Escarpment pools

We all know of plenty of great small Berg pools - but escarpment pools close to the edge seem to be pretty rare (for obvious reasons). When a group of us hiked down the Langalibalele River earlier in the year we came across numerous great pools. I imagine this applies to most rivers on top - but what I am interested in is how many great escarpment pools we have info on that are close to the escarpment edge.

For example - I am aware of 3:

The best one I know of is the one just south of the Ndumeni Dome:


Much smaller, but I have never seen it in the wet season, is the pool on the north slopes of the Long Wall ridge:


And of course there are the Yodeller’s Cascades:


I would be interested to hear about ones that everyone else knows of.

Champagne Castle near the top of Grays Pass - great for a cool off swim (in summer )

pretty nice one near the senqu / koakoatsi confluence (its about three meters deep!).

That last one makes a pretty good ice rink in Winter too as it's in the shade for most of the day!

Thanks Tony!

tonymarshall wrote: There is quite an impressive pool above the falls, and this is the view from the pool and lip of the falls, perhaps worthy of inclusion in the favourite escarpment pools list.



The pool just above the escarpment waterfall.

Thanks Ghaz.

That's the pool in the stream flowing below Injisuthi Summit Cave, immediately above the escarpment waterfall. A pool with a view, although not as good a view as from elinda's pool above Didima Falls.

Imagine having a rim flow pool with a view like that. Priceless