Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, Stunning Scenery

The Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon system and the largest vegetated or green canyon in the world. The canyon is situated along the Mpumalanga, Drakensberg Mountain Escarpment. The Blyde River Canyon was proclaimed a nature reserve in November 1965, covers an area of 30 000 hectares and stretches from the Pinnacle rock to Mariepskop Mountain in the North, close to the Kruger National Park.

There are five main river systems that influence the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve and play a very important role as water catchments for the Kruger National Park. The rivers are the Sabie, the Blyde, the Treur, Ohrigstad and the Olifants rivers.

Bourke's Luck Potholes, where the combined force of the Blyde and Treur Rivers have cut a deep 26km long canyon known as the Blyde River Canyon.
The town Graskop means "Grassy Peak", it is situated on the top of the escarpment of the Drakensberg Mountains in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Graskop was originally the farm of Abel Erasmus, a prominent inhabitant of the Graskop and Ohrigstad areas in the 1850's. Today Graskop is the centre of tourism and forestry in the Mpumalanga Province, and the Blyde River Canyon area. The town is a sleepy hollow, which has attracted many pensioners and artists alike, It is worth a visit for its many curio stores.

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