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| Location | Mac-Mac Forest Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 25°00′02″S30°48′58″E / 25.00056°S 30.81611°E |
| Total height | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| Number of drops | 1 |
| Watercourse | Mac-Mac River |
The Mac-Mac Falls is a 65-metre waterfall on the Mac-Mac River in the Mac-Mac Forest Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Originally, the waterfall had a single stream, but miners used dynamite on the waterfall in the hopes of exposing the gold-rich reef, which now has the water falling in two streams. [1]
It was declared a Provincial Heritage Site February 18, 1983, along with the indigenous forest in the kloof below the waterfall. [2]
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