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Placid

Lake Panic is an earthen dam on the Mafunyana Creek (named after one of the nicknames of L B Steyn a Park Warden. Literally, the word means he who eats greedily. Lake Panic is close to Skukuza camp. Lake Panic is the name that was given shortly after construction was completed about 1975 when, during a major cloudburst, it was feared that the dam wall would give way. The hide is “L” shaped allowing a view east towards the bend in the dam and a view south across the short width of the dam close to the creek inlet. This section is heavily grown over with various aquatic plants including water lilies, reeds, and grasses of various sorts as well as trees. The far bank is heavily treed and slopes down to the dam edge. The hide is perfectly situated for close viewing of so many things with the Southern bank being about 100 meters from the hide itself.

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Misty

Clarens is a small town surrounded by its main attraction mountains. Especially since the village itself is situated in the foothills of the Maloti Mountain range of the Kingdom of Lesotho. The never-ending landscape of mountains such as the Rooiberge, the range encompassing Clarens and Maloti, also spelt Maluti is just some of the town’s tourist attractions. The sandstone cliffs are also a characteristic feature not only in the geology of the town but also in its architecture as most private or guest homes in the Clarens Valley are made from or clad in sandstone, and even the Golden Gate Highlands National Park has sandstone formations.

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Plunge

The Lisbon Falls are the highest waterfalls in Mpumalanga, South Africa. They are located close to God’s Window and the many other waterfalls in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, like Berlin Falls, Lone Creek and the Mac-Mac Falls. The Lisbon Falls are just three kilometres to the south of the Berlin Falls on the Lisbon River. The Lisbon River plunges down in a double stream, 90 meters high, over a semicircular rock face. There is a 100-meter footpath leading from the parking area to a vantage point, at the base of the falls for a really spectacular view. Nearby are some lovely picnic spots.

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