augrabiesfalls is about 120 kilometers from upington which is the closest large town it's
formed where the orange river is forced through a narrow chasm over a waterfall about 60 meters high
and through a narrow gorge it's a surface road all the way to the falls which is part of sanparks
south african national park service after you've been to reception and paid your fee it's a
fairly short walk along well maintained walkways down to the falls viewpoints
augrabies comes from the san word and it means place of great noise and you can see why you
can hear the noise i don't know if you can hear it probably but over the wind but it's not that high
at the moment the falls are not terribly high as you can see but when they're full this whole kloof
is full of water in fact these wooden decks are can get underwater i visited twice just over a
month apart first time was in early january in mid-summer when the water was relatively low
the entire orange river being forced through this little chasm i was here about a month ago
and it was still a waterfall but nothing like this
two days ago this deck the ones behind me over there were
inaccessible because the water was flowing around them it's gone down
it's a pretty well maintained national park
there's a decent shop with everything you might need
there's also a restaurant it's not open late in the evening so just be aware of that it's got an
indoor and outdoor dining area with a very nice view there's also a swimming pool which is very
welcome because it gets really hot around here you can rent a chalet there's all different sizes and
standards and there's also a really good campsite that's what i did and i've got no complaints
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