N$ 111 751.00 /person
26 Days / 25 Nights
Travel through the Kalahari region of Namibia to the Fish River Canyon and on to the Aus and the ghost town of Kolmanskop. No visit to Namibia should be without a stay in the Na...
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The Fish River is the second longest river in Namibia with somewhat 650 kilometers. It originates in the eastern Naukluft Mountains and flows southwest of Ai-Ais into the Oranje River. Since the Fish River is already dammed in Hardap near Mariental, it usually carries only small amounts of water with it. In winter, during the dry season, you often see no water at all or only individual puddles.
The hike through the Fish River Canyon may only be carried out between 1 May to 15 September, i.e. in winter. In summer temperatures are too extreme for hiking.
The deep gorge of the fish River is not only an event of severe erosion, but at the same time a consequence of flexures and breakup of the shallow Nama layers.
From the Fish River Canyon it is only a short jump to Ai-Ais at the southernmost end of the canyon. Hot thermal water gushes from the springs of Ai-Ais. It is around 60 ° C hot and rich in sulfates, chlorides and fluorides. ‘Ai-Ais’ means ‘burning water’ in the Nama language.
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