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Nature & outdoors in South Africa

Waterfalls, lakes, canyons, national parks, beaches, caves and the trails that reach them.

Addo Elephant National Park

Algoa Bay Islands

Aliwal Shoal

Augrabies Falls

wilderness area

Baviaanskloof

Berlin Falls

Bird Island Lamberts Bay

Bloubergstrand

Boesmansgat

Bontebok National Park

Boulders Beach

Camdeboo National Park

Cango Caves

Cape Vidal

Cathedral Peak

wilderness area

Cederberg Wilderness

Champagne Valley

Chintsa

Chrissiesmeer

Coffee Bay

De Hoop Nature Reserve

De Mond Nature Reserve

Debengeni Falls

Diepwalle Forest

Dinokeng Game Reserve

Dlinza Forest

Drakensberg Amphitheatre

Duiker Island

botanical garden

Durban Botanic Gardens

Featherbed Nature Reserve

Fernkloof Nature Reserve

Gamkaberg Nature Reserve

Gamkaskloof Die Hel

Giant's Castle

Goegap Nature Reserve

Golden Gate Highlands National Park

wilderness area

Groot Winterhoek Wilderness

botanical garden

Harold Porter Botanical Garden

Hermanus and the Whale Coast

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

Hogsback

Howick Falls

Injisuthi

Ithala Game Reserve

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

Kadishi Tufa Waterfall

Karkloof Falls

botanical garden

Karoo Desert Botanical Garden

Keurbooms River

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kogelberg Nature Reserve

Kokerboom Forest Kenhardt

Kosi Bay

Krantzkloof Nature Reserve

Kruger National Park

Mpumalanga and Limpopo

Lake Fundudzi

Lake Sibaya

Langebaan Lagoon

Lion's Head

Lisbon Falls

Lone Creek Falls

Lower Sabie

botanical garden

Lowveld Botanical Garden

Mabibi

Mac Mac Falls

Madikwe Game Reserve

Magaliesberg

Magoebaskloof

Magwa Falls

Marakele National Park

Marloth Nature Reserve

Matroosberg

Mkambati Nature Reserve

Modjadji Cycad Reserve

Mokala National Park

Morgan Bay

Mount Sheba

Mountain Zebra National Park

Musina Nature Reserve

Namaqualand and the Spring Flowers

Nature's Valley

Ndumo Game Reserve

Noordhoek Beach

Nylsvley Nature Reserve

Oribi Gorge

Otter Trail

wilderness area

Pafuri

Phinda Private Game Reserve

Pilanesberg National Park

Port St Johns

botanical garden

Pretoria Botanical Garden

Pretoria Jacaranda Season

Red Desert Port Edward

wilderness area

Richtersveld

Riemvasmaak

Robberg Nature Reserve

Royal Natal National Park

Sabi Sand Game Reserve

Sardine Run

Seweweekspoort

Shamwari Game Reserve

Signal Hill

Silvermine Nature Reserve

Skukuza

Soutpansberg

St Lucia Estuary

Stony Point Penguin Colony

Storms River Mouth

Sudwala Caves

Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

Table Mountain

Tankwa Karoo National Park

Tembe Elephant Park

Thathe Vondo Forest

The Blyde River Canyon

The Cape of Good Hope

The Drakensberg

The Eye of Kuruman

The Garden Route

Western and Eastern Cape

The Wild Coast

Timbavati Game Reserve

Tswaing Meteorite Crater

Tswalu Kalahari Reserve

Tugela Falls

uMkhuze Game Reserve

Valley of a Thousand Hills

Verneukpan

impact structure

Vredefort Dome

Wakkerstroom

botanical garden

Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden

biosphere reserve

Waterberg Biosphere

Waterfall Bluff

West Coast National Park

Wilderness Lakes

Witsand Roaring Sands

wilderness area

Wolkberg Wilderness

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