What a day. When we arrived yesterday and saw all the camps and lodges in the area, we wondered what the attraction was. This morning we found out in a most exciting way.
We got up early for a sunrise scenic flight. It was more of an adventure flight than a scenic flight although the scenery was spectacular.
We were a party of eight in two Cessna 210's piloted by a pair of top gun crazy pilots who enjoyed close formation flying in the valleys looking up at the tops of the dunes not far from our wingtips.
Their
low flying and close formation flying could not possibly be legal in
Australia but great fun, for them and for us.
The
reason that this place is so popular is the sand dunes and they are
very impressive, rising from a flat valley to great heights.
We are located at Sesriem, on the eastern edge of the Namib Naukluft Park which stretches from here to the coast and virtually all of the area between here and the coast is covered by a dune system.
The Swakomund dunes were impressive but are almost insignificant by comparison with those located here.
After
our flight, we drove 60 kilometres almost to the end of the road
where Sossusvlei (a clay pan) is the main attraction.
We
didn't quite get there because you need four wheel drive for the last
bit and we had seen it from the air.
As
you might expect, the pilots did a low pass over our accommodation
before landing.
We
finished the day by visiting Sesriem Canyon, notable because , until
you reach the edge of the canyon, you don't realize that it is there.
It looks as flat as the surrounding land.
On
the road again tomorrow.
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