Sand sand.........and more..............sand

Trip Start Apr 24, 1998
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Trip End Dec 10, 2001


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Where I stayed
Tsauchaab River Camp
(Helmeringhausen hotels)

Flag of Namibia  ,
Tuesday, November 27, 2001

We headed off at 4.30 this morning. We had to clean up the camp after jackals ransacked the camp last night and got into all our stuff. We headed into Sossusvlei and arrived at Dune 45 which we were hiking up to watch the sunrise. It was bloody hard work. More thigh burning. At the top however, the burning was worth it. As the sun rose, the colour of the sand changed, from reds, browns to yellow and nearly white. We were taking group photos on the dune and my camera got dropped into the sand. It filled up with sand and stopped working! We finished the morning off with us rolling down the sanddunes. It was amazing where sand lodges when you roll around in it.

Further into the dunes we went and met up with a local bushman, who took us on a journey into the desert, showing us various plant life and animal tracks. He spoke of the water that runs under the dunes, some 55 km to the sea and will take thousands of years to reach the sea. We hiked up yet another sand dune and was rewarded with the most beautiful sight. Dead Canyon. This Vlei is over 1000 years old. it is stunning. A limestone base with lots of dead trees. We started walking across it and the distances are quite deceptive out here. We stumbled across broken pottery and beads left behind by the bushmen, that live a nomadic lifestyle.

We stayed in Tsauchaab River Camp, which was very comfy.

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