Panorama Route

A scenic road along the Drakensberg escarpment in South Africa's Mpumalanga, linking waterfalls, God's Window, and Blyde River Canyon, and often combined with a Kruger National Park trip.

The Panorama Route is a group of scenic roads along the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga Province, mainly the R532 and R534. It runs about 150 km north from Sabie through Graskop to Blyde River Canyon, at 1,000–1,700 m above sea level. It follows an escarpment nearly a kilometre high between the highveld grasslands and the lowveld savanna, lined with waterfalls and viewpoints: Mac-Mac Falls, Pilgrim's Rest (a 19th-century gold-rush town), the Graskop Gorge Glass Lift, Pinnacle Rock, God's Window, Lisbon Falls and Berlin Falls, Bourke's Luck Potholes, and the endpoint at the Three Rondavels viewpoint over Blyde River Canyon, one of the world's largest 'green canyons'. Most people combine it with Kruger National Park. From Johannesburg, it takes about 4–5 hours by car to Sabie or Graskop. Spend 1–2 days on the Panorama Route, then enter Kruger through Phabeni Gate near Hazyview or Orpen Gate near Hoedspruit. Graskop's pancakes are a local specialty. The whole route is paved but has many potholes, and most viewpoints charge a small entrance fee. Heavy fog often rolls over the escarpment, so start early in the morning, and avoid the afternoons in the rainy season.

Panorama Route

Along the route