Panorama Route

The Panorama Route with Graskop, Sabie and the Blyde River Canyon: Few tourism routes in the world can compete with the Panorama Route in Mpumalanga, where every little dot and corner clamour for attention.

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View over Blyde River Canyon along the Panorama Route, Mpumalanga.

Gargantuan game reserves rub shoulders with colossal canyons, lofty waterfalls lure you beyond the borders of picturesque towns, and every adventure in the book will entice you into the great outdoors. 

Fortunately, a superb roads network makes travel between adjacent towns a fast and pleasurable experience. This means you can either join the ‘Wham-Bam-Thank-You-M’am’ brigade and bag all the major sights in a day, or do it the ‘One Dorp, One Day’ way. Along the way, you’ll find six key tourism centres - Sabie, Graskop, Hazyview, Lydenburg, Ohrigstad and Pilgrim’s Rest - each with their own unique character.

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