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Blyderivier Canyon, ook bekend as die Motlatse Canyon Provinsiale Natuurreservaat, is in die oostelike deel van Mpumalanga provinsie in Suid-Afrika.

Dit lê binne die platorand-gebied van die Drakensberge.

Onder die platorand is die Mapulaneng woud en na die ooste is die Mariepskop en Klaserie Waterval Natuurreservate.

Alhoewel, die Blyderivier Canyon is oorweeg vir 'n nasionale park klassifikasie, maar net as die bosbou-bedrywighede in aangrensende gebiede gestaak word en daardie gebiede aangeheg word.

Een van die mees sensasionele trekpleisters na die Blyderivier Canyon Natuurreservaat is die Bourke's Luck kolkgate, wat sit by die Blyde – Treur Rivier samevloeiing aan die westekant van die reservaat.

Die geologiese verskynsel is gevorm deur langdurige kolke in die Treurrivier.

Daardie kolke het erosie veroorsaak, wat gelei het tot die formasies.

Daar is brûe wat voetgangers in staat stel om die kolkgate te sien, sowel as die afwaartse skeur van die bergwande bokant hulle.

Nog 'n gewilde bestemming in Blyderivier Canyon is God's Window. Dit gee 'n pragtige uitsig oor die platorand en is geleë aan die suidelike uiterste punt van die natuurreservaat.

Die plek het sy naam verdien as gevolg van die estetika van die uitsig wat so wonderlik is.

Daar is ook 'n vierkantige rots ver terug van die plek op 'n privaatplaas.

Steengroefwerk en boomplantasie boerdery het die rots se vorm veroorsaak, wat soos 'n venster lyk.

Alhoewel die rots eens op 'n tyd die werklike ligging van God's Window, het regeringsamptenare die terrein geskuif na die rand van die platorand waar daar nou 'n parkeerarea is en 'n platform om die pragtige omgewing te besigtig.

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Blyde River Canyon, also known as Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve, sits in the eastern part of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.

It lies within the escarpment area of Drakensberg.

Below the escarpment is the Mapulaneng forest, and to the east are the Mariepskop and Klaserie Waterfall Nature Reserves.

Although Blyde River Canyon has been considered for national park classification, but only if the forestry activities in adjacent areas are halted and those areas are annexed.

One of the most sensational draws to the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve is the Bourke's Luck Potholes, which sits at the Blyde – Treur River confluence on the western edge of the reserve.

The geological feature was formed by long-lasting kolks in the Treur River.

Those kolks have caused erosion, which resulted in the formations.

There are bridges enabling pedestrians to see the potholes and the downstream couloir from the precipices located above them.

Another popular destination in Blyde River Canyon is God's Window, which gives a spectacular view of the escarpment and is located on the nature reserve's southern extremity.

The place earned its name because the aesthetics of the view are so marvelous.

There's also a square-shaped rock set far back from the site on a private farm.

Quarrying and tree plantation farming caused the rock's shape, which resembles a window.

Although once the rock was the actual location of God's Window, government officials moved the site to the escarpment's edge where there is now a parking lot and a platform to view the beautiful surroundings.

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