It wasn't too easy to get started with our trip: after collecting the car and the camping gear, we still had to do quite a lot of grocery shopping at Superspar in order to survive the upcoming nights in the desert. In addition, Timo left the keys to our Airbnb-home in his pocket - luckily we noticed this while still in Windhoek and not 650 km later ;) Since it was already 1.30 pm when we got going, the plan was to drive through Mariental and Keetmanshoop all the way to the Fish River Canyon during one day. Luckily you really can't say that there is too much traffic in Namibia's main roads (note to mum; I wasn't speeding too much). Even an hour could pass without seeing any cars - the only thing moving were the numerous animals we saw next to the road, or sometimes crossing it.
We spent our first night at Hobas camping site at the helm of Fish River Canyon. As we started our drive a little bit later than planned, we missed the sunset at the Canyon, but driving to the sunset in a road filled with pot holes and animals lurking around was an experience of its own. We finally arrived at Hobas Camp site way after dark - tired, but excited. The camp site was lively, and there were all the essentials we needed. They even recycle - yea!
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| You don't need daylight to pitch a tent |
The next morning we got to explore the wonders of Fish River Canyon - at 7 am the temperature was still reasonable to walk around. The Canyon is the largest in Africa, its gigantic ravine is almost 160 km long and in some places 550 meters deep. There is also a hiking trail that tests your physical condition, but due to the risk of flooding and extremely hot summer temperatures reaching 48°C in the day and 30°C at night it was not a possibility for us... oh, all excuses :P
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| The Fish River Canyon is roughly 650 millions years old |
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