Blyde River Beauty

This morning we slept in and left at a more leisurely hour. About an hour north of Hazyview is Graskop (Grass Head in Afrikaans). We checked into the Berlyn Peacock Tavern, which is run by an eccentric gentleman named Louie, then went exploring.

Grass Head is at the southern end of the Blyde River Canyon, which is the largest green canyon in the world (and the 3rd largest canyon overall behind the Grand Canyon in the USA and Fish River Canyon in Namibia...for you trivia lovers). Today was spent exploring the amazing scenery in this area. We checked out Wonder View, God's Window, The Pinnacle, Bourke's Luck Potholes, Lowveld View then The Three Rondavels. This gave us an amazing perspective of the Canyon, with some enviable photo opportunities.

Given that it was Private School holidays, it was remarkably quiet. I found Bourke's Luck Potholes to be a particularly fascinating phenomenon. Apparently some Irish bloke named Bourke figured that these circular formations in the rock (created by the swirling waters of the Blyde River) were a good place to find Gold...as it would be...?

Blyde River had been on my Bucket list for years and it didn't disappoint...my camera was running hot! As sunset approached, we finished the day by visiting Berlyn and Lisbon Falls. Berlyn Falls was nice, but Lisbon Falls had a particularly African feel about them. The Sunset helped, too. Our cameras were on overdrive...

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