Blyde

I just though I'd add some photos of Blyde (pronounced Blay-Duh) River Canyon, which Laurel and I passed through on our drive up to Kruger. It's a stunning place and I was sad to rush through. Of added interest, the area is the subject of a joint project - World Conservation Union and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism - to link existing protected areas along the upper catchments of the northeast Drakensberg escarpment.

"The initiative aims to link people and ecosystems in a way that maximises sustainable benefits through responsible tourism development and seeks to restore valuable ecosystem goods and services provided by the Blyde complex. The Blyde River initiative also allows a new model of parks to develop that is consistent with national development objectives while protecting the country's heritage of nature and culture. Blyde has been short-listed as a World Heritage Site because of its natural and cultural attributes."

Photos aren't exceptional, but the "potholes" are pretty cool, and check out the small but colourful lizard (here).