South AfricaField Guide
Bourke's Luck Potholes
Viewpoint Mpumalanga

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Strange, swirling rock potholes where the Treur and Blyde rivers meet — the start of the canyon.

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Trip Role

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Ideal stay

1 hour
Trip Role
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Ideal Stay
1 hour
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Why it's worth your time

Geology over scenery: carved basins in black and ochre rock. Walk the bridges over the potholes; it's busier than the falls but genuinely unlike anything else on the route.

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