Holidays in Fish River Canyon and Southern Region

The southern part of the dry and severe country, most of it (Sperrgebiet - prohibited territories) is not accessible to tourists because of the diamonds that are located here, which are prohibited. However, there are many places that deserve attention.

Luderica - a small port on the ocean. Founded by the Bremen Tobacco dealer, Adolph Luderic, in 1884, this town was the first German settlement in the then Zudvestafric. And now, he has become the largest hub of lobsters and oysters in Africa. It's worth looking at the Church of Felsenkirhe (1911-1912), the Görke House on the Diamond Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill Hill, a small private Museum, Luderica, and the colonies of houses in colonial style that have been retained since the golden fever. On both sides of the city ' s shore is a closed zone, but it is extremely vivid - rocks, caves, reefs, lagoons and many kilometers of wild shores, which are constantly broken by the mighties of the Atlantic Ocean. There are large numbers of marine animals living here, sea lions on Dias Point, Flamingo at Gross Buht, penguins on Galifax Island and numerous seabird colonies all over the coast.

And, of course, it's worth visiting abandoned cities and diamond mines south of Luderica - Elizabeth Bay, Pomona, Bogenfels and famous Colmansco♪ All these cities have a romantic and sad story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, rough diamonds were discovered in these places, and the Almas Bank was flooded with thirst streams. The towns were founded in the area of ghosts, built a railway, built infrastructure and built houses, schools, hospitals, etc. But the diamonds came out quickly, and the sand storms, the lack of drinking water and the heat drove the locals out of their homes to search for more wealthy deposits. There are amazing abandoned cities in the desert.

The town deserves a separate picture. Ai-Aisknown by its hot springs and by the fact that it is here that Fisch River Canyon, the second largest in Africa after the Blue Nile Valley in Ethiopia. And near the Fish River itself, the Apollo 11 Cave opened in 1969 is the oldest in Africa, the oldest of which is estimated to be 27