This route starts in earnest in the town of Graskop and skirts the edge of the northern Drakensberg escarpment, offering several stops where they can take in the stunning views over the 26km-long Blyde River Canyon.

This canyon is one of the largest in the world and, unlike the Grand Canyon in the United States and Fish River in Namibia, is unique for its forested slopes.

Popular viewpoints include God’s Window (10km outside Graskop), where there is a car park, curio stalls and from where, on a clear day, visitors can see a large part of the Lowveld all the way to the Kruger National Park.

Another popular stop is Bourke’s Luck Potholes (36km from Graskop at the start of the canyon), so named for the scoured-out rock formations in the river below.

But the most iconic of all is the Three Rondavels (53km from Graskop), offering a view of the three distinctive dolomite columns that rise up out of the canyon and the Blyde Dam.