Tag: Namib Desert
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Sossusvlei, Dunes & 4×4 Routes
The approach to Sesriem becomes even more dramatic with the arrival of the Naukluft mountain range which borders to the East of the national park
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Namib-Naukluft, Welwitschia Drive & Camp Duikers
Believe it or not, there is yet another completely unique and barren landscape stretching to the horizon to discover. There sure is a lot of horizon in Namibia. We drive past age-old cart tracks and lichen playing dead in the hard-baked earth
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Cape Cross, Lounge Fires & Fish Braais
It is over three hundred kilometers of coastline down to Swakopmund and scenic but the landscapes of the Skeleton Coast are overwhelmingly superior. Our old friend Omukuruvaro (Brandberg Mountain) can be seen one hundred kilometres away
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Skeleton Coast, Dunes & The Restaurant at the End of the World
The mud huts of the Himba rise and disappear behind us interspersed by hills of baked sand the same colour as their linimented skin. We take a turning into the Namib Desert proper and the ancient coastline ahead
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Namib Desert, Fossil Forest & Welwitschia Mirabilis
The scenery has again changed by degrees of sand colour and heat but the desert is most definitely continuing. The sand is lighter, deeper and the air is drier
The Colour of Travel 