The Skeleton Coast
One of the Earth’s most remote, starkly surreal and peaceful places is home to misty shores, rolling dunes, rare fossils, rugged mountains, ancient valleys, unique wildlife and endless space.
What Will I See?
- Desert-adapted black rhino, elephant, oryx, springbok, zebra, giraffe and occasionally lion and cheetah
- The largest free-ranging population of black rhino in Africa
- Shipwrecks and bleached whale bones on the pounding Atlantic shore
- Coastal desert dunes, canyons, plains, saltpans and mountains
- Long stretches of desolate sandy beaches
- Massive Cape Fur Seal colonies
- Unique welwitschia plants which take hundreds of years to grow
- The lush palm oasis of the Kunene River teeming with crocodiles
- Fascinating Himba culture
- Prolific birdlife
- Remote safari camps
What Can I Do?
- All day nature drives/walks with picnic lunch
- Rhino tracking
- Visit the “roaring dunes” as the sand slides toward the sea the sounds are unforgettable
- Himba cultural interaction with the last true nomads in Africa
- Bird watching
- Boating on the Kunene River
- Quad-biking
- Small aircraft flights over the area
- Hot air ballooning
- Romantic desert dinners
