The Dolphin Coast is known for having incredible weather with an average of 320 days of sunshine each year. However, you might find yourself on holiday and dealing with a rainy or windy day. Don’t spoil your holiday by getting all gloomy. The Dolphin Coast has plenty of great options for bad weather days. Make sure that you have the perfect holiday flat no matter what the weather brings by contacting Utopia Ballito.
Head to Sugar Rush for a day of fun at the Jump Park. There are comfortable couches for non-jumpers and you can order snacks and drinks from the Digs Kitchen restaurant. Jumpers pay R80 for children 5 and under and R120 for anyone over the age of 6. Your fee gets you two hours of unlimited jump time and fun. Jump Park has a number of trained safety staff in the trampoline section making sure that everyone stays safe and has fun.
The newest shopping mall on the North Coast offers plenty of rainy-day fun. Shop till you drop at the wide range of stores from big band names to boutique stores, you are sure to find anything you need while on holiday. 22 Jump Street is a small jump park in the mall, attached to an arcade games center. Children and teenagers will have hours of fun jumping and playing arcade games while their parents enjoy a cup of coffee at the Happy Cow. Across the walkway, you will find Spur, Panarottis, and John Dory’s which all offer play areas for children. Catch the latest release movie at the Nu-Metro cinema complex that is located on the bottom level of the mall.
Take your family to learn to skate or just have fun on the rink at Durban’s International Ice Arena. You can take your own skates or hire at the rink. Families with young children will love the learn-to-skate tools that are available for hire. The plastic penguins and seals can be sat on or pushed around the rink to help children feel safe and secure on the ice. Tickets are R90 per person including skate hire and R60 if you have your own skates. Each skating session lasts three hours and session times are posted on their website.
Go and look for the Big 5 or try to spot some of the many other animals in this KZN Wildlife game park. The Imfolozi entrance to the park is just two hours away from Ballito on the N2. Head out early on a rainy day and you have a good chance of spotting a large variety of wildlife. Sightings at the park tend to be very good on rainy and cool days. Pack a picnic lunch or get a delicious meal at the Centenary center near the entrance to the park. Hluhluwe-Imfolozi is well-known for having a large number of rhinos in the park so you have a good chance of seeing one of these magnificent creatures.
