Hillside near Springbok
Goegap Nature Reserve
Spring flowers in Namibia
Fish River Canyon9/20-9/26 Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Aus, Namibia
After breakfast, the group took a tour bus to the BoBo Campers Depot. We were assigned a 2007 IVECO Camper van 20 feet long with 186,000 km on it. We were a bit disappointed that we got an old RV while some lucky couples got a brand spanking new one. The first week of the trip consisted of driving north into Namibia. In Namibia we drove sand roads 3-6 hours a day. With the constant jarring and vibration, the vans were subjected to a lot of stress. Surprisingly, the new vans started to fail first, with A/C and cabinets literally falling off the walls. The older vans had survived this trip before - took the beating and kept on trucking. We did have rest days to recover from the jarring drive days. Although the days were warn, the first few nights got very cold. Cold nights came to an abrupt end at our first layover; Fish River Canyon. It was like sleeping in a Dutch oven as the canyon walls radiated their heat back to the campground during the night. Fish River Canyon claims to be (along with others) the second largest canyon after the Grand Canyon. It was a decent canyon, but not as colorful as the Grand Canyon. We did start to see more wildlife as we moved north; ostrich, gemsbok, springbok, and wild horses.
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