The Namib Desert is the main attraction of Namibia

2023 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 19:35

Namibia is an amazing country located in hot Africa. Despite the fact that most of it is occupied by the Namib Desert, it still manages to amaze travelers with a variety of landscapes, interesting sights and monuments created by nature itself. This is the safest state of all the countries in South Africa.

Namibia has sunshine almost all year round, making it an attractive resort area. Tourists from all over the world come here to admire the picturesque swamps of the Okavango Delta, look at the s alt plateau, reminiscent of space landscapes, red sand dunes of the desert, granite blocks and rock masses of the Skeleton Coast. All this is the beautiful, mysterious and distant Namibia. Tours are offered here all year round, but it is still better to come from May to October, during the dry winter season, then you will definitely be able to have a good rest.

The main attraction of Namibia is the Namib Desert. There are several translation options for its name: “open plains”, “a place where there is nothing”, “cruel valley”. The last name can emphasize temperature differences that reach a difference of 50 ° C. During the day in the desert it is unbearably hot, and at night it is very cold, because of which sharp shots can be heard in the dark - these are heated stones cracking in the cold.

In some places, from the Atlantic side, fog creeps over the Namib at night, which dissipates only closer to noon. The desert is as if divided into two parts: in the south is the Namib Naukluft National Park, and in the north is the Skeleton Coast National Park.

The desert covers an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers. In the southwest, the Namib joins the Kalahari, an even larger desert. It is one of the driest places on the planet, with only 10 mm of precipitation per year. Only in coastal regions live living creatures, the Namib Desert is almost uninhabited.

This is one of the oldest deserts in the world, the age of the Namib is about 80 million years. Therefore, here you can find amazing species of animals and plants that have adapted to such cruel living conditions. Some specimens are found nowhere else in the world. The desert is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, its shores are extremely populated. On the offshore islands, seabirds, seals and penguins can be seen building their nests despite the heat.

In the south of Namibia, the surface of the earth is covered with sand, closer to the coast it has a yellow-gray color, and deep into the desert - bright red. The sand starts from the longest river in South Africa, the Orange. You can tell by colorage, the redder and brighter it is, the older it is. The fact is that it contains iron particles, which oxidize over time.

The Namib Desert pleases tourists with sand dunes that stretch from north to south. There is also the highest dune in the world, its height is 383 m. Only in this place you can see the amazing velvichia plant, it grows in the north of the desert. Its lifespan is 1000 years, the plant consists of two large leaves that grow throughout its life, albeit very slowly.

Even in the desert you can have a first-class vacation. Namibia is a great country, impressive with its unique nature and friendly atmosphere.