Blyde River Canyon
The Panorama Route is one of the most beautiful and popular travel destinations in South Africa. It leads through the rugged mountain range of the Northern Drakensberg. Here, in the north-eastern part of the Great Escarpment, the inland plateau declines abruptly and steeply and opens up fantastic views of the plains of the Lowveld a thousand metres below.
The canyon is one of the largest canyons on earth (26 km long and 800 m deep) and famous for its lush subtropical foliage.
The Panorama Route starts at the town of Graskop and includes
God's Window, the Pinnacle, a number of waterfalls, Bourke's Luck Potholes and the canyon itself.
Visitors are regularily impressed by the "Three Rondavels": huge, round rocks, thought to be reminiscent of the houses or huts of the indigenous people, known as rondavels.
