Sossusvlei
• Sossusvlei – meaning dead-end marsh. Sossus is Nama for “no return” or “dead-end” as it has no outflow. This is a salt and clay pan in the desert. It has the highest red dunes in the world.
Sossusvlei
• Sossusvlei – meaning dead-end marsh.
Deadvlei
• Deadvlei – a vlei at Sossusvlei. The trees are presumed more than 700 years old. This is the skeletal remains of camel thorn trees (type of an Akasia) which are believed to have died around 700 years ago due to changing climate that lead to prolonged drought. It has not decomposed due to the extreme dryness.
Red Dunes
. It has the highest red dunes in the world. One dune is called big mama. The highest dune is nick named Big Daddy, about 325 metres high.
Sesriem Canyon
• Sesriem Canyon – near campsite – Formed by the Tsauchab River. One of the few places in the area that holds water all year around. The early Afrikaans explorers named the canyon Sesriem after the fact that they had to use six (ses) leather straps (riem) tied together to create a rope long enough to lower buckets in the canyon to fetch water.
