AttractionsLocal Highlights
The?Graskop Hotel?is centrally situated on the Mpumalanga Escarpment at the start of the Panorama Route. On our doorstep you have the famous?Pinnacle Rock,?God?s Window?and the?historical town of Pilgrim?s Rest. Graskop is surrounded by beautiful waterfalls, streams, tree ferns and?hiking trails.
The Panorama route is a circular drive with several detours ? it starts at Graskop going northwards past The Pinnacle and Driekop Gorge, Lisbon Falls and God?s Window. The route leads through dense plantations to Vaalhoek, from here go north to Bourke?s Luck in the Blyde River, or turn south along the Pilgrim?s Creek valley to the peaceful town of Pilgrim?s Rest. During the 1870?s this town was anything but peaceful, being the centre of the gold rush in the then Eastern Transvaal.
From Pilgrim?s Rest it is a short drive over the mountain-divide back to Graskop.
Near the site of a once profitable goldmine are the extraordinary?Bourke?s Potholes?and colourful rock formations.
The river then plunges into a gigantic gorge some 800 metres below the summit of the escarpment. Dominating the gorge are the triplet peaks known as the?Three Rondawels?and the huge flat-topped summit of Mariepskop.
South of Graskop just off the road to Sabie is the spectacular?Mac-Mac Falls, further downstream is?Mac-Mac Pools, a popular swimming site.
?The Graskop Hotel is situated around the corner from the world famous Harrie?s Pancakes and the interesting Delagoa curio shop.
The Graskop Gorge activity centre situated 1 km out of town features a glass lift transporting you from the edge of the Graskop Gorge with its beautiful views, to the indigenous forest below. Wooden walkways take you past the base of the waterfall into a forest wonderland. For the adrenaline junkies there?s the Big Swing, ziplines and cliff walk also found at the Graskop Gorge.
