Lowveld - NOV 2020

The geotrail is a fascinating and beautiful route depicting what the world
looked like before the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Rocks found here occur in
two places on earth, and this is the only accessible place.
Blyde River Canyon, the largest green canyon in the world, is a magnificent
explosion of nature at its best and includes famous landmarks such as Bourke’s
Luck Potholes, God’s Window, the Three Rondavels, The Pinnacle, and the
Lisbon and Berlin falls.
The Graskop Gorge Lift descends 51 metres down the face of the gorge
into a veritable woodland, where visitors are transported into a paradise of
indiginous forest by a wooden walkway and suspension bridge.
Pilgrim’s Rest is a quaint village steeped in the history of the gold rush era,
complete with gold panning and ghost tours. A must is a drink at Church Bar
at the famous Royal Hotel.
Goliath’s Footprint is ostensibly proof that giants once existed, on what is
now a farm near the town of Ermelo. Legend says the footprint belonged
to a 10-metre-tall woman who was killed by an erupting volcano as she ran
towards her lover, leaving behind an imprint that remains visible 100 million
years after her death.
The megalithic stones of Adam’s Calendar in the quirky village of Kaapsehoop
are a revelation. Believed to have existed for over 200 000 years and said by
some to be the oldest man-made structure in the world, the edifice precedes
the pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge by thousands of years. Deeply
entrenched into the earth, the uncommon stones align to the cardinal points,
solstrices and equinoxes, and are not from the area.
A few others worth a mention...
• SA’s very own Lake District at Chrissiesmeer, consisting of approximately
270 lakes and pans
• The glorious Long Tom Toboggan, a 1,7-kilomtere wild ride down the
mountainside
• The oldest dolomite caves in the world, the Sudwala Caves, have been around
for 240 million years
• The famous two-million hectare Kruger National Park, which needs no
introduction
• The Skukuza Golf Course, where your golf balls are as likely to be swallowed by
crocs as batted about by lions.
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