Namib-Naukluft Park
The Namib-Naukluft Park is a location of exceptional beauty and tranquillity, with wide open expanses bordered by purply-blue mountains and unbelievable sunsets. The only thing you'll hear is a soft wind, and time appears to stand still, as if the clock had stopped ticking since Paleocene times (indeed there are preserved dinosaur footprints dotted around the country).
The Namib-Naukluft National Park, which contains the famed dunes and salt flats of Sossusvlei and is already included on this list, is undoubtedly worth a second mention due to the abundance of additional bucket-list-busting must-sees.
Let's take Deadvlei as an example for a sun-scorched environment of acacia trees (some estimated to be 700 years old!) and mud flats is a beautiful symbol of Namib-Naukluft Park.
The vistas get genuinely bizarre as you get closer to the beaches and the town of Swakopmund, as the arid plains rise to ridgebacks that resemble the maned spine of a prowling hyena!
• Location: Namibia
• Timing: Open all day
• Famous for: Deadvlei, a sun-scorched environment of acacia trees
• Entry Fee: Free
• Best Time To Visit: May to October.
