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NAMIBIA
Namibia, one of the world’s last true wilderness areas is vast, fifth largest country in Africa and larger than France and Great Britain combined. It is famed for its immense landscapes that are devoid of people, limitless horizons, remarkable flora and abundant and unique wildlife; a place where elephants live in the desert and lions eat seals on beaches, an unusual spectacle!
Namibia’s abundant wildlife is arguably it’s greatest asset. Large game species also include rhino, giraffe, buffalo, hippo, leopard, cheetah, impala, oryx and many more. Dune-dwellers, reptiles and amphibians some of which are endemic to the country.
The plants are rare and can survive in extreme conditions such as a few drops of dew. Some are endemic to the region, the most famous being the quiver tree of the aloe family growing in the south and the welwitschia that grows only in the northern Namib. The difficult conditions under which the plants live allow very slow development: medium height plants are older than 1000 years and specimens that achieve 2m are about 2000 years!
Pretty little sleepy towns, of another era, were created when the diamond rush around 1910 began and diamonds in the Pomona area were so plentiful that they could be picked up from the ground with bare hands.
Its staggering geology boasts the world’s highest sand dunes, one of the world’s oldest deserts, and the second largest canyon. Climbing a dune at Sossusvlei to watch the sunrise it’s easy to see why Namibia is a photographer’s dream. The dunes are enchanting, totally unspoilt, and best of all, you have them to yourself.
The land’s wild and relentless nature has created the “Skeleton Coast”; the name is derived from the whale and seal bones that once littered the shore from the whaling industry and latterly the skeletal remains of the shipwrecks caught by offshore rocks and fog. This pristine Atlantic coastline is about 2000 km and is most spectacular.
Flying along the Skeleton Coast you will find roaring dunes, hundred-thousand-strong seal colonies, mysterious shipwrecks, intriguing desert-adapted plants and animals, and flocks of pelicans and flamingos. Namibia Kalahari Desert, vast and empty where giant ocher sand dunes of Sossusvlei dominate the landscape to the south and the famous Etosha National Park, a silvery pan and surrounding plains in the north of the country teem with game, making this park one of the world’s greatest wildlife viewing venues.
Namibia is the land of diamonds, gemstones and other minerals, some not found anywhere else, and have created wealth for the country.
Namibia offers the adventurer a wide range of activities such as hiking, parachuting, micro-lighting, hot-air ballooning, dune skiing, wild river rafting, lake diving, horse riding, and abseiling to name a few.
