WOW - Namibia's Fish River Canyon | Sailing Florence Ep.132
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- STUCK IN QUICK SAND, whilst hiking the 2nd Largest Canyon in the world. Having sailed to Namibia we could not set off across the ocean without exploring the amazing natural environment that we found ourselves in. Exploring the Namibian interior with cruising friends we took on the challenge of the Fish River Canyon hike, we found stunning landscapes and crazy desert night skies.
We have been sailing around the world for 6 years after setting off from England in 2016 on board our 37ft sail boat Florence. Join us as we share the highs, lows, and challenges of travelling around the world by boat, Sailing offshore across the Oceans and exploring remote locations with our own little tiny house. Boat life out at sea on the ocean and off the grid.
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00:00 - Intro
01:52 - Getting to Fish River Canyon
04:10 - Day 1 in the Canyon
10:46 - Crazy Desert Night Skies
11:46 - Day 2 in the Canyon
13:10 - Getting lost
14:33 - Stuck in Quick Sand
21:14 - Next Time
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Music in order as played:
Epic Story - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Keep Walking - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Running Clouds - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Reflective Piano - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Road Blues - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
To a New Land - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Green Acres - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Absolutely stunning footage of a land most of us will never see. Thanks so much for posting and fair winds ahead. from Devon,UK
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Also from Devon!
There are lions in the Namibian desert,be careful
Indescribable night sky. That has got to be the best toilet view imaginable.🌃
I follow your journey for years now, in my eyes you two are the best filmers of all sailing channels
Thank you for visiting Namibia and appreciating the beauty of our Country.
You have taken your cinematography to a new level of excellence with this video ! The night sky filled with stars was simply stunning. I have backpacked and camped in very remote areas in the US but none approached the clarity and sheer impossibly large number of stars visible in Fish River Canyon. Love the rustic camps and "loo with a view" !
I had to watch this twice. The second time on my large screen HD tv. The film making is just gorgeous. You have really outdone yourselves with this little epic. Thank you,
A beautiful, interesting and entertaining video. Your prductions keep getting better and better. This is so well produced that the BBC would be proud of it.
I agree, just superb !
Absolutely stunning footage. To Netflix - make sure you get hold of these guys in the future - people will pay good money to see the adventures of Sailing Yacht Florence
I am living in South Africa and have been to Namibia many times. You captured the dessert feeling in an absolutely stunning way. Your videomaking skills are outstanding. Great video. Thanks
Hi guys. I have been watching for a while and your filming is getting so good. Absolutely stunning scenery and gorgeous night shots. Wish your episodes were weekly. But worth waiting for. Next weeks episode looks just as good!
What an amazing night sky I don't think I would have slept for star gazing, intrepid explorers thank you for taking us along.
You kids are so BLESSED!!!! It's always enjoyable seeing you kids having FUN!!!!! Thanks for sharing the beauty of God's AWESOME creation.
I am very happy that you got the chance to experience the country of my birth.
Beautiful video, and as has become the standard in recent videos, excellent, excellent choice of music!
Also quite liked the bit when Namibia conspired to keep Amy there...
It reminded me of my trip to Namibia 4 years ago. What a fantastic country. Amazing views and wildlife. The people were so friendly and eager to help you with routes and identifying different tracks and animals. Becareful going night walking though. In some places that puts you firmly on the menu!
The usual excellent cinematic and drone shots and well constructed story. Thank you.
In my mind i always thought that the skys over southern africa both on land and at sea were the best that i ever saw thank you for confirming this i first saw this in 1964 in my mind it seems like yesterday thank you
Epic adventure, I absolutely loved this episode. Thank you Matt and Amy
Skies, plural for sky.
What an incredible hike! I love the details of the camp sites- nothing over blown, just stunning views & cool layouts with vistas as the focus! Buuuut, after a long day of hiking & avoiding getting sucked into quicksand- what a glorious retreat! Incredible footage, loved the end of day lighting- very cool that you got the drone up in time to catch it!
