Skeleton Coast

Northwestern coast · Namibia

Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Photo: GIRAUD Patrick, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October for cooler, clearer conditions
Budget
$$$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A fog-bound shoreline where the Namib Desert meets the cold Atlantic, littered with shipwrecks, whale bones and seal colonies. Its stark dune fields and gravel plains support surprisingly hardy desert wildlife, and access to the remote northern reaches is largely by fly-in safari.

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