Journey stop 3 of 5

Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve

See this location as part of Kruger & Lowveld Safari Circuit—where it sits on the route, how the Journey reaches it, and what comes next.

Place / visit
This stop on the Journey

Route context

Arriving and continuing

These details belong to this Journey. They describe the path through Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, not the destination in general.

Arriving from

Mbombela

Car · about 200 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

Use the western escarpment approach via Mashishing and Ohrigstad; this avoids retracing the Panorama Route used on the next leg.

Mbombela to Blyde River Canyon via the western escarpment 0 → 197.6 km · 197.6 km

Continuing to

Hazyview

Car · about 100 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

Follow the Panorama corridor past Bourke's Luck Potholes and Graskop, allowing extra time for viewpoints and weather.

Blyde River Canyon to Hazyview through the Panorama Route 0 → 92.8 km · 92.8 km

At this stop

Use the Three Rondavels area as the northern geographic anchor for the canyon stage.