Our sleepover on the truck wasn't as bad as it could have been and it meant that when Drew set off at 5am we at least didn't have to pack up tents or get out of our sleeping bags. We set off towards Fish River Canyon and at about 8am reached the Ai-Ais entrance in the South. A quick pit-stop at a toilet to freshen up and then we drove on towards the canyon. Drew dropped us off at an information/look out point where we looked out over the sharp river bend of Hell's Corner:
Whilst Drew drove the truck (and the injured Sean) to the next look out point to set up for breakfast, the rest of us whilst enjoyed a leisurely walk along the top edge of the canyon.
The canyon measures 160km in length, 27km in width and the inner canyon reaches 550m making it the second largest canyon in the world after The Grand Canyon in the states. It is quite a sight. You can trek this canyon in a mere five days, but they limit the amount of licenses given to do so and as such it means you have to book a year in advance to do this. So we just looked out over the starting point instead.
Having breakfast in such an amazing spot was fantastic. It's sad to think that that tomorrow we leave Namibia. It's an incredible country with the most spectacular landscapes we have seen so far in Africa. We have been completely delighted by all our experiences here and that has earned Namibia the honour of being in my top ten favourite countries in the world.
We continued our drive to the border town of Noordoewer on the banks of the Orange River where we enjoyed a few drinks together looking across towards South Africa. And of course, that made me realise that tomorrow we hit wine country! Suddenly the smile came back onto my face.
Here are the photos:
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