The Panorama Route and Blyde River Canyon
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The warm, sun-drenched winter days of South Africa reveal the heart-stopping views from the celebrated ‘Panorama Route’, beginning at Graskop and rising to more than a thousand metres up in the northern regions of the Drakensberg mountains. As the road climbs, you’ll see expansive plains, game reserves and winding rivers stretching for miles to the horizon until you reach Blyde River Canyon, the world’s third largest, boasting an eight hundred metre drop of steep, red sandstone to the rushing river beneath. The famous ‘Three Rondavels’ can be seen nearby, circular rock formations in the shape of traditional South African houses, and the ‘Bourke’s Luck Potholes’ are also not to be missed – strange, Dali-esque, layered structures carved from the sandstone in curves and circles by the river beneath. God’s Window is possibly the best stop of all – a high cliff edge between two jutting escarpments, creating a frame for a dense swathe of paradisiacal forest that stretches for miles to the shadowy Lebombo Mountains in the far distance. It’s also said to be worth the climb further up between the trees to find your very own window, and a little peace amongst the tropical mist and rainforest sounds.
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