Royal-Natal-Nationalpark

The Royal Natal National Park was formed in 1916 in the South African Drakensberg in the present province of KwaZulu -Natal. He is a member of Ukhahlamba -Drakensberg Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He is one of the most spectacular natural sights in Africa. Impressive is the Amphitheatre, a several miles long and about 1000 feet high rock wall between Sentinel ( 3165 m) and Eastern Buttress ( 3047 m). On the flat summit plateau and mountains stand like the Mont- Aux-Sources ( isiZulu: Phofung ) ( 3282 m), the 1836 French missionaries Arbousset T. and F. Daumas climbed and named according to the sources of three major rivers.

One of these, the Tugela, crashes into the Tugelafällen five levels 948 meters in depth ( other details: just under 3000 feet, 540 m). In cold winters it freezes in the upper levels and forms an impressive ice columns.

The Royal Natal National Park is ideal for walking with a network of classified Because of all levels; This ranges from the slight ascent of Mont - aux-Sources from the plateau to the annual Mont- aux-Sources Challenge, when cross country runner come together to complete the 50-kilometer course in under five hours.

Look at the Amphitheatre

The Sentinel