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See trip details for the Namib Desert, one of our best family trips from National Geographic. Travelers to the Namib Desert run down the steep face of a coastal dune in Namibia’s Erongo region.
Scientists have gone back and forth for decades on the cause behind the Namib Desert’s mysterious “fairy circles.” A new study offers what may finally be evidence for a clear explanation.
(Image credit: Mike and Ann Scott of the Namib Rand Nature Reserve) Few researchers have studied fairy circles, in part because of their remoteness, 111 miles (180 km) form the nearest village.
The Namib Desert beetle can harvest fog out of the air. Here's how it's inspiring scientists to create technology that could help end water shortages.
Swakopmund, a town surrounded by the Namib Desert, is known as the adventure capital of Namibia. ... spare gas and be prepared to drive hours without seeing any sign of civilization.
Step into the untamed world of the Namib Desert with these extraordinary storytellers, whose cinematic journey spans an unparalleled eight-year desert odyssey. In "Lions of the Skeleton Coast ...
Among the towering red dunes of Namib-Naukluft National Park in the central Namib Desert is an area known as Sossusvlei. It is a strange and alien landscape.
‘We park the bus where the road stops. When they get off and see only the sand dunes for miles, they start to think “Where on earth are we?”’, says Viktoria Keding, Director of the Namib Desert ...
A Namibian artist named Max Siedentopf has assembled a sound installation in the Namib Desert of Africa to play the classic 1982 hit through a solar powered MP3 player and ... Newsletter Sign Up.
Filming Lions in the Namib Desert. Clip: Season 43 Episode 4 | 10m 38s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Step into the untamed world of the Namib Desert with these extraordinary storytellers, whose ...