17 July

We got up at dawn and drove to the upper reaches of the Fish River Canyon to view the massive cliffs dropping down into the river below. The Fish River Canyon is the second deepest canyon in the world, second only to the Grand Canyon in America.  Around us were black backed jackal, a troop of baboon and several springbok. We drank wine on the cliff edge as the sun went down.  On the way back to the campsite at dusk we saw mountain zebra and ostrich. There was nobody around and we had the whole place to ourselves.