11:43 (edit 11:23) That sky! Oh my gosh. I've seen pictures like that in magazines and on physicist Brian Cox's shows. Always thought they were enhanced in some way or in another galaxy! But to see them here with your camera...just Beautiful!
Like always, very perfect balance of text, music and images, nothing to mutch, nothing to short, or litle
That was SPECTACULAR! And the Best Bathrooms EVER 👍❤️🙏✌️🖖. Well Done All of You.
Hello from Alberta Canada. Excellent choice for a land excursion have done the Grand Canyon the Fish River Canyon is certainly equal in most respects. However the true isolation and night sky at Fish River definitely superior,. Thanks for taking the time to document it for us must have been a challenge to remember to pick up a camera with so much to take in.
Stunning scenery beautifully captured on video. I hope your journey north along the Namibian coast allows you to visit Walvis Bay and meet the amazing Dreyers, Naude and Katja and family and their colleagues Antoine, Denzil and Wally and Kat and all the other Ocean Conservation Namibia team members. If you haven't seen their videos of the rescue and release of seals at Pelican Point and Cape Cross from entanglements with ocean borne plastic detritus then please do. You are in for a treat.
I follow them and their rescues are amazing .
Sleep walking could be quite hazardous at the first camp site.
Interesting to see how the hike trail has changed over the years, I hiked and canoed it back in 1985, the only shower facilities were having a bath in the river.
Just WOW!
Thank you SO MUCH for this adventure.
You two are the BEST.
What wildlife do you have to be concerned about? OR , on the flip side, what wildlife can you expect to encounter?
What a stark and glorious landscape.
Quiet. Yes! I had one camp night recently that had NO human noise... except for an occasional jet. Birds, insects, breeze and NO light pollution. I need to do that again. SOON!
I look forward to each of your videos.
Thank you again.
Your cinematography and video editing has exploded in the last six months. It’s spectacular. Thank you for sharing your journey with us and your experiences as you travel the world. Z.
Looks so familiar to me . Did that trip 40 years ago and hitch-hiked about 16 times through South West Africa /Namibia. Its an amazing environment which looks after itself.
Another major fascination is the meteorite nearby which struck in 1902 . It is an iron one about 12 ft in diameter .
The hottest temperature I ever hitch-hiked in was also nearby on the national road north to Mariental . It was a boiling 51 Celsius . On that day I drank 14 litres of water and sweated out every drop with none to have a leak. I had to sit because I felt so faint. Only stood up to wave a car down every now and again. Thanks to water and my spare sugar and salt to add otherwise I would have passed out.
Best cinematography of any sailing channel, period. Well done guys!
your videos are always good but this was one of the best - and it wasn't even about sailing! :-)
That must be the best photographs of the night sky ever seen. Fantastic. Well done. Love the content.
Stunning night sky images. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait until next time. Stay safe. 😊
Hi guys great video of one of my favourite places .....always thought one had to do the whole canyon as a hike 8 days ....the 2 days looks more my style .....enjoy... Mike from Zimbabwe
Just.....WOW!!! Stunning scenes...
Namibia is one of those places I wish I had visited but never got around to it.
Those campsites looked incredible and the scenery was awesome, I can't wait for the next episode !!!
1 of the best "sailing videos" I have yet to see. Just terrific guys. LOVED IT! see you next week.
I've been watching since the Cape of Storms episode, and I love the content y'all put out. No other documentary / vlog series (Including professional tv documentaries) has been able to so perfectly show the wonder and awe in Sailing, History, and the World. In a world where far too much of history (Especially for kids) is about memorizing dates and specific events, your content provides the kind of nostalgic 'Tales of old from faraway lands' that works as a sort of gateway drug to history. Your content somehow manages to encapsulate the feeling of a story-telling session with a well-traveled grandparent or old salt sailor. Keep up the good work. You're storytelling ability is so far unparalleled!
Fair winds and Following Seas,
-J
You both have an eye for presenting fabulous views!
