South Africa's Drakensberg mountains are home to the world's second-highest waterfall, the Tugela Falls (Thukela Falls), with a total drop of 947 metres. They are easily viewed after a heavy rain from the main road into the park. (The highest waterfall in the world is the 979-metre Salto Angel in Venezuela.)

	Photographer: EcoTravel Africa

South Africa's waterfalls, numerous and spectacular, are popular tourist attractions.

• Berlin Falls (150m)

-- Panorama Route - Mpumalanga

• Howick Falls (93m)

-- Mildlands Region - KwaZulu Natal

• Lisbon Falls (92m)

-- Panorama Route - Mpumalanga

• Mac Mac Falls (64m)

-- Panorama Route - Mpumalanga

• Thukela Falls (947m)

-- Northern Drakensberg Region - KwaZulu Natal

• Karkloof Falls (?m)

-- Midlands Region - KwaZulu Natal

• Lydenberg Falls (?m)

-- Highlands Region - Mpumalanga

Close to God's Window, north of Graskop, are the mighty Berlin Falls. The Berlin Falls are situated in wooded, grasslands and rocky countrysides. They are likened to a candle in shape, in that the falls starts at the precipice as a narrow plunge and then broadens into a cascade that drops some 150m into a pool below.

This national monument is 45m high and came into being when, over many aeons, the softer rock was gradually worn away by the relentless flow of the river.

The Mac-Mac Falls are one of the most photographed and unusual sites in the lowveld area. The Mac Mac River plummets down 65 meters. It is named after Mac Mac village, the site of the gold rush of 1873.

This odd name, Mac Mac, is reputed to have originated in 1874, when the Rev Thomas Burgers visited the gold rush site and found so many Scotsman searching for gold and every second man seemed to be called "Mac".

At 92m the Lisbon Falls are the highest falls in the area. The Lisbon River plunges down in a double stream over a semi-circular rock face. The Lisbon Falls are located just north of Graskop and three kilometers to the south of the Berlin Falls.

The 93m high Howick Falls is a popular tourist attraction in the small town of Howick in KwaZulu Natal. The Waterfall Restaurant and information centre, including a number of arts and crafts stalls, overlook the viewing platform of the Howick Falls.