List of waterfalls in South Africa

This is a list of waterfalls in South Africa

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Name of Falls	Type of Falls	Province	River	Nearest town	Coördinates	Height of Falls M
Augrabies Falls	cataract	Northern Cape	Orange River	Augrabies (via Upington)	28°34′S 20°18′E / 28.567°S 20.300°E / -28.567; 20.300	56 metres (184 ft)^[1]
Bawa Falls	horsetail	Eastern Cape	Qolorha River	Butterworth		103 metres (338 ft)
Berlin Falls	plunge	Mpumalanga	Lisbon River	Graskop	24°50′S 30°50′E / 24.833°S 30.833°E / -24.833; 30.833	80 metres (260 ft)
Bridal Veil Falls	plunge	Mpumalanga	Sabie River	Sabie	25°5′S 30°46′E / 25.083°S 30.767°E / -25.083; 30.767	146 metres (479 ft)
Doorn River Falls		Northern Cape	Doorn River
Elands River Falls		Mpumalanga	Elands River	between Waterval Boven and Waterval Onder	25°38′6″S 30°20′47″E / 25.63500°S 30.34639°E / -25.63500; 30.34639	150 metres (490 ft)
Forest Falls	block	Mpumalanga		Sabie	24°58′26″S 30°49′03″E / 24.97389°S 30.81750°E / -24.97389; 30.81750
Howick Falls	punchbowl	KwaZulu-Natal^[2]	Umgeni River	Howick		95 metres (312 ft)
Horseshoe Falls		Mpumalanga		Sabie	25°7′S 30°41′E / 25.117°S 30.683°E / -25.117; 30.683
Karkloof Falls	Plunge	KwaZulu-Natal	Karlkloof River	Howick		105 metres (344 ft)
Lehrs Falls		KwaZulu-Natal				107 metres (351 ft)
Lisbon Falls	plunge	Mpumalanga	Lisbon River	Graskop	24°51′S 30°50′E / 24.850°S 30.833°E / -24.850; 30.833	92 metres (302 ft)
Lone Creek Falls	Punchbowl	Mpumalanga	Sabie River	Sabie	25°6′S 30°42′E / 25.100°S 30.700°E / -25.100; 30.700	68 metres (223 ft)
Mac-Mac Falls	plunge	Mpumalanga^[2]	Mac-Mac River	Sabie Graskop	25°0′S 30°48′E / 25.000°S 30.800°E / -25.000; 30.800	65 metres (213 ft)
Madonna and Child Falls	horsetail	Eastern Cape	Thyume River	Hogsback	32°35′S 26°58′E / 32.583°S 26.967°E / -32.583; 26.967	29 metres (95 ft)
Magwa Falls		Eastern Cape		Lusikisiki	31°26′S 29°38′E / 31.433°S 29.633°E / -31.433; 29.633	142 metres (466 ft)
Montrose Falls		Mpumalanga	Crocodile River	Schoemanskloof		12 metres (39 ft)
Ncandu Falls	segmented	KwaZulu-Natal	Ncandu River	Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal	27°50′56″S 29°50′38″E / 27.8490°S 29.8440°E / -27.8490; 29.8440
Sabie Falls		Mpumalanga	Sabie River	Sabie	25°5′S 30°46′E / 25.083°S 30.767°E / -25.083; 30.767	35 metres (115 ft)
The Thirty-nine Steps Falls	steps	Eastern Cape	Thyume River	Hogsback	32°35′S 26°57′E / 32.583°S 26.950°E / -32.583; 26.950	22 metres (72 ft)
Treur River Falls		Mpumalanga	Treur River	Graskop, near Bourkes Luck Potholes	24°40′S 30°48′E / 24.667°S 30.800°E / -24.667; 30.800
Tugela Falls^[3]	tiered^[4]	KwaZulu-Natal	Thukela	in Royal Natal National Park	28°45′S 28°53′E / 28.750°S 28.883°E / -28.750; 28.883	947 metres (3,107 ft)
Tshihovhohovho Falls		Limpopo
Witpoortjie Falls	two-tiered	Gauteng	Crocodile River (West)	Roodepoort	26°5′32″S 27°50′23″E / 26.09222°S 27.83972°E / -26.09222; 27.83972	70 metres (230 ft)

References

↑ "The Waterfall & Scenic Viewpoints – Augrabies Falls National Park". South African National Parks. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
1 2 Gcaba, Oscar; Dlodlo, Nomusa (May 2016). "The internet of things for South African tourism". 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. pp. 1–8. Bibcode:2016ista.conf....3G. doi:10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530573. ISBN 978-1-9058-2455-7.
↑ "The Tugela Falls". Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. 29 (7): 189–190. July 1938. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Tugela Falls". Britannica. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

[1] "The Waterfall & Scenic Viewpoints – Augrabies Falls National Park". South African National Parks. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

[GD2016-2] 1 2 Gcaba, Oscar; Dlodlo, Nomusa (May 2016). "The internet of things for South African tourism". 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. pp. 1–8. Bibcode:2016ista.conf....3G. doi:10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530573. ISBN 978-1-9058-2455-7.

[3] "The Tugela Falls". Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. 29 (7): 189–190. July 1938. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

[4] "Tugela Falls". Britannica. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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