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The Amphitheatre, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
A vast highland's edge
Most of southern Africa is bounded by steep cliffs that drop sharply near the coast, and nowhere is the contrast between high plateau and low plains more clear than the Amphitheatre. While it comprises just three of the roughly 960 kilometres of mountainlike cliffs called the Drakensberg, this sheer section of the Great Escarpment plummets more than 1,220 metres straight to the lowlands – so it's as stunning from below as from above. Scan the Amphitheatre's nooks and crannies and you may catch a glimpse of Tugela Falls, by some measures considered the world's tallest waterfall.
A vast highland's edge
Most of southern Africa is bounded by steep cliffs that drop sharply near the coast, and nowhere is the contrast between high plateau and low plains more clear than the Amphitheatre. While it comprises just three of the roughly 960 kilometres of mountainlike cliffs called the Drakensberg, this sheer section of the Great Escarpment plummets more than 1,220 metres straight to the lowlands – so it's as stunning from below as from above. Scan the Amphitheatre's nooks and crannies and you may catch a glimpse of Tugela Falls, by some measures considered the world's tallest waterfall.
This is one of the more dramatic drops bordering the massive plateau that rings most of southern Africa.
© Ben Pipe / Sime / eStock Photo 2026-09-11 08:45:51 :