Twin streams
Since the blasting.
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Mac-Mac Falls is a 65-metre waterfall on the Mac-Mac River in the Mac-Mac Forest Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, northeastern South Africa, in the highlands near the Blyde River Canyon. The falls were once a single stream, but miners blasted them with dynamite hoping to expose a gold-rich reef, so the water now drops in two streams side by side. The falls and the indigenous forest in the gorge below were declared a Provincial Heritage Site on 18 February 1983. The two white streams plunge into a deep, narrow chasm between sheer rock walls clad in green, into a pool at the bottom ringed by dense forest. A viewpoint on the upper rim looks down on the whole fall from above. Visitors reach the viewpoint along a short path from the parking area by the road and photograph the falls and gorge. The stop pairs easily in one day with nearby Panorama Route sights such as God's Window and the Blyde River Canyon.
Since the blasting.
Sheer walls.
From the rim.
Mac-Mac Forest Nature Reserve, near Graskop, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Miners blasted it looking for gold.
God's Window and Blyde River Canyon.