I always have wanted to be out at night free from light pollution so that I can stare at the light of the stars that may have taken hundreds of million if not a billion of two years to get here for me to see. I admire you and people like you who have had the thrill of seeing the night sky, and taken a pictures of light from stars that may not even exist anymore. Well done Florence! Best, Webhead USA
Matt & Amy Hi. I have been watching your videos for quite a while now. Your video coverage and quality is amazing. I watch your video's whilst having dinner and relaxing after work. What a journey you guys have had so far. Not every leg has been great but I am sure you will agree the majority have been amazing. It was a great idea you decided to try scuba diving as you were travelling to some amazing diving destinations. I am a dive master and have been diving for many years. I am living in the UK and was also at sea with the merchant navy. I am originally from the Island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic. If you are heading that way I will ask my friends there to take you out diving. Larry "Nails" Thomas who runs the local dive club or his son Anthony "Nails". Just ask anyone on the harbour to put you in touch with them....actually the yacht club and dive club are next to each other on the harbour. My name is Mike but like my friends I also have a nickname "Cookie"
Have fun and fair winds across the Atlantic.
Amazing country….. I should go there next.
Wow guys that was amazing. I lived in SA, but never went there. It looks like a awesome place. Safe travels from New Zealand. 👌
Spectacular 👍👍👏👏👏. Great documentary of the hike, and what a great job the trekking company are making of if. Wonderful experience, thank you for sharing 🤗🤗🤗
Absolutely awesome photography. Well done.
I live on a small plot of land in NZ, I also have and open air lavvy where I can watch the world go by. Mine is nowhere near that lavish or spectacular, but I do, on occasion, fly my drone from there and it has a wonderful valley view. It was once an old country school restroom, school long gone but the toilet still remains 90yrs on. Nothing like open air comfort and a view to kill.
Lovely video as always.
More stunning scenery from a beautiful southern Africa ..........
Absolutely first class production values and content. Your best Episode ever in our minds and hardly a shot of a boat. Thank you.
Your videos are getting just wow! Very very impressed. The music story… guy’s seriously. Well done! Talent is showing itself and I think many will agree. Keep up the great work.
I have watched all of your videos, some I have watched multiple times; but this is one of your best. Your pictures of that beautiful night sky are just stunning. I envy your grand adventure but I am so glad that you share it with all of us. Be safe and thank you for this wonderful look and a world most of us would never see.
Wow! What an amazing place....one of your best vlogs yet for scenery
A First class Video about a world
Region you never see on highly financed TV- Channels. Keep Going on, nice greetings from northern Germany.
It's hard to sum up the quality and inspirational content of this video, words fail me, you've captured heaven on earth. Thanks from a wet Cumbria
WOW! National Geographic could not have done any better. Ya'lls cinematography is so professional. Great job! Dee and Deb, Chesapeake Bay Virginia, USA
Quality Quality Quality !!!
Terrific scenery and the cinematography was top notch , Nat. Geo. good.
Harsh but beautiful country and the vision you guys provide is just stunning. Impressed with the facilities to cater for hikers - well thought out. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Amazing video guys - Namibia is definitely one of those places I would love to visit.
Absolutely stunning. It's just keeps getting better and better. Best wishes from Ireland
That view of the Milkyway 👌🏾
Even if I must admit that my dream is very far from trudging through a canyon in Namibia under a blazing sun, I must admit that this video is superbly shot, that the landscapes are impressive and majestic, and that the quality of the shooting, the editing and musical accompaniments achieve here a rare quality. Thank you for this documentary which perfectly conveys the heat, the drought and the apparent absence of life in this canyon.
Fantastic! And I had no idea this amazing canyon existed!
Your videos never disappoint, All class Thank you
You're setting the bar very high guys. Another wonderful episode, thank you. I could watch those star fields for ever.
Incredible!!! Stunning!!! Don't know what else to say. This hike looks totally awesome!!!
