Orange River Odyssey

A fun 4 day paddle down the Orange River with Jo, Antony, Sam and Matt through gorgeous desert scenery.

The highlights were:

• Bonding with the family. I even shared a canoe with Matt for several sections of the way.
• The big rapids on the 3rd day.  None of us capsized!
• The great food our guide made us.  We ate like kings.
• The stunning Witches Mountain where we stayed on the final night and the stupendous view of the stars from there.
• Lovely people including Frazer and Piet and Ronnel and their two girls.
• Some nice swims in the river.
• Staying at a nice B&B in Springbok on the way home and making Matt laugh like I've never made him laugh before, playing silly devils with a heavy cushion.

The lowlight was undoubtedly getting a bad cold and fever on the second day and feeling like death but still needing to paddle in the heat.  Jo was my engine for the day and saved my life!

Paddling through beautiful scenery

Out on the water

Colourful crocs

Camping along the way

Wonderful company

Witches Mountain

This is the gorgeous vista we had from the beach where we camped on the third night.  The stars here in the night sky were absolutely amazing - I saw three shooting stars in the space of just 10 minutes.

Fish River Canyon (Namibia)

We stayed at the Ai Ais hot springs for a few days on the way to The Orange River.  It was sweltering hot but fun, especially swimming in the hot pools when it cooled down at night.  We did a drive to the gorgeous Fish River Canyon on the one day.