12 June 2025
Flood? Mud? Crack? Collapse?
Ja… all of the above. But we ain’t dead yet.
PIC 1
A brand-new launch pad now greets the river.
Built from scratch, just like our patience.
If this was a human, it’d be a guy who got retrenched, divorced and still showed up to gym with a six-pack. 
PIC 2
Perch Haven campsite’s got a facelift – freshly paved and levelled.
We had to lift the whole damn thing to stop campers from slipping into the river like overripe mangoes. 
PIC 3
Panache now has a two-compartment family tent — yes, for those who love their children but not enough to share a zip. 
Perfect for cousins, mother-in-laws and marital ceasefires.
PIC 4
Full riverfront restoration and new paved levels at Barble Bliss and Carp Cove.
Like Botox for campsites, except here, the wrinkles are paved slabs and water levels.
PIC 5
Private ablutions being rebuilt. The ones that took the hardest punch during the floods.
This is where the trauma happened.
But here we are — rebuilding in the mud with spades, sweat, and probably a few curse words.
PIC 6
This was the mud aftermath. My literal footprints in the thick sludge.
Still don’t know how some of this stuff ended up high up in the trees — either the water rose or someone had a braai on a cloud.
PIC 7
Found Riviera Rendezvous — or what’s left of it — hanging by a tree.
Looked like a suicide scene, but I reckon he just panicked and climbed the wrong branch during the storm.
RIP, buddy. You were a lekker plek. 
PIC 8
And then there’s Plat-Anna — the little Plataan tree that made it through.
Still standing, like a survivor in a frog-suit, clinging to the mud with hope and sass.
PIC 9
The tree that couldn’t swim, but somehow still survived by snatching a life jacket mid-flood.
Now THAT’S called bushveld instinct, folks.
The orange vest? We’re keeping it. It’s now part of camp history.
We reopened by 6 June 2025 already, with 2 glamping tents and 1 campsite.
Whole campsite will be ready by Monday 16 June
Come witness this wild river memoir in real time — scars, laughter, and all.
[Bookings/inbox open – you know the drill.]
