Explore the dramatic and ancient landscapes of Namibia, from its towering dunes to its vast canyons and unique coastal features.
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Two Million People, Vast Empty Land
Namibia has roughly two and a half million people spread across an area larger than Texas and Oklahoma combined, making it the second least densely populated country on…
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Oldest Desert on Earth Still Growing
The Namib Desert has been arid for at least fifty-five million years, making it the oldest desert on the planet. It predates the Sahara by tens of millions of years.
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Ancient Forces Carved Fish River Canyon
Fish River Canyon took roughly five hundred million years to form, making it one of the oldest geological formations on the African continent.
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Skeleton Coast Graveyard of Lost Ships
Over a thousand shipwrecks lie scattered along Namibia's Skeleton Coast, a five-hundred-kilometer stretch where the Benguela Current drives dense fog inland across the…
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Desert Waterfalls on the Kunene River
Ruacana Falls stretches seven hundred meters wide and drops a hundred and twenty meters — making it Namibia's largest waterfall and one of Africa's most impressive, yet…
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Fairy Circles and Thousand-Year Plants
Scattered across the Namib's gravel plains are millions of barren circular patches, each ringed by a fringe of taller grass.
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