Grünau Country Hotel and Rest Camp

Moving on towards the coast after your stay, it's about an hour and a half's drive to the spectacular Fish River Canyon, a huge 160-kilometre ravine making up the biggest canyon in Africa. Most of it is privately owned, but public viewpoints are at Hobas, an hour and 15 minutes' drive from the hotel. Take the Fish River Canyon trail for along the canyon to hike the 88 kilometres of the Fish River to Ai-Ais, a challenge that should take about five days. Handily, the finishing point of Ai-Ais is famed for its hot springs rich in sulphur and fluoride. Driving towards South Africa from the hotel, it's an hour and 15 minutes to the Namibia border town of Noordoewer and then the South African town of Vioolsdrif, both on the Orange River.