Orange Grove Waterfall

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About Orange Grove Waterfall

Developed in cooperation with the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

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Cnr Houghton Drive and Louis Botha Avenue.
January 2022

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ORANGE GROVE WATERFALL The Orange Grove waterfall, a source of the Sandspruit, is situated here. Its natural beauty made the surroundings a popular resort in the very earliest days of Johannesburg. Some of the attractions included swimming in the pool below the Waterfall, a tearoom, Sunday concerts, and hot air balloon ascents. The Staats Almanak of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek for 1896 records that at that time the resort even housed a collection of wild animals.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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