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The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia. Immediately south of Angola, it stretches from the Kunene River to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast.
Mar 10, 2019 · The Skeleton Coast National Park is a fascinating coastal strip with high sand dunes, empty beaches, mysterious shipwrecks and Africa’s largest seal colony. A road trip through this national park is absolutely a must on your Namibia travel itinerary!
- SKELETON COAST SHIPWRECKS. The thick fog that often envelops this coast has claimed many ships. Over the centuries thousands have been stranded on the rocks and sandbars that stretch out into the sea and many sailors have met a watery grave.
- CAPE CROSS SEAL COLONY. The thousands of seals at the Cape Cross Seal Colony produce an enormous stench and a cacophony of sound as they make their way to and from the sea to feed on hake, mackerel and lantern fish.
- THE MARCHING DUNES OF THE SKELETON COAST. In the southern section of the Skeleton Coast Park, the scenery is stark and desolate. Wide expanses of flat grey gravel reach to the horizon where it shimmers and distorts from the heat of the earth.
- LIFE DEFYING THE ODDS IN DRY RIVER BEDS. There s almost no rain on the Skeleton Coast. The cool air from the sea and lack of mountains in the area stop clouds from forming, making it one of the driest places on earth.
Dec 18, 2021 · Skeleton Coast is a national park located on Namibia’s northern coast. It covers 6,200sq miles, but very little of this space is easily accessible to the public. There’s only 100 miles of accessible road. The last 200 miles of coast can only be reached by plane.
Detailed map of Skeleton Coast National Park showing the location of all major lodges, tented camps, attractions, campsites, rivers and roads!
The world’s largest ship cemetary. The so called Skeleton Coast is a 40 km wide and 500 km long coastal stretch in Namibia, a hostile but fascinating area. Here the cold and unpredictable Benguela Current of the Atlantic Ocean clashes with the dune and desert landscape of north-western Namibia.
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Jun 22, 2018 · Thoroughly untamed: Extending 500 kilometers between the old German colonial town of Swakopmund and the Angolan border of Namibia's coastline, the Skeleton Coast is virtually uninhabited.
