GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Hiking trails in Diepwalle and Harkerville have been temporarily closed due to the heavy downpours over the past week and will be reopened after the rains.
Says manager of the Knysna section of the Garden Route National Park, Megan Taplin, "This is done to also protect hikers and nature walkers who use trails in Diepwalle and Harkerville forests. This includes the world-famous multi-day Outeniqua hiking trail. We continue to monitor the situation."
Rain measured in Diepwalle was at 30mm over the weekend and another 30mm the previous weekend. In the Harkerville forest, 20,5mm was measured overnight on Easter Monday until Tuesday morning 23 April.
Measurements around the Knysna Estuary over the past week stood at 47mm on Tuesday. In the Storms River Village, rainfall amounted to 40mm for the Easter Weekend, according to senior section ranger Eugenia Mkhatshwa.
She said no trails are closed in Tsitsikamma but that the situation is being monitored.
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