Skeleton Coast

The harsh, barren shores of the Skeleton Coast is known for its many ship wrecks and the fossilized bones of animals that died in the desert long ago. It is here where the cold Atlantic Benguela current meets up with the warm Namibian desert winds that causes cold, dense fog to form that often covers the desolate shore and landscape for days. The 1 600km long stretch of coast is almost totally barren of fauna and flora. Here stranded sailors have little or no chance to survive and it led to being christened by seafarers as the Skeleton Coast. Whilst seemingly lifeless, harsh and a graveyard of many a luckless ship and its crew, it has a beauty all of its own. It is often visited by photographers and certain parts are ideal for coastal fishing.

The Skeleton Coast and coastal town attractions such as Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Lüderitz are often enveloped in moody fog for a few hours in the mornings, before it is burnt off by the sun.