The Great TREK - #2

Our second day in Mpumalanga

Our second day was to wake up early and start visiting this region. We started by our "base camp" Graskop and went straight to the Pinnacle Rock. It is a majestic free-standing buttress of rock rising vertically out of dense indigenous forest like a tall building. There are two different viewing decks to see this natural marvel.

After this, we went to see God's Window, which as the name implies, it is a wonder to see the Mpumalanga lowveldt. It is a 900m high viewpoint right on the edge of the escarpment

The third point to visit was Wonderview, which is about 2 km north of God's Window. At an altitude of 1730m, this is the highest viewpoint in the area and in my opinion, the best viewpoint. There is no walking necessary.

We set off to continue on the Panoramic route and did a quick stop to see the 45m high  Berlin Falls. These are among a cluster of Sabie Waterfalls comprising of the Horseshoe, Lone creek, Bridal Veil, Mac-Mac, and the highest of them all the Lisbon Falls (90m).

As my son started getting hungry we drove past a sign that said "Boere Kombuis" translated to Farmhouse kitchen. Stopped to see how was it, and..... what a beautiful surprise. We ate typical "Afrikaner" food, i.e. a Potjiekos (is an Afrikaans word, which simply means small pot food), which is the traditional stew that is native to South Africa, usually made from a small cast iron pot (Three-legged black pot). The place is right beside a river which just augments the whole experience.

At the end of the day we just waited for the sunset to make a photo or two... 

The Berlin Falls

Typical African Sunset