Boer War battlefield of Spioen Kop is frequently visible, and just below the cliffs lie well-grassed valleys dotted with Acacia trees. To the north lies the sandstone buttes and mesas of Eastern Free State sandstone country, stretching from the mountains south of Witsieshoek in the west to Rensburg's Kop near Swinburne at the opposite end. Vergezient embraces a series of terraces with natural staircases between Highveld and Lowveld leading through enchanting scarp forests. The upper level has an almost ethereal charm. The vegetation combines open short grassland with small patches of protea and forest.
Temperatures range from cool, even at the height of summer, to bitterly cold in winter.
This is the home of mountain reedbuck. About 150 m lower down lies the second level. Grasses are taller, Acacia species occur and the range of bird species increases. Forested kloofs and scree slopes are topped by cliffs of up to 70 m high. Some 170 m further down is the third, and warmest, level.