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Fish River Canyon Accommodation, Fish River Lodges in the second largest in the world, approximately 180kms of superb views and vistas for photography .
Fish River Canyon Accommodation 'Fish River Lodges in the second largest in the world, approximately 180kms of superb views and vistas for photography' .
Absolutely magnificent and breathtaking in its immensity, The Fish River Canyon is the worlds second largest canyon.
Formed by the river flowing through an arid environment over millions of years, the landscape here is desolate, dusty and rock strewn with enticing chasms..
The Fish River Canyon has become a popular hiking destination..
Ai-Ais hot springs in the base of the canyon for those who need to refresh those tired and weary bones.


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It is one of the largest canyons in the world (definitely the largest in Africa), as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia.
The Fish River is the longest interior river in Namibia, but its flow in the present is a puny trickle compared with the immense volume of water that poured down its length in ages past.
The river flows intermittently, usually coming down in flood in late summer, and when it ceases to flow it becomes a chain of long narrow pools on the sandy rock-strewn floor of the chasm.
At the lower end of the Fish River Canyon, the hot springs resort of Ai-Ais provides an oasis in the desolate rocky wastes..
This part of the canyon is government owned.
But there is an aspect of this wonderful land, which makes it quite different from the Grand Canyon in the USA : the fact that about 90 km of this canyon is privately owned and incorporated into Private Nature Parks.
Therefore, other places of interest and equally spectacular viewpoints, are found on private land on both sides of the Fish River Canyon..
Geology Upstream the river runs through horizontal dolomite strata.
These strata formed part of the formation of the Canyon about 650 million years ago.

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• The second largest canyon in the world.
The Fish River Canyon is a spectacular fissure in the earth, a sudden drop of several hundreds of metres into a narrow gorge.
The canyon stretches on for 161km and at the bottom, trickles the Fish River..
This is also where the gruelling Fish River Hiking Trail is set, a five day walk over 86km on the floor of the canyon.

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view basket clear basket Fish River Canyon One of the natural wonders of Africa, the grandeur of the canyon is only surpassed by the Grand Canyon in the USA.
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The Fish River Canyon is second in size only to the famous Grand Canyon in the United States.
The road running along side the eastern edge of the canyon affords amazing views of this natural wonder.
The Fish River Canyon is a high recommended site to visit while on a South Africa holiday in Namibia.
I recommend visiting the viewpoint at the start of the Canyon Trail, this is the best spot to view the gorge below.' Duncan, Iglu Sales Consultant (from Zululand).

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