Luxury Safaris in Namibia

An ocean of dunes slowly rolls across our planet’s oldest desert, dry for almost 55 million years.

Only the toughest individuals have found a way to survive in the Namib, a sandy backbone stretching along the Atlantic for 1,200 miles. In the south, long shadows of lonely oryx cascade from burning red slopes into the clay pans of Sossusvlei, and the skeletons of fossilized trees rise from the salt-encrusted ground. Further north, desert-adapted elephants, lions and giraffes wander through an oasis of seasonal riverbeds in the Hoanib Valley. Supported by community conservation projects, Africa’s largest and only population of free-roaming rhinos clambers through the rubble-strewn plains and canyons of Damaraland. Rock paintings reveal the origins of the multiple ethnic groups making up Namibia’s sparse population. Clinging tightly to tradition, nomadic Himba people coat their bodies in ochre paint. Never extinguished, a holy fire symbolizes their resilience – constantly burning throughout sun-scorched days and starlit nights.