Background
The Fish River Canyon Afrikaans: Visrivier Afgronde in Namibias South is one of the worlds largest Canyons and one of Namibias most recognised Natural Wonders. For more than 160 km the Fish River, Namibias longest river, washed into the ground up to 550 meters deep and up to 27 km wide.
The Fish River has its source in the Eastern Naukluft Mountains and in Richtersfeld flows into the Orange River, after travelling for more 650 km through the desert of Southern Namibia. In its lower part between Seeheim and Ai-Ais it crosses a mountain range and thereby forms the Fish River Canyon. Today nearly all of the Canyon is preserved by Nature Reserves: In the South where the deepest part is located by the Ai-Ais / Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, in the North by private Nature Reserves such as the Canyon Nature Park or Vogelstrausskluft.
