KwaZulu-Natal: iSimangaliso Wetland Park is getting ready to reopen! [update]

update (08 June 2020): iSimangaliso Wetland Park has been reopened! 

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority just announced that the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, situated on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, is planning to re-open on 08 June 2020.* The preparation process of getting iSimangaliso Wetland Park ready for opening  commenced on 01 June 2020. Besides staff returning to work, the preparation includes deep cleaning of the offices and public facilities. Additional work will be done by rangers and conservationists, including cutting back of trees and removing logs from roads. Once compliance requirements are met and the park has been declared safe for visitors, iSimangaliso Wetland Park will open for self-drive excursions.

*According to South Africa's Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, the public will be given seven days’ notice of iSimangaliso Wetland Park's reopening for self-drive excursions once compliance requirements are met and the park has been declared safe for visitors.