Our quad bike historical tour into the desert was undoubtedly the highlight of our trip!
We chose the prehistoric Kuiseb River and dunes just outside Walvis Bay, which are older than the Namib Desert (the oldest desert in the world).
Do you know that the gradient of a dune slip face is 34 degrees and it never differs no matter what the size of the dune is?
Physical evidence of petrified footprints of the ancient Khoi.
This desert fruit is called !Nara and is used by the Topnaars (descendants of the ancient Khoi inhabitants) as well as by the animals.
Evidence why the Namibian coast is called the “Skeleton Coast”. These old skeletons of the ancient Khoi people are exposed and covered again, from time to time by the ever shifting dunes.
Centuries-old ostrich eggshells that were used by the Khoi to keep their water in and have been preserved, being covered by dune sand for centuries.
A Topnaar (descendants of the Khoi) home in the dunes. These people, who today still live their traditional lives in the dunes and whose whole life centres around one desert fruit. They have no money, no electricity, no mobile phones and no motor vehicles. They prefer not to live in town with its amenities.
The magnificent flamingo flocks of Walvis Bay.
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