Foto de Dwelling Elefante e Projeto Girafa, Skeleton Coast Park – Namíbia.
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The Skeleton Coast is one of our planet's most beautiful places. Over much of the past decade, access to this private area within the National Park has been restricted.
However, nearly 660,000 acres of the National Park have been set aside as an exclusive safari experience for those who want to really get away! It is wild, desolate and uninhabited... and stunningly beautiful.
The area has everything, from soaring sand dunes that roar, wonderful vast, pastel colored plains, towering canyons and mountains, salt pans to seal colonies to ship wrecks.
This coastline is so named for the many skeletons of shipwrecks and whales that dot the treacherous coast of this park.
The freezing Benguela Current of the Atlantic sweeps up from Antarctica and meets the hot dry air of the Namib, resulting in thick morning fog, which blankets the region.
This unusual weather condition brings life-giving moisture to an otherwise arid land and sustains a host of desert animals. Fresh water springs permeate the barren sands to create rare oases in the desert that sustain pockets of wildlife.
Springbok, gemsbok (oryx), the rare desert elephant, Cape fur seals, brown hyena, jackal, ostrich and occasionally even cheetah eke out an existence in this rugged terrain, alongside the desert-adapted vegetation such as the ancient Welwitschia plant and Lithops, the succulent “flowering stones”.
You are also able to visit authentic Himba settlements, just outside the park, for an incredible cultural experience. Abaixo, um máximo postal que mostra o selo alusivo a etnia Himba.
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Aqui existem girafas!
Localizado no região noroeste da Namíbia, separado do Oceano Atlântico pelo Parque “Costa do Esqueleto”. Essa reserva cobre uma área com mais de um milhão de hectares of rugged unspoiled terrain, alternating between wide grassy plains and mountain ranges.
Não é uma reserva recomendada para o turismo, mas rather for people that appreciate being isolated from it all, in the middle of nowhere. They must carry all food, water, spares, first aid kit and camping equipment.
Acomodações: Nove. Visitors normally camp next to the dry river beds.
Precauções: When camping be aware that there is leões na reserva.
Foto superior direita: Steep slope of a mountain ridge with erosion gutters and talus fans, visible from Van Zyls Pass, Kaokoland, Namíbia; as outras fotos mostram pessoas da Nação Ovahimba. Cartão-postal by Photographic Enterprises CC, Svakopmund, Namíbia (2000). Foto de Mark van Aardt.
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Última atualização: 24/11/2008. |
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