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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...
Carmen
US
Visited:
September 2015
Reviewed: Nov 16, 2015
Email Carmen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Namib-Naukluft National Park is a place of stunning scenery and the amazing ambience of Africa
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under the rare shade tree.Closer to Sosussvlei, there is an entrance gate with some very helpful rangers who can answer any questions one might have, and probably get a guide for anyone who would like one. Here you show a passport and pay a small entrance fee, and at this station you can park the car and take a break from the road. There's a small convenience store with drinks, food, postcards and some other souvenirs as well as a restaurant that also offers free, clean restrooms. Back on the road, which at this point is paved again, the drive is filled with spectacular scenery of towering orange dunes against a backdrop of cloudless azure skies. Here we saw more Gemsbok and Ostrich. Driving until the road ends at a car park, there are a few choices. You can take a ranger-driven vehicle to Sosussvlei, which takes about 20 minutes, you can walk there, or you can just walk the area surrounding the car park, including Hidden Vlei. Since our timetable was thrown by the unexpectedly long time it took to get there, we decided to hike to Hidden Vlei so we could start the return drive and hopefully get back to Walvis Bay before dark. There were so many incredible natural wonders to gaze at and photograph. It was hot, though not unbearably so (in September) and we got to spend a lot of time enjoying the beautiful views of the Namib Sand Sea. The stark trees, many petrified from the dry atmosphere, together with the towering orange dunes and deep blue sky, made for an awesome experience.
Before long, it was time to get back on the road. On the way back to Walvis Bay, we decided to stop at an extremely small town called Solitaire to get some gas. This is a really cool little place; there are old cars rusting and staged out in the desert near their gas station/convenience store and once again, lots of chances to get some very memorable photos. The people here were really friendly and lovely to chat with. The road was still fine to drive on as the sun began to set, but with no road lights and isolation, we were glad to be getting closer to Walvis Bay. We'd seen a few other cars on the way down, and almost no one else once we'd left Solitaire, just Gemsbok. As the sun began to set, we saw a sight that will stay with me forever: a dazzle of zebras. The group stood watching us as we stopped the car. It was phenomenal. The sky turned marvelous shades of orange and pink as the sun went down, and within a few more minutes we were back at our quaint little homestay: Omega B&B. The owners were relived to see us as they'd been waiting to make sure we got back from the drive ok. I think all we would've had to worry about was a flat tire, but luckily no such misfortune had befallen us. Namibia gave us an extraordinary experience, and we found ourselves immediately discussing when we might be able to return!
For more information and pictures, please go to my blog: http://bylandorbyair.blogspot.com/2015/11/namibia-namib-naukluft-national-park.html
Andrea Giuseppe Sanfilippo - Photographer
IT
Visited:
August 2015
Reviewed: Sep 28, 2015
Email Andrea Giuseppe Sanfilippo - Photographer | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing desert landscapes. The main park roads are crowded by tourists.
Nicole
Visited:
February 2015
Reviewed: Jul 8, 2015
I found the scenery in the Namib Naukluft National Park to be spectacular-like in another world!! It was the neatest experience to climb and descend the sand dunes. It was one of the many highlights of my trip! Amazingly we saw a fair amount of animals-the mountain zebras, springboks, and the beautiful oryx! I was ecstatic when I first spotted an Oryx and thought I had seen some kind of unicorn!!!
michielbesseling
NL
Visited:
April 2015
Reviewed: Jun 15, 2015
Email michielbesseling | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing beauty of dunes and desert
Namib Naukluft National Park is a beautiful park, but not a your typical safari destination. You won't see much game, nor will you see many birds. You will see a lot of sand, but it's beautiful. The patterns in the sand, the variations in colors of the dunes (older dunes are darker then younger dunes).
Visit Sossusvlei, Dead vlei and climb the popular Dune 45, the most photographed dune. Dunes can be as high as 300 meters.
I flew with a small plane from Dessert Air over Namib Naukluft national park and saw the endless desert, the fairy circles en de red dunes from above. A day i won't forget, ever.
Bruce from Cape Town.
ZA
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Jun 9, 2015
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
An amazing experience such that I would do it again at the drop of a hat.
The Namib Naukluft was part of the itinerary on a Capturearth photographic workshop.
We stayed at Wolwedans and at Sossus Dune Lodge.
Wolwedans was amazing with 5-star treatment and meals - real, classy "bush vibe" experience.
Sossus Dune Lodge was comfortable but very hot at the time. It is however a "must stay" destination if you wish to experience Deadvlei at it's photogenic best - that is, at dawn. Part of the program included a dawn helicopter flight over the Sossusvlei sand dunes which I can highly recommend.
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GB
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: May 26, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dunes as far as the eyes can see!
My brief trip was mainly around the Sossusvlei area of Namib Naukluft National Park. The thought of seeing sand dunes may not sound enticing at first but the dunes in Namibia are magical. There’s something alluring about the expanse of the desert - its endless curves of the dunes and the soft sand enveloping my feet. My highlight was the views on the top of the dune aptly named “Big Daddy”. It was well worth the 1 hour clamber to the top in the sweltering desert heat. The surreal landscape of Deadvlei will always leave an indelible image in my mind. Deadvlei is otherworldly and unmissable.
TwiGGyAth
IT
Visited:
June 2014
Reviewed: May 1, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
this is the most stunning place in Namibia you could see, that's definitely a must
Annette
US
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Apr 25, 2015
Email Annette | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris