After camping and a leisurely morning at Orange River on the Namibian border we set off to Fish River Canyon. Our journey was short-lived when our truck broke down. Luckily after a short delay of about 3 hours we were on the road. We drove straight through, arriving at Fish River Canyon at about 1730. We quickly set up camp and headed to the canyon so we could watch the sunset. The Canyon is one of the biggest in the world, over 27km across at the widest poi...

After surviving our first night camping we packed up and headed off early from Highlanders Campsite. We were driving most of the morning, with only a brief stop for supplies at Springbok, before our first border crossing at Orange River, from South Africa into Namibia. This seemed very easy, the officials were happy to chat and stamped our passports without any problems. We were told later that normally it takes much longer and is often more difficult. From he...