Skeleton Coast Camp - Safari Photos (page 2)
Skeleton Coast Park, Namibia
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Flying in to Skeleton Coast over the vast sand dunes	The waters of the Skeleton Coast are cold due to the Benguela current	Flying north from Damaraland towards Skeleton Coast
Arriving at Skeleton Coast's airstrip, one immediately senses the remoteness of this place	A view of the camp from the landing strip as we arrived	Turning south, the view is almost surreal with the endless dunes and blue sky
Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped formations formed by unidirectional winds	The barchan dunes at Skeleton Coast all point and move north-east	"Roaring Dunes" - Certain barchans make a "roaring" sound as guests descend down the slipface - good fun!
Day 2- we head out along the dry Khumib River bed to explore	Riding atop the vehicle provides excellent viewing of the area	I am impressed by the amazingly adapted wildlife here
Inquisitive Giraffe and an Ostrich in the background	The Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis	We encountered several small herds of the well adapted Springbok
Our desert-going vehicles were also well made for this unforgiving place	We visited a Himba village - the cattle were away with the men	The Himba women paint their skin and hair with a cosmetic mixture of butter, animal fat and ochre
There were several young children in this small village of only 5 dwellings	A young Himba girl	Himba woman
The women had startlingly deep-blue eyes	Himba woman with characteristic ochre-painted skin	The sand of the Skeleton Coast is incredible in its variations of pattern and color
Sand ripples	The colors of the sand dunes seemed to change as we traveled	Dune shapes depend upon the availability and grain size of sand in relation to the speed, direction and turbulence of the winds
Normally a dune has a long backslope on the windward side and a shorter, steeper downwind slope, called the lee-side or slipface	Photography in the Skeleton Coast is amazing - bring lots of film or storage if you use digital!	Festus, one of our guides
Chris and Festus, our two excellent guides having a bit of fun in the sand	Longitudinal dunes run parallel to the wind direction	Travelling inland from the ocean

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