Augrabies Falls National Park

Augrabies Falls National Park protects one of the world's great waterfalls, where the Orange River thunders 56 metres into a massive granite gorge that the Khoi people named 'Aukoerebis' — place of great noise. During flood season, the falls can reach 400 metres wide, creating a truly spectacular sight in the semi-arid Northern Cape. Covering 820 square kilometres of arid Karoo landscape along the Orange River, the park features moon-like rock formations, quiver trees, and the 18-kilometre-long gorge carved by millennia of river erosion. Wildlife includes klipspringer, springbok, gemsbok, black rhino (reintroduced), and the park is one of the best places in South Africa to see the elusive African wild cat.