Windhoek / Fish River Canyon
After breakfast, the tour departs Windhoek and travels in a southerly direction en route to the Fish River Canyon, said to be Namibia’s second-most popular tourist attraction. As we travel the countryside morphs from wooded grassland into dry desert scenery. Not long after passing the rural town of Keetmanshoop, we say goodbye to paved roads and head out into the Namib Desert, finally arriving at our overnight accommodations around mid-afternoon. After check-in and some time allowed for relaxation, we travel to the nearby Fish River Canyon near Hobas.
The canyon is the second largest in the world and the largest in Africa and was formed over millions of years as a result of ongoing geographical processes. Once a moist well-wooded landscape, the canyon today is a barren, stony and sparsely vegetated environment covered with hardy drought-resistant plants. Sunsets from the Hobas viewpoints are spectacular as the sun sets due west over the canyon, lighting up the stony canyon walls with myriad golden orange and red hues as the sun descends into the horizon.