My first posting of the year 2010..well it's of course continuation of my trip last year..this time back to South Africa. During one of my last trip, I went to Mpumalanga Province, where the famous Kruger National Park is situated and not only that, it's the home to the 3rd largest canyon in the world. It's the Blyde River Canyon.... The canyon is part of the Drakensberg escarpment. It is 26 km in length and average of 800m deep. The natural dam itself is at an altitude of 665m when full. The highest point of the canton is about 1900m above sea level. This means that the canyon is about 1400 m deep. The canyon consists of mostly red sandstone but of course with vegetation unlike the Grand Canyon in the USA. It supports large diversity of life including numerous fish and antelope species as well as hippos and crocs and every primate species that may be seen in South Africa (Wikipedia, 2009)
The best view of the whole canyon is possibly the 'Three Rondavels' as shown as the above, which resembles the houses or huts of the indigenous people known as rondavels.
streams could be seen flowing at the bottom
That's me on the right..proof that I was there..
that's the 'mermaid' by the canyon? you bet..
A panoramic combination of the 3 photos of the 3 Rondavels and the canyon..
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mind you that this view is only 1/3 of the whole view..it's enormously huge..imagine this is just the 3rd largest in the world.
A damn connecting to the river you have seen just now...there's a small hotel nearby the river bank at the end actually..could you spot the boat?
The main dish....
The Panoramic view of the Blyde River Canyon..
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Hope you enjoy this posting!
See ya soon!
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