Sossusvlei & Deadvlei
Some of the tallest sand dunes on earth, and the ghostly white clay pan of Deadvlei.
Namibia strips everything back to space and silence. The dunes of Sossusvlei rise higher than almost anywhere on earth, and the night skies are among the darkest left anywhere on the planet.
It is our destination for slower, more contemplative retreats — desert stillness by day, and some of the clearest stargazing meditation sessions we offer, by night. Beyond Sossusvlei and its ghostly Deadvlei clay pan, Etosha National Park rings a vast salt pan with some of the most reliable game viewing in Southern Africa, the Skeleton Coast traces a remote, fog-bound Atlantic shoreline, and Fish River Canyon carves one of the largest canyons on earth.
Some of the tallest sand dunes on earth, and the ghostly white clay pan of Deadvlei.
A vast salt pan ringed with waterholes — some of the most reliable game viewing in Southern Africa.
A remote, fog-bound Atlantic coastline where desert meets sea.
One of the largest canyons in the world, and a place of profound scale and silence.
Our recommended window is May – October — here is how the rest of the year looks.
Cool, dry winter — the clearest skies of the year, ideal for stargazing and desert stillness.
Hot and dry — temperatures climb ahead of the rains, wildlife draws to waterholes.
Sporadic summer rain — dramatic desert storms and a brief flush of green.
Transition month — cooling temperatures as the dry season sets back in.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dune 45 & Sossusvlei by Luca Galuzzi (CC BY-SA 2.5), Sossusvlei by Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 4.0), Etosha by Olga Ernst (CC BY-SA 4.0), Skeleton Coast by Patrick Giraud (CC BY 2.5), Fish River Canyon (USGS, public domain).