FRIDAY 1ST - FISH RIVER CANYON

Today's expedition was all about the canyon, allegedly the second largest in the world after the Grand Canyon.

It was certainly large and certainly grand. It is about 100 kilometres in length, up to 20 kilometres wide and 500 metres deep. Very impressive.

We are no longer doing game spotting as such but that doesn't stop us spotting game. Two new species for today, a mountain zebra, as distinct from a Burchell's zebra and a klipspringer. The mountain zebras differ from the other species in that their stripes are much closer together therefore they have more their belly is white and, to state the obvious, they live in mountainous areas.

 

 

There is a little artificial waterhole in the central area of the lodge and it may well be the only water for some distance. There is no sign of any other water in the vicinity. The local animals obviously come to visit including an oryx this morning.

We also encountered some baboons today when we visited some hot springs in the area. This fellow had just ripped somebody's camp to bits.

Heading further south tomorrow.