Since leaving Kruger NP we have spent two days relaxing in and around Grasskop, a small town near the centre of the scenic Panarama Route. Our first visit was to the Mohololo Rehab Centre where they are caring for animals injured by vehicles, hunters or snares. They help them get healthy again but many cannot be returned to the wild especially the younger ones who never learned to hunt properly and would be at risk on their own again. We saw lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, wild dogs, eagles and vultures being cared for.
The rest of our time was mostly sightseeing with stops at the Three Rondavels (3 tall and round rock formations), the Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck Potholes (water eroding softer rock), the Berlin and Lisbon Falls ( with a steep scramble to the base), a short hike to a mountain-top rainforest, God's Window (picturesque panoramic view) and The Pinnacle (tall rock formation in the middle of a gorge).
Today we found some paved roads having wonderful views but with potholes that could hide large animals. They had many roadside pothole warning signs and some that also had a large explanation mark attached to them. Perhaps it was an area that Saskatchewan benchmarked for road conditions. Just saying. We are now on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Tomorrow we will board an overnight train that will take us to Cape Town at the southern end of Africa. Cheers.
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| Mohololo Rehab Centre - a Cape Vulture landed on my arm to retrieve a meat snack (as planned) |
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| Leopard recovering from a snare injury |
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| Blyde River Canyon |
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| Bourke's Luck Potholes |
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| Lisbon Falls - view after a steep scramble to the base of the falls, forgot my bathing suit :-( |
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