A preserved gold-rush village that is now a living museum.
- Do Diggings Museum and gold panning
- Do Ghost Tour
- Do Prospector's Hiking Trail
- Do Village Tour
- See Alanglade House Museum
Graskop
Panorama Route town close to God's Window and Bourke's Luck Potholes.
History
The farm belonged to Abel Erasmus in the 1850s-70s and became a mining camp after the Mac Mac gold finds. Percy Fitzpatrick camped nearby (Paradise Camp) in the 1880s, as described in Jock of the Bushveld. The railway from Nelspruit via Sabie opened on 18 June 1914 to serve Pilgrim's Rest, and Graskop was proclaimed a town that year. The name means 'grassy peak'.
Getting there
On the R532/R533 junction: 28 km north of Sabie, about 14-23 km south-east of Pilgrim's Rest via the R533, and connected to Hazyview and Bushbuckridge via Kowyn's Pass (R533/R535). Phabeni Gate of the Kruger Park is about 55 km away.
Weather & climate
Summer-rainfall highland climate; cool, misty days are common because of the altitude, with warm summers and cold winter nights.
Things to do
- Africa Silks silk farm tourGuided tour of a commercial silkworm farm at the foot of Kowyn's Pass, with a restaurant.
- Big Swing gorge swingGorge swing and zipline across the Graskop gorge.
- Jock of the Bushveld TrailCircular 8 km walk (about 4 hours) from the municipal holiday resort on Louis Trichardt Street.
Things to see
- Berlin Falls45 m falls plunging into a pine-lined gorge off the R532 north of Graskop.
- Blyde River Canyon and Three RondavelsOne of the largest green canyons on Earth.
- Bourke's Luck PotholesWater-carved cylindrical potholes at the confluence of two rivers.
- God's WindowViewpoint over the Lowveld from the edge of the escarpment.
- Kowyn's PassHistoric pass on the R533 descending the escarpment from Graskop towards Bushbuckridge, with Lowveld views.
- Lisbon Falls92 m double waterfall, the highest in the area, off the R532 north of Graskop.
- Lowveld ViewViewpoint over the Blyde River Canyon, Blyde Dam and Lowveld on the R532.
- Natural Bridge (Mac Mac River)Natural rock bridge used by early transport riders, 2.3 km from Graskop on the R532.
- Pinnacle RockQuartzite column about 30 m high rising out of the forested gorge, 6 km north on the R534 loop.
- Wonder ViewHighest viewpoint in the area (1,730 m) next to the R534, about 2 km beyond God's Window.
Close by Graskop
More to do and see in towns a short drive awayA forestry town surrounded by waterfalls including Mac Mac, Lone Creek and Bridal Veil.
- Do Fanie Botha Hiking Trail
- Do Fly-fishing on the Sabie River
- Do Forest Falls
- Do Loerie Trail
- Do Mac Mac Pools
A busy little town close to the Kruger's Phabeni and Paul Kruger gates.
- Do Da Gama Dam
- Do Elephant Whispers
- Do Golf at Kruger Park Lodge
- Do Saturday Market at Perry's Bridge
- Do Skyway Trails
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