"In the early, honeyed hours of a bone-dry Namibia morning, I thought I was hallucinating. We were driving through Sossusvlei in the Namib, the world's oldest desert, where the rust-red dunes reach heights of 1,000 ft and sprawl on and on, into the distance and beyond. Suddenly I saw a fan of black and white feathers swirl against the sands, shimmying with all the seductive poise of a performer at the Moulin Rouge."
"When it comes to assured sightings and wildlife density, neighboring Botswana delivers in spades and, along with the likes of Kenya, Zambia and South Africa, is a more obvious go-to for travelers seeking a conventional safari experience. Namibia, meanwhile - vast, wild and formidable - presents majestic landscapes and an almost primordial serenity that feels increasingly hard to find. Home to just three million people and bigger than Texas,"
Sossusvlei in the Namib contains rust-red dunes reaching heights of 1,000 ft and sprawling endlessly across the world's oldest desert. Early-morning scenes can include surprising wildlife behavior, such as an ostrich performing a contorted mating display that mesmerizes observers. Neighboring Botswana offers more assured wildlife sightings, while Namibia emphasizes vast, wild, formidable landscapes and an almost primordial serenity. The country is home to about three million people, is larger than Texas, and is the world's second least-densely populated country after Mongolia. Sparse infrastructure has led conservation and hospitality operators to run multiple camps and their own airline to enable access.
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