Founder's fav's · South Africa and Lesotho
Augrabies Falls
The Orange River throwing itself into a granite gorge.
After hundreds of kilometres of flat Northern Cape, Augrabies comes out of nowhere: the whole Orange River squeezing through a crack in the granite and dropping into a gorge. The rock is polished smooth and the noise goes right through you.
We stopped on the way back from Speedweek in 2014, mostly for the shade. Stayed for the sunset.
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Get there
- Flights to Cape Town ›Compare fares into CPT
- Hire a car ›Pick up at Cape Town airport
- Places to stay nearby ›Within about 40 km
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Good to know
- Stay on the paths. The polished rock is lethal, and people have died here.
- Go after good rains upcountry and the falls are huge.
- Upington is the nearest proper town for fuel and supplies.
The trip it's from
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