Sossusvlei Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
a dune in the Namib, Namibia
About Sossusvlei
Deserts, though they are very harsh, are a delicate ecosystem with a surprising amount of life living around and underneath the dunes. Keep this in mind when roaming around and driving in the area. The Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world and stretches over 1,500 km from the Orange River in the south into Angola in the north. There is a wide range of landscapes in the Namib, from gravel, to rocky mountains to huge dunes in varying colours of sand. The sandy part of the Namib is a UNESCO World Heritage site, theNamib Sand Sea. Sossusvlei is a mud pan created by the Tsauchab River that flows through the Namib every 5 to 10 years. Even in very wet years it does not reach the Atlantic Ocean but gets blocked by sand dunes, and then slowly evaporates. The clay that the Tsauchab deposit
Top Attractions in Sossusvlei
Explore the best things to see and do in Sossusvlei:
- ★Dead Vlei
- ★Sesriem Canyon
- ★Sossusvlei
- ★The Namib Desert
Where to Stay in Sossusvlei
- 🏨Sesriem Campsite
- 🏨Sossus Dune Lodge
Sossusvlei Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 10 sections including: