On November 16 we headed towards Sossusvlei and Deadvlei to see the amazing sand dunes and the salt/clay pan. This was one of my favorite days on our tour of Namibia.
Big Daddy is the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area at about 325 meters high and yes, we climbed it. I honestly thought I would not make it - either by tumbling down the dune or because I was extremely out of breath! After climbing Big Daddy, we ran down the dune to walk through Deadvlei. Deadvlei is a clay pan that used to be an oasis for acacia trees. It now is home to blackened, dead acacia trees - which make for good pictures!
We headed back to Desert Camp to rest before exploring the Sesriem Canyon.
After a long and exciting day, we headed back to camp to enjoy the evening view.
I love how you can see the mist/dust in the background and the impala grazing in the corner |
Hot air balloon rides |
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One thing that we have yet to do - still on my list! |
Sunrising |
More pretty scenery |
Ostriches milling about |
Lonely ostrich with sand dunes in the background |
Love the shadows |
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Lone tree |
More dunes |
So red! |
Dune 45 is the most photographed dune in the world, it stands over 170 meters and is composed of 5 million year old sand |
Surrounded by sand dunes |
Very pretty |
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We had to take a 4x4 and drive towards the area where we would climb "Big Daddy" |
Driving along |
So simple yet so pretty |
The shadows and shapes of the dunes were amazing |
We didn't climb this dune but climbed "Big Daddy" instead |
Big Daddy is the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area at about 325 meters high and yes, we climbed it. I honestly thought I would not make it - either by tumbling down the dune or because I was extremely out of breath! After climbing Big Daddy, we ran down the dune to walk through Deadvlei. Deadvlei is a clay pan that used to be an oasis for acacia trees. It now is home to blackened, dead acacia trees - which make for good pictures!
We didn't follow the markers - instead we climbed up Big Daddy! |
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The rhino beetle is one of the "little 5" |
Dried plants open right up when you pour just the tiniest bit of water |
Animal tracks in the sand |
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Dried salt and clay |
Pretty |
More tracks |
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The wind makes the patterns so evenly |
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I'm not sure what kind of animal made these tracks but they are tiny! |
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Lonely tree |
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Heading towards Big Daddy! |
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Cracks |
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Slinky shot! |
Walking towards the big one |
Pretty landscape all around |
Panoramic |
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Starting the long climb up |
Bunch of lizards slithering up as well |
Hello Mr. Lizard |
It almost looks impossible |
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Looking down towards where we started |
My shoes still have sand in them |
Yay, we made it to the first resting point |
Another lizard next to our footprints |
The white clay pan to the left is Deadvlei |
Doesn't look real! |
A view of Deadvlei with the dead acacia trees from Big Daddy |
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The colors are amazing |
Thanks for the photo bomb, Matt |
Another painting like photo |
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This is the top of Big Daddy - we did it! |
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Photos of the view at the top of Big Daddy |
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Deadvlei - our next stop |
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Running down the dune |
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Gives you some perspective of how big these dunes are |
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Walking down |
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Makes me feel small |
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Looking back towards the top - quite steep |
Stopping for a selfie with the dunes behind me |
We made it down...with about 20 extra pounds of sand in my shoes! |
These trees have been dead for hundreds of years |
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"What!" |
More cool shots |
Unreal |
We had a visitor during lunch |
Caterpillars by Dune 45 |
An afternoon close up of Dune 45 - looks quite different without the shadow |
Wooly Mammoth Caterpillar |
In front of Dune 45 |
More scenery - that is an oryx |
More oryx - one was looking left, the second looking straight towards us and the third was looking right |
We headed back to Desert Camp to rest before exploring the Sesriem Canyon.
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This is Sesriem Canyon |
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It is a natural canyon carved by the Tsauchab river |
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Sesriem in Afrikaans means "six belts" |
It was given that name because it would take six belts to reach buckets down into the canyon to scoop up water |
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It was a nice little canyon |
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Mustache Kitty, get down from there! |
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Francois told us that this was the nest of a type of ostrich that adapted to living in the canyon so it could climb the canyon rock using its beak and claws... I'm so gullible, I believed him! |
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Cool shadows and rocks |
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PARKOUR! |
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Cool |
Bye bye Sesriem Canyon |
After a long and exciting day, we headed back to camp to enjoy the evening view.
The moon's in the middle |
Just loved this view |
Pretty colors |
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