Fish River Canyon and Beyond

January 29 and 30 – Fish River Canyon and Beyond

By 1:30 in the afternoon, we were on our way to Fish River Canyon. The road was long, with beautiful rugged scenery to follow and opportunity to keep a look-out for wildlife. By the time we reached our campsite we set up tents and scrambled to the pool where we contributed to the human billabong. Once cooled off, we set out in search of sunset over Fish River Canyon. We hiked to the Canyon's edge and enjoyed the views. By 7:30 we were back at camp to enjoy Kioko's dinner and sleeeeeeeep!

The next day was a long 10 hour ride to the Namibia desert. The journey took us through the mountains, dunes and plains of the Namib Desert. Along the way we stopped in Bethany to make lunch and walk around the very small village. A beautiful flowering cactus garden captivated our attention for a while before we were on the road again. Finally we arrived at our camp close to the dunes. Yessssss; a pool too. After setting up our tents in a circle around the Camel-thorn Acacia Tree, we were jumping into the pool, or human billabong. The campground was beautiful, so we explored a little before venturing to Sesriem Canyon where we hiked to the bottom and up again. By the time we returned Kioko had worked his magic again. The dark came shortly after so we went to sleep, while the Sociable Weaver worked hard to feed the community of birds living in the very large nest of the tree in the center of our campsite.

Fish River Canyon

Transportation and Home for 40 days

Gamesbok or Oryx on the side of the road