Why this ride
A desert corridor with open geology, remoteness and strong visual character. It links naturally to Fish River Canyon.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fish River Canyon Road
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 159 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 32
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
May-Sep
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop is the capital of the south, which in Namibia means a flat, dry town of some fifteen thousand people where everything useful happens at once. It is the place you buy tyres, groceries and cash, and fill every container you own, before heading for the Fish River Canyon or turning west towards Aus and the coast. Treat it with that respect and it is a perfectly good place to be.
Read the complete Keetmanshoop write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Keetmanshoop sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Fish River Canyon.
2. Fish River Canyon
The Fish River Canyon is one of those places where the map and the eye disagree. On paper it is a crack in the far south of Namibia, in the Karas region, a long way from anything. In person the ground simply stops, and a gorge on the order of 160 kilometres long and well over 500 metres deep drops away in a series of giant hairpin bends carved by a river that only runs properly after the summer rains. It is regularly named as the second-largest canyon on earth, which is a claim worth a shrug, because standing at the rim you are not comparing it with anything.
Read the complete Fish River Canyon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fish River Canyon comes up 159 km in.
Recorded source links
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