Helicopter sight-seeing flights over the scenic Blyde River Canyon

Few will ever forget their first glimpse of the spectacular gorge, the Blyde River Canyon. The gorge is the third largest in the world and one of South Africa's scenic wonders. The Blyde River Canyon is the kind of place where brochures and guide books run out of original adjectives to describe the fresh mountain scenery and magnificent panoramic views.

Helicopter sight-seeing adventures over the Blyde River Canyon are part of the Mountain Picnics itinerary. This part of the journey involves an easy helicopter flight towards the dramatic rock formations of the Canyon and then a low flight over a natural forest through a hole where the world falls away and you have vertical cliffs next to you.

Enjoy a perfect view around the back end of the three Rondavels of the entire Blyde River Canyon.

Scenic Mountain Picnic Helicopter Flights

The helicopter used for the mountain picnic is a Bell Jetranger, which can carry 4 passengers, at any one time.

The scenic mountain route is from Nelspruit to one of the lodges, where passengers are collected and fly to the escarpment, via the 30m high Pinnacle.

Fly over this dramatic world of mountains and bushveld, where the escarpment of the Drakensberg divides the rocky highveld, green hills and blue-hazed mountains from the the warm lushness of the valleys far below.

Then the flight continues on to the breathtaking Lisbon Falls where we fly low and slow into the falls and then vertically up to the top. Lisbon Falls tumble down a 92 meter cliff into a large pool. The 80 meter high Berlin Falls follows.

An easy flight on to the dramatic rock formations of the Blyde River Canyon, ( the third deepest canyon in the world ) and then low over a natural forest through a hole where the world falls away and you have vertical cliffs next to you.

Round the back end of the three Rondavels and a perfect view of the Canyon.

Low down onto the Treur River following the bends up and over the Chums Falls, and then onto land at an area called the Pinnacle overlooking the Lowveld.

You can stop for a delicious picnic and enjoy the magnificent views.