Royal Natal National Park
Perhaps best known for its world famous amphitheatre, the Royal Natal National Park is one of those places that simply takes your breath away. With imposing mountain peaks touching the clouds, adorned in vivid vegetation and rushing rivers, the diverse landscape is a visual feast and a treat for those with photographic aspirations.
Known for its diverse scenery and appealing, desolate landscape, this is a place that captivates the hearts of its visitors and residents, offering a peaceful existence that is alluring in its simplicity.
Tours to the Royal Natal National Park allow you to appreciate the region’s unrivalled mountain scenery, which hosts an impressive array of animals and birds that have adapted to the somewhat harsh environment with ease. The Amphitheatre spans approximately five kilometres in length, while extending an estimated 500 metres in height. The astounding natural phenomenon is a sight to behold and poses a daunting challenge to hikers, who attempt to summit the arresting feature.
Just beyond the amphitheatre, one finds the Mont-aux-Sources peak, which is the place where the mighty Orange River begins its epic journey to the Atlantic Ocean. Here you will also find the powerful Thukela River which torrents down the amphitheatre, forming one of the world’s highest waterfalls as it thunders towards the Indian Ocean. The best way to explore the park is undoubtedly on foot. Don your hiking gear and follow the plethora of trails that traverse the mountains’ sloping sides, appealing to people of all levels of fitness and expertise. Fairy Glen is one of the gentler hikes available, while ‘the Crack’ is not for the faint-hearted and boasts riveting vistas that make the walk worthwhile.