Month by month
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi in March
March is the month the rains start to ease in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, and the month Ezemvelo's own documents disagree about when the gates open.
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About 74 mm of rain and days of 28.3°C, with the bush still green and thick. Plan on gates opening at 06:00 and closing at 18:00, because Ezemvelo's sources disagree on March. Human Rights Day and Easter can make some weekends busy.
March weather
The normals give about 74 mm of rain over 11 wet days, down from over 90 mm in each of the three previous months, with days of 28.3°C and nights of 19.5°C. The grass is still long and the bush thick, but the storms come less often.
What time do the gates open in March?
Ezemvelo's current tariff puts March in summer, with gates open 05:00 to 19:00. Its older Hilltop and Mpila pages and the camp conditions on its booking confirmations put March in winter, 06:00 to 18:00. Plan on the shorter hours: arrive after 06:00 and be out or at your camp by 18:00, because late entry costs R500 per vehicle and is collected only at Memorial Gate.
Hilltop's guided morning walk moves from 05:30 to 06:00 on 1 March, according to its 2025 page.
Holidays and booking in March
Ezemvelo's high season covers public holidays and the weekends next to them. In March that means Human Rights Day and, in years when it falls early, Easter. Outside those weekends the camps are quieter than in summer.