Fish River Canyon – Cool Erosion!
Fish River Canyon, Namibia – is apparantly, the next biggest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon.
It’s also called Visriviercanyon. The Fish River Canyon is about 30 kilometres wide at its widest point, 160 kilometres long and up to 550 metres deep.
The Namibian government proudly claims it’s the next biggest canyon after the Grand Canyon, but that’s irrelevant – I think it’s still an impressive piece of erosion. I’ve included a photo below:
The Fish River Canyon carves a meandering brown gorge through the Namib Desert; however a slight trickle of token water does dribble at the bottom – a real novelty for water-short Namibia.
When I visited, countless eroded corrugated fingers of dirt descend into the canyon whilst the Namibian sun altered the fingers’ hues and shadows every few minutes.
However, I was most impressed by the following advisory sign placed at the entry point for overzealous hikers at the Fish River Canyon.
Based on this useful advisory sign, I assumed the major cause of hiker death in the Fish River Canyon was explosive diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli poisoning, rather than the more adventurous-sounding broken limbs caused by mauling lions, or even worse, jock rash.
But, you wouldn’t want to spoil this place anyway. It’s simply amazing. Check it out if you’re ever around South West Africa.
Just so you don’t leave yourself behind, I’d suggest investing in a map like the National Geographic Adventure Map Fish River Canyon & Richtersveld.
Other things to do in Namibia – have a drink at the Gin and Tonic Bar, smell the second biggest collection of Seal Urine and Poo in the world, and spot the Sand Sign.
These are all fantastic things to do after visiting the Fish River Canyon.
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Namibia’s Fish River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world, after the Grand Canyon and the Blue Nile Gorge. The only reason why people don’t consider the massive Blue Nile Gorge to be a canyon, is because of the name.
It is amazing to see, and Namibia as a country is a wonderful place with loads of interesting attractions.
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Among adventure lovers, Fish River Canyon Namibia is even more popular because of its very challenging hiking trail.
Fish river Canyon is a huge place and people should not go there alone, the water has made its way through these channels causing it to create craters and passages along its way
It is truly an amazing view, I wish i can visit there one day.
Canyons may look dull because all you will see is just the formation of rock. But this what makes it exceptional, the fantastic formation of rock that is unusual. It’s one the photographers’ destination. Unfortunately, I haven’t visited this place yet, but I’ll surely take a personal view in this place.