Namibia is an amazing country located in hot Africa. Despite the fact that most of it is occupied by the Namib desert, it still manages to impress travelers with a variety of landscapes, interesting sights and monuments created by nature itself. It is the safest state of all countries in South Africa.
In Namibia, the sun shines almost all year round, which makes it an attractive resort area. Tourists from all over the world come here to enjoy the picturesque swamps of the Okavango Delta, to look at a salt plateau reminiscent of cosmic landscapes, red sand dunes of the desert, granite blocks and rock massifs of the Skeleton Coast. All this is a beautiful, mysterious and distant Namibia. Tours are offered here all year round, but it is still better to come from May to October, in the dry winter season, then you can definitely have a good rest.
The main
attraction of Namibia is the Namib desert. There are several options for translating its name: "open plains", "a place where there is nothing", "cruel valley." The latter denominations may emphasize temperature differences that reach a difference of 50 ° C. During the day, the desert is unbearable heat, and at night it is very cold, because of which you can hear sharp shots in the dark - these are heated stones crack in the cold.
In some places, from the side of the Atlantic, fog creeps into Namib at night, which disperses only closer to noon. The desert, as it were, is divided into two parts: in the south is the Namib-Naukluft National Park , and in the north - the Skeleton Coast National Park.
The desert covers an area of more than 100,000 sq. Km. In the southwest, Namib connects with Kalahari, an even larger desert. This is one of the driest places on the planet, where only 10 mm of precipitation falls annually. Living creatures live only in the coastal regions; the Namib desert is practically uninhabited.
This is one of the most ancient deserts in the world, the age of Namib is about 80 million years. Therefore, here you can find amazing species of animals and plants that have adapted to such harsh living conditions. Some specimens are not found anywhere else in the world. The desert is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, its shores are extremely populated. On the coastal islands you can see seabirds, seals and penguins howling their nests, ignoring the heat.
In the south of Namibia, the surface of the earth is covered with sand, closer to the coast it has a yellow-gray color, and deep into the desert - bright red. The sand starts from the longest Orange
River in South
Africa . You can determine its age by color, the redder and brighter it is, the more ancient. The fact is that it contains iron particles, which oxidize over time.
The Namib desert pleases tourists with sand dunes that stretch from north to south. There is also the highest dune in the world, its height is 383 m. Only in this place you can see an amazing plant of velvichia, it grows in the north of the desert. His life expectancy is 1000 years, the plant consists of two large leaves that grow throughout his life, albeit very slowly.
Even in the desert, you can arrange a first-class vacation. Namibia is a great country, impressing with its unique nature and friendly atmosphere.