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Skeleton Coast
Shipwrecks, fog and desert lions where the Namib runs into the Atlantic.
About
The Skeleton Coast takes its name from the whale bones and wrecked ships along it — the cold Benguela current meets desert heat and generates a dense fog that has driven vessels aground for centuries. It is stark and almost empty, home to enormous Cape fur seal colonies at Cape Cross, desert-adapted elephant and lion inland, and gravel plains that run unbroken to the horizon.
Highlights
- Shipwrecks on the sand
- Cape Cross seal colony
- Desert-adapted lion and elephant
- Fly-in wilderness camps
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