The Namib Desert is a narrow belt of desert between 80km and 160km wide and 2 000 km long. It spreads from the mouth of the Olifants River in the South and the Angolan border at the North. The Namib is the oldest desert in the world. It’s a harsh, seemingly lifeless landscape. The surface of the Namib is covered in sand dunes that can reach a height of up to 350m. The sand dunes exist mainly of quartz ranging in 0.5mm to 0.07mm in diameter.
In the language of the local Nama people “Namib” means “huge, deserted place”.
Namib Naukluft National Park
Within the boundaries of the magnificent Namib Desert, lies the Namib Naukluf National Park.
Namib Naukluft Park is the largest nature conservation area in Africa (almost 50 000 square km) covering much of the central Namib Desert and the Naukluft Mountains.
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