Namib-Naukluft National Park is one of the largest national parks in the world at 23,000 sq km/8,800 sq miles. This means that it’s bigger than the country of Switzerland. The main attraction to the park is Sussusvlei. Sussus means “no return” and vlei means marsh. The dunes are not very high (the highest is only 380 m/1246 ft), but since they’re sand, they are quite hard to climb. We started the day with a climb up Dune 45 which got its name simply because it’s 45 km from the town of Sesriem. Here’s a video of me doing a 360 on top of Dune 45 Later we went to see Dead Vlei, which is named for its numerous dead camelthorn trees, some of which are over 800 years old.
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