The waterfalls around the Blyde river canyon
By dorian on Friday 18 July 2008, 20:34 - RTW2-South Africa - Permalink
Bye Bye Botswana. A heartening an encouraging country. Heartening to meet all these inhabitants proud of their identity and of their country and encouraging because it can be an example for a lot of African countries. Democracy and political stability in spite of several ethnic groups which form the country, relationship between White and Black people in a fraternity tone and corruption-free. A country to go and discover.
We drive several hours to get to the town of Sabie in the Limpopo province. A succession of waterfalls scatters around. Whatever we call them, Lone Creek, MacMac, Berlin or Lisbon, each one vies for captivating us and bewitching with their melody. Basin or river embodies the container of these crazy drops drawn towards the edge.
The mist cuts short the God's Window panorama and we pass to the next stop on the scenic road of the Blyde river canyon. Bourke's luck potholes : a smooth stone gnawed by the water. cylinder-like erosion-bored shapes juxtapose.
Last stage at the « three rondavels », some rocky greenery-capped bulbs intertwine on the giant meanders of the canyon. The sky is gray and hideous then the nature is in its best to inebriate us. The dull weather hardly grazes the beauty of this scenery.