God's Window

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A view of Driekopkloof in the vicinity of God’s Window

God’s Window is a popular vantage point along the Drakensberg escarpment, South Africa. It is situated at the southern extremity of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.

At God’s Window majestic cliffs plunge over 700 meters to the Lowveld and the game reserves which have made the area one of Africa’s prime wildlife destinations. From this Escarpment - a 250km long rampart of sheer cliffs - opens a vista into a plush forest, the Eden-like aesthetic appearance of which prompted the name. On a clear day it is possible to see over the Kruger National Park towards the Lebombo Mountains on the border with Mozambique.

God’s Window played an important role in the plot of the 1980 cult film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Near the end of the movie, the Bushman character Xi (played by Namibian bush farmer N!xau) travels to God’s Window, and due to some low-lying cloud cover believes it to be the end of the Earth.

Percy Fitzpatrick and George Fullerton's summer quarters as transport riders during the 1880's was situated at Paradise Camp 24°55′24″S, 30°52′08″E, some 6km south of God's Window, and similarly perched on the edge of the escarpment.