Dramatic Landscapes of Panorama Route And Kruger Safari Transfer

Blyde River Dam at the end of the Canyon

Daryll and friends from Singapore and London at the Canyon

Ben Bradley and Friends from US at God's Window

Eric Chan and his gifted take of the Canyon

Lisbon Falls. The gold miners used European capitals to name some waterfalls.

The strange geometric shapes scoured by the Blyde and Treur Rivers at the head of the Canyon

Eric sees the light at God's Window one of the routes spectacular viewpoints

Kurt, German., Patrick Irish cast a critical eye at the Le Creuset French Cannons used by the Dutch Boers against the British in Africa It gave its name to the Long Tom Mountain Pass.

You too could have a hornbill as a guest for lunch.They are plentiful.

Mac Mac Falls named after the Scottish gold prospectors

The Graskop Gorge lift takes you in to the green lush forest.

Duration2 days

TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

This tour is private just you and the guide in the vehicle it can be added to any safari and used as your transfer from Joburg or Pretoria to your safari in the Kruger National Park. The Panorama Route is an area of astounding scenic beauty around the edge of the highveld escarpment where the traveler descends from over 2000 meters to almost sea level through astounding mountain passes, past lakes, and rivers, and forested slopes with tumbling waterfalls. It is an attraction in its own right which would draw international visitors without Kruger Park being nearby. One should try to take the opportunity of visiting it ideally on a one-night stay over the trip on your way to/from your Kruger Park safari. It is more or less on the route and so it makes good sense to do this.

What's included

Panorama Route 2-Day Tour
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Dinner
Private Transfer to or from Safari Lodge
Breakfast

Meals not mentioned
Alcoholic Beverages ( available at your own payment)

What to expect

Day 1: Johannesburg/Pretoria/Nelspruit/Hoedspruit to the village of Graskop at the centre of the Panorama Route

Long Tom Pass
30m

On route to Graskop, we shall pass through stunning mountain passes such as the Long Tom or Abel Erasmus Passes. We shall stop to view the various location described as they occur on the route.
Sabie Waterfalls
30m · Admission ticket included

We will stop at one or more of the waterfalls in the region of the forestry town of Sabie, Mac Mac Falls, Lone Creek, Bridal Veil
Graskop Gorge Lift Company
1h · Admission ticket included

Depending on timing we will visit the Graskop Gorge descending into its green depths in the newly built lift.
Graskop
9h

Graskop Village is in the mist belt of the escarpment so you will have cool memories to compare with the much warmer Kruger Park at the bottom of it. We usually find this is the best place to spend the night and have dinner but if the timing does not allow then we might stay in the town of Sabie.Both towns have a lovely holiday atmosphere and many restaurants and guest houses for visitors.

Day 2: Panorama Route/Kruger National Park

Lisbon Falls
30m · Admission ticket included

One of the most beautiful of all the falls especially when in full flow. There is a large craft market here too where local ladies sell their handmade goods.
God's Window
1h · Admission ticket included

From Graskop, the road rises up to the edge of the escarpment that looks over the "Lowveld" at the bottom of South Africa's central highlands. This warmer more tropical region stretches past Kruger Park to the Mozambique coast. Besides the wild area of the Kruger, there are many groves of subtropical fruits, mangoes, bananas, pineapples, avocadoes, citrus, macadamia nuts and vast areas of sugar cane.
God's Window is a very popular viewpoint which is easily reached in a few minutes from the car park. But above it and after a healthy walk you reach a small rain forest with rare plants and trees indigenous to just this location and after walking through it you reach another stunning viewpoint.
Bourkes' Luck Potholes
1h · Admission ticket included

The Blyde River which later forms the kilometer-deep canyon is joined here by the Treur River before it descends to the Canyon. The legend has it that there was a party of Boers with their families traveling through the area. They camped by the Treur River and the men left them to go on a hunt. They were gone for many days causing some worry to the womenfolk and children. They did return unscathed and when they camped the next day beside another river they called them the Treur ( sad) and the Blyde ( happy) rivers. The scouring action of the rapid-flowing rivers joining together has formed beautiful and fascinating shapes in the rocks of the rivers' beds.
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve
1h · Admission ticket included

We usually proceed to the Three Rondawels viewpoint which gives the best views both down into the Canyons depths and over it to the round-topped mountains called the Three Rondawels because of their similarity to the African round huts by the same name
Abel Erasmus Pass
1h

If you are proceeding to Kruger Park Lodges adjacent to Hoedspruit ( e.g.Orpen Gate, Timbavati, Manyaleti, Satara, Letaba and Olifants) from Johannesburg/Pretoria then you will cross the Abel Erasmus Pass or if doing this tour in reverse by returning to Joburg/Pretoria from lodges near or in these places you will also cross Abel Erasmus Pass. Charecterised by towering cliff walls on either side of the road that block out the sun the pass undulates up and down many times and there is a tunnel to be traversed. in the middle of it This pass has got one of the world's few tufa waterfalls. The waterfalls edge actually grows outwards due to high concentrations of calcium dissolved in the water getting deposited along the flow bed. At the bottom of the pass you may see a baobab tree or two as this is the southern limit of this trees habitat.Beneath you is the Olifants River that flows on through the Kruger to join the Limpopo in Mozambique.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

If flying up from Cape Town we can meet and greet you at Hoedspruit Airport ( HDS) off your flight from CT and take you on the Panorama Route and then to your safari location in Kruger Park South.

Meeting point

If flying up from Cape Town we can meet and greet you at Nelspruit Airport off your flight from CT and take you on the Panorama Route and then to your safari location in Kruger Park South.

Meeting point

We can pick you up at any hotel or location in Pretoria and travel along the Panorama Route and drop you at your safari location in Kruger Park South.

Meeting point

We can pick you up at any hotel or location in Johannesburg and travel along the Panorama Route and drop you at your safari location in Kruger Park South.

Meeting point

If picking you up after you have done your safari, we can collect you at any lodge or location in Kruger Park south of Satara camp and travel the Panorama Route back in reverse to described here to Johannesburg or drop you at Nelspruit or Hoedspruit Airport for a flight to Cape Town.

Meeting point

If we are to take you on the Panorama Route on route to your safari anywhere in Kruger Park South, we can meet you off an early flight and get going straight away or pick you up at the Airport coach terminus. It's easy. We will have a name board and your mobile number.

End point

If you want to fly to Cape Town after doing the Panorama Route we can drop you at Hoedspruit Airport ( HDS) in time for your flight.

End point

If you want to fly to Cape Town after doing the Panorama Route we can drop you at Nelspruit Airport ( MQP) in time for your flight ( there are also flights to Joburg and Vic Falls and Mozambique beaches which we can arrange)

End point

If picking you up after your safari then taking you along the Panorama Route then Pretoria hotel or another location can be the endpoint.

End point

If picking you up after your safari then taking you along the Panorama Route then a Johannesburg hotel/airport or any other location can be the endpoint.

End point

If taking you on the Panorama Route from Johannesburg or Pretoria before your safari then your safari lodge or hotel near the Kruger or in Kruger Park South is the endpoint. We drop you there.

Additional information

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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