That cricket with the large gangly legs is called a Parktown Prawn or a Koring Kriek in Afrikaans
Thanks for taking us along! Awesome adventure! Cheers 🍻
What a wonderful canyon with lot of stratum like an open book on the past geology of the Earth!
That is amazing. Thanks for taking us along!
Wow! You really have evolved as videographers. I thoroughly enjoy your cunning storytelling mixed with vlog elements (and of course your personality). There is no other sailing channel like yours. Cheers
That was mind blowing. What a unique experience and sooooo well documented. Really a great edit. Thanks so much for sharing. I know how much work it is.
Stunning video as always .. hope the Namibia tourist board are sponsoring you ! … loved the hands off trek .. if it had been NZ there would have been signs everywhere, dont do this, dont leave litter etc, with safety first ropes all over the place .. !
That was absolutely stunning! I may never get to see this in person but I want to thank you for sharing this! Amazing!
Thanks you two to show the world there I live I slept a lot under that sky I appreciate this very much life is so short
Hi guys thanks for the video I did a 7 day track in a place called Chang-mi North of Thailand it was the hardest for you ever need in my life but the most rewarding those couple of days track the new guys did reminded me of that but unfortunately on our trip there was no beer and no great place to sleep but it was fantastic 35 years later I still think of it like it was yesterday I believe you guys will always remember this hike , Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia
Your videos are so very interesting and your technique and the way you frame your stories just blow my mind. You have become very professional cinematographers worthy of a paying audience rather than simply amateur videographers on UA-cam ( not that there is anything wrong with that). You deserve the broadest possible audience. Thank you for your efforts and skills.
Indiana Jones eat your heart out :-)! Great video! I miss those stary skies - Really impressed with your shots! Proper epic hike, looked like an oven! Type 2 fun :-)!
What I don't know would fill volumes. You are exploring the 2nd largest canyon in the world. Heck, I didn't know it existed. If ya stop by America you might enjoy the Grand Canyon. You 2 are so fortunate. Have a wonderful time!
An amazing video of an amazing area. Thank You for sharing it.
Absolutely stunning 😳 vloggers! Brave sailors in the dessert - you are!!!!
We live our adventures thru your eyes and travels. I enjoy every minute of these videos.
Really good cinematic footage and editing. Thanks for showing us.
Those night sky photos were awesome 😎😎
Oh! So! Different. Matt & Amy, keep em coming.
What an incredible end to the hike. Just awesome.
Just wow you guys! The narration and cinematography was on point❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Florence, beautiful 🤩
Really cool, thanks for sharing your adventure.
Lovely meeting the two of you on St Helena. Hope to see you in the Caribbean.
Wow. Just wow. That was the most stunning, epic and mind-blowing... MOUSTACHE... I've ever seen :-)
What a spectacular place to be!! I love your photography it just captures the desert so well!!! I really does speak to you with a lot of drama and emotions! You guys have gotten very, very good at this! Those places reminded me of my time last fall in Monument Valley, the absence of sound was very emotional for me and the light from the stars at night was awesome to feel!! I am enjoying your trip as much as you are! Thanks, keep up the good work!!
One of your best yet! stunning photography matched by just the right music. Namibia is on my bucket list now!
Well done guys, fantastic video.
That night sky 😍
Hi guys. There are no words to describe how good that was. top drawer videography as usual. Thank you
Awesome episode, thank you!
Once again great adventure. We have world class canyons here in the US, In Oregon the lower John Day River, and Owyhee River are spectacular. In Utah, we paddled the lower Green River, another world class canyon trip. Keep up the good work, love your travels.
Your videos just keep getting better and better worthy of being on national geographic ♥️♥️
Good footage, loved the drone shots. If you are ever back in Australia the sky in Central Australia at night is spectacular with a view of the Southern Cross. Safe travels.
What an Experience.
Awesome
Absolutely beautiful. Your best video yet x
Just incredible guys, your adventures keep inspiring, amazing that you've all but circumnavigated with just you two in a 37 footer, not to mention that your vids have gone from good to great. Bloody good job and thanks so much for putting it out there for others. Legends.