Best swim spots/pools in the Berg

I recently visited Marble Baths and was amazed about the amount of fun that can be had in pools/river cascades. Please feel free to share similar experiences or secret swimming spots in the Berg.

Hi Nicolaas,

The Mnweni Baths and Mlambu's Pools in the Mnweni area are also very fun.

Expanding on what Biomech said - Mnweni area in general has lots of really good pools, probably the best concentration anywhere in the Berg. The bottom of Icidi Pass, the south approach to the Mnweni Needles and the region around Singati Cave (between Mnweni and RNNP) are probably the best concentrations of really nice small Berg pools that I am aware of.

The Giants Cup Trail in the Southern Berg has some gems as well - most notably Ngenwa Pool, it is massive and very deep. Cedrics Pool at Bushman's Nek is another really nice one.

Actually - if you know where to look, basically all regions have great pools. Some are below the car parks, e.g. Champagne Pools on the drive into Giants, Peppermint Pools near Swiman Hut.

The more unusual ones are the great escarpment pools. The best of those will be found between the Yodeler's Ridge and Ndumeni Dome - but once again, the further you go into Lesotho, the better they get.

There are a few good pools in the river behind the Saddle (Mnweni area).

A good splash pool is on top of the Tugela Falls.

From Afriski, a short walk down to the Motete river brings you to a lovely pool as well.

There's a pretty deep one at the top of Eland River Falls as well. This photo makes it look so appealing...


Some of the ones at the bottom of Icidi Pass:

Remember a fantastic set of pools just off the road on the way to Injisuthi hutted camp... Wish I could remember the distances but do remember it being about 10m below the road and about 20 minutes (may be wrong on this timing) away from the camp on the way in.... One massive pool up top with a rock to dive off from, leading to a very cool water fall and further big pool down below...

We always used to close off our Berg weekends with lunch at these pools...

Klaris wrote: Remember a fantastic set of pools just off the road on the way to Injisuthi hutted camp... Wish I could remember the distances but do remember it being about 10m below the road and about 20 minutes (may be wrong on this timing) away from the camp on the way in.... One massive pool up top with a rock to dive off from, leading to a very cool water fall and further big pool down below...

We always used to close off our Berg weekends with lunch at these pools...

The pools Klaris is referring to are between 5 and 6 km along the road from the Injisuthi campsite. The pools are near 29 06 16 S, 29 28 50 E. There is a small parking area on the north side of the road marking the point where the path descends to the river.

The first pool that comes in mind for me is the one just before Lower Injasuthi Cave. Not for its size but for its shape and beauty.

Ha...maybe this is an AndrewP type pool. 1st pic is the pool and 2nd pic is where it goes over the escarpment. Guess where??

That looks like the waterfalll just south of Hilton Pass.