Month by month
iSimangaliso in February
February is the wettest month of the year at iSimangaliso and one of the quietest, with the school holidays over and the turtle hatchlings at their peak.
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A good month for hatchlings and empty beaches, if you can live with 133 mm of rain and humid 28°C days. Land game is hard work in the thick bush; the estuary cruise and the beaches are not.
February weather: the wettest month
The Open-Meteo normals give 133 mm of rain over about 9 days, the most of any month, with a day high of 28.4°C and a night low of 23.0°C. The sand roads in the north take longer after heavy rain, and routing apps already underestimate them. Plan the Lake Sibaya, Mabibi and Bhanga Nek legs with time to spare.
Hatchlings and the last nests
February brings the hatchlings, with the last females nesting. Thonga Beach Lodge's turtle walks run until the end of the month, the last month of its season. The core beach is the 56 km between Kosi Mouth and Mabibi.
A quiet month
After the December and January holidays, February is one of the quietest months in the park. The state-camp high-season dates for 2026/27 do not touch February, so the standard rate applies at Sugarloaf and, under the last published tariff, at Cape Vidal and Sodwana. The waterbird hides in uMkhuze, Kubube in particular, are at their best in summer.