MPUMALANGA
Mountainous terrain, misty forests, bushveld & endless views are the compelling features of this region. For sheer scenic beauty, few parts of the Southern African continent can compare with the Great Escarpment, a spectacular wonderland of buttresses, strangely sculpted peaks and deep ravines where rivers & tributaries run through verdant valleys. The Blyde River, over centuries carved a canyon that now ranks as one of Africa's great scenic splendours.
Main attractions:
- Blyde River Canyon - a majestic gorge whose sheer cliff faces plunge to the water far below.
- Bourke's Luck Potholes - a fantasia of hollowed-out rocks.
- Pilgrim's Rest - town born out of the 1870 gold rush, now a quaint living museum.
- God's Window - for the most magnificent views of the area.
- Waterfall Route - Mac Mac, Lone Creek, Bridal Veil, Horseshoe, Berlin, Lisbon.
- Magoebaskloof - large tracts of thick indigenous forest.
- Long Tom Pass - spectacular pass between Sabie and Lydenburg.
- Echo Caves - archaeological evidence of earlier inhabitants.
- The Trout Triangle - areas around Waterval -Boven, Dullstroom & Lydenburg: popular with nature lovers and the fly-fishing elite.
- Jock of the Bushveld - trail begins in Graskop for the heroic dog in the novel by Sir Percy FitzPatrick.
- Sudwala Caves - dramatic cave formations & an interesting dinosaur park
