the 3rd, with heavy rain near Ngiro-are attracting thousands of wildebeest into that corner of the Triangle. More rain on the 9th and 10th through to the 16th
July was, for the most part, very dry, with a few isolated showers to settle the dust. However, there was a very heavy smoke haze and poor visibility for much of the month, caused by fires in the Main Reserve and Northern Serengeti.
The rains continued throughout the month, with some very heavy and sustained storms along the escarpment – making work on the road to Ngiro-are virtually impossible and sections of the road impassable.
Two weeks of dry weather from the 10th was very welcome. The rains returned with a vengeance on the 23rd but, at least the dry period enabled us to catch up on road repairs to Ngiro-are – very much needed as it had been too wet to work on since December.
