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DSNam
NA
Visited:
July 2016
Reviewed: Jun 5, 2017
Email DSNam | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Namib-Naukluft is vast and is a place of spectacular scenery - from the Atlantic coastline, the sand sea of the Namib to the rugged terrain inland.
VariousCuriousStuff.com
GR
Visited:
December 2014
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2017
Email VariousCuriousStuff.com | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wilderness in its entire splendor!
An ideal place to experience quietude and divinity. Barely witnessed any sign of human presence at all throughout my staying in the park. Immense areas of empty desert and desolate mountains where various refined for such harsh conditions creatures live. Climbing a dune through dawn to marvel at the desert sunrise, and hiking for a few hours through the extreme desert heat to Sossusvlei salt/clay pan and its for-ages-immemorial-dead trees were among the highlights of the trip.
ronmcbride66
GB
Visited:
September 2016
Reviewed: Jan 8, 2017
Email ronmcbride66 | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
s_andreja
SI
Visited:
June 2016
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2016
Email s_andreja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Not sure if Namib Naukluft National Park qualifies as a safari destination. However, the scenery is breathtaking beautiful. A definite-must.
Ian Robertson
The breathtaking beauty of the desert left me speechless.
I had high hopes of the park as a I like deserts. But the colours and shapes of the landscape far exceeded my expectations. I loved the Namib desert. It is surprising how animals can survive in such a harsh environment but they do. The sight of Oryx (in my view the most beautiful of the antelopes) set against the massive, golden dunes will stay with me forever. The lodge we stayed in was the friendliest and prettiest in our whole trip.
Anant
US
Visited:
February 2016
Reviewed: Apr 23, 2016
Email Anant | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An extraordinary experience
We went during the "rainy" season (I put it in quotes because the area has been experiencing a multiyear drought; most of the riverbeds we saw were dry). This is the low point for tourism, which worked to our advantage; during high season, the dunes are apparently crawling with tourists.
The gvt does an exception job maintaining the park - they are clearly well-prepared for tourists. We went on a guided tour from our lodge. The park is enormous - we went at daybreak, and spent a few hours driving straight into the park. We stopped at one of the massive dunes and took 45 minutes to climb up and down it. You must try it - that experience was so fun!
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Dune sand is unlike any sand you're used to - it's not coarse at all, it's like silk. I highly recommend bringing a waterproof container with you and taking some sand with you, you'll want to bring some home with you. (Also, go up the dunes barefoot in the morning when the sand is cool, and run down them - it's a lot of fun!).The Deadvlei was breathtaking - just as spectacular in person, a photographer's dream. And much bigger than one expects from photos!
Overall, visually stunning, and a unique experience. So glad we chose Namibia!
paulafrenchp
GB
Visited:
October 2015
Reviewed: Apr 10, 2016
Email paulafrenchp | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
An amazing experience the dunes have to be seen to be believed
Anna Wikman
ET
Visited:
November 2015
Reviewed: Mar 22, 2016
Email Anna Wikman | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
For sand lovers <3
First stop was Desert camp in Sossusvlei, just outside theNamib Naukluft National Park entrance . The camp has a gas station next door equipped with cold beer, ice cream, bbq stuff and outside the store by the camping tables a mist raining over you when you're eating your ice-cream. Big plus in the heat.
Gates open between 6.00-6.45am (depending on season), but be at the gate at least 15-20 min before. We came just 5 min before and had a whole caravan before us waiting at the gate.
The morning drive was just amazing, no pot holes, red dunes, a few oryxes running in the sun rise. We drove to the Sossusvlei area to do the morning desert drive, prepared to do it ourselves in out powerful 4x4. Arriving to the end
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of the tarmac road though we spotted the first 4x$ stuck in the sand, we quickly decided to take the park service. No doubt would it been fun to drive around in the sand, but the heat comes quickly and if you want to save time and energy, take the service.Hiking in the sand is tough, bring water, sun screen and a hat. Arriving to Deadvlie we spotted a beautiful fashion shooting taking place, which says something about the scenery. If you are planning to hike up the Sossusvlei dune, do that in the early morning.
Solitaire is a great stop on the way, great coffee and apple cake and a lot of vintage cars having out in the back ground makes great scenery.
fabuloustravel
CH
Visited:
April 2015
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2016
Email fabuloustravel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great remote desert views and scenery
The Namib naukluft national park is a great spot to see and experience a rugged red rock sand and desert landscape. It is however rather poor for wildlife viewing, except a few Orzx Antelopes.
Louis Esparbès
FR
Visited:
August 2015
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2015
Email Louis Esparbès | under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dunes, dunes, gemboks, dunes... Wonderful desert ! The power of beauty is strong there...