The Skeleton Coast stretches along Namibia’s Atlantic shore from the Kunene River in the north to the Ugab River in the south. Named for the whale bones and shipwrecks that litter its shores, this remote and forbidding coastline is one of the wildest places on Earth.
The cold Benguela Current creates dense fog that rolls inland, sustaining a unique ecosystem of desert-adapted wildlife including elephants, lions, brown hyenas, and jackals. Cape Cross Seal Colony, home to over 100,000 Cape fur seals, is one of the coast’s most popular attractions.
Fly-in safaris to the northern Skeleton Coast offer extraordinary experiences: walking among shipwrecks, visiting ancient Himba settlements, tracking desert-adapted elephants along dry riverbeds, and exploring the dune seas of the Namib. The stark beauty of desert meeting ocean creates an atmosphere unlike anywhere else in Africa.