On Sunday, we then went on a spectacular hike in the berg. We hiked the amphitheatre summit to the Tugela Falls, which is the second tallest waterfall in the world. They drove us halfway up the mountain, because they said if we did the entire hike it would take 32 days. Even though they took us somewhat up we still hiked 6.5 miles. The scenery was breath taking. At one point during the hike, we had to go off trail and climb up rocks for over 200 meters. This was one of my favorite parts. At times it was quite tricky. You had to make sure the rocks you were climbing up were not loose rocks. If the rocks were loose you didn’t want to dare try and climb them. Once we got to the top, we were on a peak of 1000 meters in the air.
We then had lunch at the peak as we dangled our feet over the edge. After lunch we had to keep on our journey to the world’s tallest waterfall. We eventually made it, and boy was it ever worth the hike! On the way back down we could not take the rock route, so we got to go down two ladders on the mountain. This was also another highlight of my day. The last highlight was once we were back to the van. Most everyone passed out on the ride back to the hostel. This was a great way to end our trip. On Monday we spent the day traveling back to Pretoria.
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