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Skeleton Coast
(Namibia)
Namibia’s most scenically dramatic destination is the Skeleton Coast. The Skeleton Coast is a region of haunting beauty, a landscape of rolling sand dunes and mile after mile of windswept beaches, interrupted only occasionally with shipwrecks and whale carcasses, seal colonies, and towering canyons.
An amazing number of animals and plants manage to eke out an existence in this harsh environment, as fresh water springs permeate through the desert to create oases which sustain pockets of life. Springbok, gemsbok, desert elephant, ostrich, jackal and brown hyena and plants like welwitschia have adapted to the harsh conditions. Other wildlife includes seals, bottlenose dolphins, whales and fantastic seabirds including African penguins, pelicans, petrels, gannets, cormorants and flamingos.
In and around the Skeleton Coast
Fly-in safaris are the best way to explore the Skeleton Coast. We operate through the Schoeman family, who have been running Skeleton Coast Fly-in Safaris for 30 years. Using light aircraft to hop around you will spend each night in a different area at tiny permanent camps with proper beds, hot bucket showers and flush loo.
Alternatively, for a more permanent base there is the luxury Skeleton Coast Camp run by Wilderness-Safaris, who offer 4x4 safaris with excellent guides. The Skeleton Coast can easily be combined with a visit to the fascinating Himba Tribe, pastoralists who lead a semi-nomadic life.
Accommodation in Skeleton Coast (Namibia)
Skeleton Coast Camp is a six-roomed luxury tented camp situated in the heart of Skeleton Coast Park. It is built on an island in the dry Khumib riverbed, about 20km inland from the coastline.
Skeleton Coast Safaris has been run by the Schoeman family for over 25 years and specialises in taking guests to the most remote wilderness areas of Namibia.
Other regions in Namibia
The Caprivi in the north-east of Namibia is a narrow strip of land, 450km long and 100km wide.
Damaraland is one of the most scenic regions in Namibia with stunning landscapes ranging from expansive sand dunes to soaring mountain peeks, ancient valleys, boulder strewn floodplains and curious rock formations.
Like all of Namibia's landscapes, Etosha National Park is immense. It is the third largest national park in the world.
Fish River Canyon is famous for its stunning geographical features. The Canyon, one of the largest in the world, meanders and corkscrews for almost 160 kilometres.
The Skeleton Coast is a stretch of coast in northern Namibia, famous for the numerous skeletal shipwrecks embedded in the shores and the almost inhospitable, yet incredibly beautiful, desert that surrounds them.
Sossusvlei’s apricot dunes, the largest in the world, are one of the main highlights of any trip through the Namib Dessert.
Swakopmund is Namibia’s largest coastal town and traditional 'summer capital'.
Looming 150 metres above the plains below, the Waterberg is a spectacular sandstone plateau, 50km long and 16km wide. The area is extremely lush and fertile with a mosaic of trees and savannah supporting an abundance of wildlife including many rare and threatened species.
Windhoek, Namibia's busy capital, is a brilliant tourist spot with impressive architecture, lots of good restaurants, and easy access to nearby reserves.
