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With Mules through the Canyon - 24.09.07
"It’s simply fantastic: the hike in the wild, this huge meandering canyon, bathing in potholes, the evening campfire, falling asleep under the starry firmament." This is the essence of the comments made by the participants in the new Trekking Tour offered by Mule Trails Namibia. The tour’s trial run was in mid-September.

  
  Hiking enthusiasts who are physically fit and adventurously minded enjoy the rugged beauty of almost pristine nature in the second largest canyon on earth with just a light rucksack containing the day’s necessities. Luggage and equipment is carried by mules. A qualified guide points out and explains rock formations, which are millions of years old, as well as the unique flora and fauna. Nights are spent in tents or in the open, depending on personal preferences and outside temperatures.  
   
Hiker and mule enjoy the grand vistas at the canyon.
Photo: Mule Trails Namibia
  In contrast to the existing five-day hikes with full backpacks from Hikers' Point to Ai-Ais, the mule tours take place in the wilderness area north of the main lookout point. The landscape is characterised by gorges up to 500 m deep, which meander in many twists and bends through layers of rock which are millions of years old. The flora includes unique plants like quiver tree, candelabra euphorbia or tamarisk; game, e.g. mountain zebra, klipspringer, kudu, springbok and ostrich, is abundant in the area.
  The Canyon Fish Eagle Trail takes 5 days (5 nights) and is conducted between 1 May and 16 September - with 4 to 7 participants. Some of the tours can be booked with transfer from and to Windhoek.  
  - For more on the hiking tour see www.mule-trails-namibia.com

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