
God’s Window is a
popular vantage point along the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
It is
situated at the southern extremity of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
At God’s Window, majestic cliffs
plunge over 700 meters to the Lowveld and the game reserves which have made the area one of Africa’s prime
wildlife destinations. From this Escarpment—a
250 km long rampart of sheer cliffs—opens a vista
into a lush forest, the Eden-like aesthetic appearance of which prompted the
name. On a clear day it is possible to see over the
Kruger National Park towards the Lebombo Mountains on the border with Mozambique.
God’s Window
played an important role in the plot of the 1980 cult film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Near the end of
the movie, the Bushman character Xi (played by Namibian bush farmer N!xau)
travels to God’s Window, and due to some low-lying cloud cover
believes it to be the end of the Earth.
Percy Fitzpatrick
and George Fullerton's summer
quarters as transport riders during the 1880s was situated at
Paradise Camp.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png24°55′24″S
30°52′08″E /
24.92333°S
30.86889°E / -24.92333;
30.86889, some
6 km south of God's Window, and similarly perched
on the edge of the escarpment.






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