10^th August 2017

Dear Marineland Boat Owners and customers,

My apologies to all for my silence over the past two months as I have been away.

To try and get the lake figures out to you before the long weekend I am sending the figures with no attached newsletter, this will follow later.

Kariba Level and River flows on 7 August 2017	2016	2017
Kariba lake level on 7th August	479.90	482.79
2017 lake level is higher than the same date last year by:		3.79 m
Chavuma flow (above Barotseland)  4/8/17	136	116
Ngonya flow (out of Barotseland)      4/8/17	425	403
Victoria Falls                                      4/8/17	485	459
Sanyati

Estimates for the lake level by December 2017 are that the lake will be considerably higher than the same time 2016.  This is encouraging  but obviously depends on the drawdown for power generation by Zambia and Zimbabwe.

It remains for me to wish you all a very enjoyable long weekend. We hope to see many of you visiting Kariba and Marineland during this period. Travel safely and enjoy some good fishing as the bream are biting with many being caught both on worm and dough. Please beware on the roads for our breeding herd of elephant which are currently around, and our zebra which are continually roaming the roads around Kariba. Lion are also present in Kariba at present. Enjoy your stay as the weather is perfect for an enjoyable trip on the lake.

From the management team and myself we wish you all the very best.

Bob Collett & all at Marineland