In the morning , a few of us decided to go rafting down the orange river while some others decided to do a 3 hour hike . Me and Alex decided to go rafting since we hiked last night. There were two people for one boat and each of us got a paddle. The river wasn't actually orange though, more of a brownish color . However , the rocks surrounding the river were orange . It was really peaceful on the river with some occassional rapids, nothing compared to white water rafting, but it was nice. There were a ton of African birds, although I can't remember their exact names. But they had long legs, long beaks and were black in color. There were also wild sheep. Vervet monkeys also live in the area, but we didn't see any while rafting. In the afternoon, we went to the Namibia border crossing, another visa stamp was added to my collection. After crossing over to Namibia, the landscape changed. It was sandy, looks like a desert. There were no paved roads, only gravel and dirt roads. There were no other cars and we did not see many people. We saw our first African animals while in our vehicle: kudu, springbok, and zebras. It was amazing. We arrived at the Fish River Canyon just in time for the sunset. This canyon is the second largest in the world after the Grand Canyon in the United States . Unlike Grand Canyon which was crowded with people , we were the only people there. For supper , we had vegetable soup with homemade bread. We ate this at the top of the canyon. Later that night, we drove to our campground (Hobas Rest camp) that was nearby. It's scorpion territory so we had to be extra careful with zipping up the tents, and had to wear closed shoes (which I didn't because I missed the memo), but I didn't see any regardless. There are 24 people in our group, and although we've only had 3 full days with each other, we've all become really good friends.