The Namib Desert along the Atlantic Ocean coast distinguishes Namibia, a nation in southwest Africa.
A variety of wildlife can be found throughout the nation, including a sizable cheetah population.
German colonial-era structures can be found in the capital Windhoek and the beach town Swakopmund, including the 1907-built Christuskirche in Windhoek.
The salt pan at Etosha National Park, which is in the north, attracts animals like rhinos and giraffes.
Hollywood movies
Many high-budget movies have chosen Namibia’s spectacular landscapes, which range from barren deserts to dazzling salt pans, as their setting.
A few examples include A Space Odyssey (1968), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and Flight of the Phoenix (2006).
Tallest sand dunes in the world
With a height of more than 1200 feet, Dune 7 earned its name for being the seventh dune past the Tsauchab River on the way to Sossusvlei.
This region is a sizable depression or clay pan, towered over by enormous sand dunes that can reach heights of 300 meters.
Largest underground lake
The largest underground lake in the world is located 100 meters below the surface of the Kalahari Desert in a cave known as the Dragon Breath Cave.
The word “Dragon Breath” strangely describes the cool, fresh ‘breath’ that one encounters oozing from the cave’s mouth.
The lake is also home to the rarest fish in the world, a type of catfish that is only found there and is thought to number no more than 200.
Skeleton Coast
The Skeleton Coast is a spectacular area of land where Namibia meets the Atlantic Ocean.
In the past, it was practically impossible to launch boats from the shore in this region of Namibia’s north, and the only way to reach the ocean was across a sizable marsh that could only be reached by crossing a scorching desert.
The Skeleton Coast has seen a number of deadly shipwrecks due to its harsh environment.
Oldest desert in the world
The Namib desert, the oldest on the planet at 80 million years old, is renowned for harbouring some of Africa’s strangest plant and animal life.
With the exception of a few small native communities, this enormous 2,000 km2 area is virtually uninhabited.
The desert elephant, ostrich, oryx, and indigenous Namib Desert beetle are some of the animals that live there and have been specially adapted to the habitat.
Fish River Canyon
The Fish River Canyon in Namibia is the second-largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon.
Fish River Canyon is Namibia’s second-most visited destination, yet it only gets a fraction of the number of visitors that the Grand Canyon does.
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San legends, which are deeply ingrained in the canyon, claim that a large serpent excavated this wide crevasse.
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