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This pristine area is home to some of the rarest plant and animal species in the world. The animals of this harsh landscape include the oryx, springbok and Hartmann’s mountain zebra. One can also see the Welwitschia Mirabilis, an odd-looking desert shrub. One large, protected specimen is estimated at 1,500 years old.
The special attraction of the area is the captivating beauty and diversity of its landscape, which changes from expansive gravel plains to undulating dune seas, rugged canyons with towering walls of volcanic rock and distant mountain ranges. Namibia’s wild, frontier character permeates its vast, wide-open spaces, with fire-coloured dunes merging with an endless sky. These mountains of sand are most magnificent at the remote desert moonscape called Sossusvlei, home to the world’s tallest standing dunes. For the connoisseur of scenery, atmosphere and the unusual, there is nothing quite like the Namib.
