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As an official agent of NWR (Namibia Wildlife Resorts) we
have an extensive knowledge of all parks and services offered.
LB Safaris are therefore able to pre-book all accommodations,
and other activities or services. We also include free advice
of all services offered.
Should
you be interested to include a visit to the Fish River Canyon
into your intended holiday after reading the information below,
please do not hesitate to request
a free and personalized travel advice and price estimate.
As acknowledged incoming tour operator for Southern Africa
LB Safaris will gladly assist you in fine-tuning your travel
wishes!
The
Fish River Canyon is located in the southern part of Namibia.
It is the second largest canyon in the world and the largest
in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction
in Namibia after Etosha. It features a gigantic ravine, in
total about 160 km long, up to 27 km wide and in places almost
550 meters deep.
The Fish River is the longest interior river in Namibia, but
its flow in the present is a nothing compared with the massive
volume of water that poured down its length in ages past.
These caused the deep cuts into the plateau, which today are
dry, stony and sparsely covered with hardy drought resistant
plants such as succulents.
The
river flows intermittently and usually comes down in flood
during the late summer. When it ceases to flow, it becomes
a chain of long narrow pools on the sandy rock-strewn floor
of the chasm. At the lower end of the Fish River Canyon before
entering the Orange River, the hot springs resort of Ai-Ais
provides an oasis in the desolate rocky wastes.
The best public viewpoints can be found +/- 10 kilometers
from Hobas, a campsite about 70 km north of Ai-Ais. This wonderful
land gives it a very special aspect which makes it impossible
to compare and very different from the Grand Canyon. In addition,
the fact that about 90 km of this canyon is privately owned
and incorporated into Private Nature Parks (such as the Canyon
Nature Park or Vogelstrausskluft) makes it different. Other
places of interest and equally spectacular viewpoints are
therefore also found on private land on both sides of the
Fish River Canyon!
