Dan & Janice at Canyon

Fish River Canyon is the second largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon. Near the Orange River just across the border from South Africa, the canyon is 160km long and 27km wide and has a depth of up to 550 metres. At sunset, it was a very impressive place.

Trekking Africa - Cape Town to Namibia

December 20th 2007
Hi Everyone, Hope you have all been well since our last blog. We are now in the small, very German town of Swakopmund in Central Namibia on day six of our 41 day journey across Africa. After leaving Uganda we flew into Cape Town, South Africa (via Nairobi and Johannesburg) to spend a few days relaxing and seeing the sights before joining our group for the overland trek that will take us from C ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund

South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more

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