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If you like deserts, Namib is the mother of all deserts and you have to visit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Within the Namib Desert in Namibia, there is the Sossusvlei area, which belongs to the wider region of southern Namibia and extends between the Koichab and Kuiseb rivers. This area is characterized by high sand dunes of intense pink and orange colors, as a result of the high percentage of iron in the sand and the consequent oxidation processes. You can recognize the oldest dunes as they are of a more intense reddish color.<\/p>\n

These dunes are among the highest in the world, and many of them have a height of more than 200 meters, the highest, with about 380 meters high, has the nickname of Big Daddy<\/strong>. This is the one we will climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DEPARTURE PLACE<\/strong><\/td>\nWindhoek,\u00a0Swakopmund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARRIVAL PLACE<\/strong><\/td>\nSossusvlei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARRIVAL TIME<\/strong><\/td>\n1 hour flight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRAVELLER PROFILE<\/strong><\/td>\nInclusive familias with children (without highlevel excursion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INCLUDED<\/strong><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/i>Intern Flight<\/td>\n<\/i>Hotel and Food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i>Local transportation<\/td>\n<\/i>Profesional Guide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOT INCLUDED<\/strong><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/i>Alcoholic Drinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/i>Tips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEPARTURE PLACE<\/strong><\/td>\nSossusvlei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The fauna in the Sossusvlei area is quite rich. It mostly consists of small animals that can survive with little water, including a number of arthropods, small reptiles and small mammals such as rodents or jackals, larger animals such as antelopes (mainly oryxes and gazelles) and ostriches. Most of the fauna in the Sossusvlei Namib is endemic and very adapted to the specific characteristics of the Namib. In particular, fog-basking beetles, such as the Namib Desert Darkling Beetle, have developed a technique for collecting water from early morning mists through stances on their backs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within the Namib desert in Namibia, there is the Sossusvlei<\/strong> area. This area is characterized by high sand dunes of intense pink and orange, which are among the highest dunes in the world. We will climb the tallest, nicknamed by the locals as the Big Daddy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[204,291,708],"product_tag":[720,713,712,628,714,721],"class_list":["post-1550","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-africa-en","product_cat-southern-africa","product_cat-uncategorized-en","product_tag-big-daddy-en-2","product_tag-desert","product_tag-dunes","product_tag-namibia-en-en","product_tag-namibia-en-2","product_tag-sossusvlei-en-2","tour_category-hiking-trekking-en","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andtraveller.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}