Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located ~120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
The Park was established in 1966, covers an area of 820 km² and stretches along the Orange River.
The waterfall is about 60 metres high and is awe-inspiring when the river is in flood.
The gorge below the falls is ~240 m deep, runs for 18 km and provides an impressive example of erosion into a granitic basement.
The original Khoikhoi people named the waterfall Ankoerebis, meaning the "place of big noises".
The Trekboers who later settled in the area derived the name Augrabies.
There are many deposits of alluvial diamonds along the Orange River and legend has it that the biggest cache of diamonds in the world lies in the swirl-hole eroded into the granite at the foot of the waterfall by the thundering waters.