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Namibia: Flight above the Sea of Sand Dunes

Often described as “the flight of a lifetime” This tour will take you from the Swakopmund airfield along the Kuiseb River bed, over the impressive Kuiseb Canyon, the natural border of the dune formations. Forward onto Gogabeb, the desert research station.

Although the Namib is just as dry as the Sahara, it has a much richer fauna and flora, attracting researchers worldwide!

You will continue your flight over Tsondabvlei towards the highest dunes in the world. Shortly the awe-inspiring dunes at Sossusvlei will come into sight. The colors and shadows of these gigantic mountains of sand change by the hour, from beige to rust-red to purple, dazzling the eye.

You will take-off from the Swakopmund airfield, flying over the ‘sea of sand’ overflying the diamond camps on to Conception Bay. Soaring along the coastline you will fly over the shipwreck of a German passenger liner, Eduard Bohlen. Stranded in 1909, she now lies inland, for the entire world as if she were sailing through the desert. Forthwith the shipwreck of the fishing trawler, Shaunee, comes into sight.

Next, you will fly over the guano-collecting wooden platform, where thousands of seabirds settle and leave their droppings. Periodically these are scraped up and fertilizer results. The recreational resorts Dolphin Beach and Longbeach are the next destinations before landing in Swakopmund.