Fish River Canyon from Hobas: choosing between a viewpoint and a trek
At Fish River Canyon, the key decision is not how much scenery to see, but whether Hobas’s rim is enough or the group is ready for a self-sufficient trek to Ai-Ais.
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Hobas is a base near the start of the hiking route and the main Fish River Canyon viewpoint. It offers a way to see the canyon without undertaking the trek to Ai-Ais.
The place
What makes it special
- A canyon viewpoint for taking in the scale of the landscape.
- Starting point for the roughly 90-kilometre hike to Ai-Ais.
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Sources and references
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- www.visitfishrivercanyon.com
- www.nwr.com.na
- www.namibian.com.na
- www.nwr.com.na
- www.visitfishrivercanyon.com
- namibian.org
- www.nwrnamibia.com
- travelnam.com
- Namibia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1030
- Namibia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q10594225
- Namibia · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Namibia · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Namibia · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Fish River Canyon · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Fish River Canyon, Karas, Namibia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Hobas · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
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Profile updated: 09/10/2026