Where Africa’s water network intersects

Namibia, I believe many people don’t know where it is? Even though it is known that it is in Africa, its exact location is not known. However, although the name Namibia is relatively unfamiliar, many people may have seen the landscape photos there, because this country is a paradise for photography enthusiasts, and many award-winning photos in photography competitions have come from here.

Namibia is located in southwest Africa, in the west of the South African Plateau, bordering Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It is a relatively young country in Africa. It was first a colony of Germany and was later occupied by South Africa. It was not until 1990 that the Republic of Namibia was established.

The first stop when going to Namibia is its capital, Windhoek. Due to colonial reasons, many buildings here are in European style. Here you will forget that you are in Africa.

Namibia is a photography paradise. Migratory birds divide their photography themes into four categories, including historical traces, wild animals, vast starry sky and indigenous customs. Let us enjoy them separately

Historical traces

The long coastline of western Namibia is covered by the Namib Desert. The Namib Desert is one of the oldest and driest deserts in the world. It stretches 2,100 kilometers from north to south along the Atlantic coast. The maximum width is 160 kilometers, spanning Namibia and Angola.

The ancient desert - Sossusvlei Red Desert

The red Sossusvlei Desert is part of the Namib Desert and is also the most photographed A place located in Sossusvlei National Park. Hundreds of millions of years of natural weathering and dry hot winds destroyed the rocks in the land mountains bit by bit, turning them into fine sand and dust, and finally turned into a sea of ??red sand, with the tallest sand dune reaching a height of 325 meters.

Sunrise and sunset are the most beautiful times in the Red Desert. Under different lights, the desert changes into different colors, from orange-red, deep red, orange-red, dark red to dark black. A sand dune usually has two sides. The colors are also completely different, creating a beautiful visual impact. However, if you want to take pictures of sunrise and sunset, you can only stay at the Desert Hotel in the scenic area, because if you live outside the scenic area, you have to wait for the scenic area to open before you can enter.

Trace of life - Death Valley (Deadvlei)

There is a "Death Valley" in the hinterland of the Sossusvlei Desert. It is surrounded by weeds, but there is no grass growing in the Death Valley, leaving only There are some dead camel thorn trees that retain their dying struggle.

There are different opinions about the cause of Death Valley. Some people believe that during hundreds of millions of years of geological changes, the river bed dried up and life disappeared; another believes that it was due to plants competing for territory and releasing certain chemicals in the soil. Chemical elements were added to prevent other plants from growing. Hundreds of millions of years of competition for survival eventually turned this place into Death Valley.

Sand and Sea Symphony—Sandwich Harbor

Sandwich Bay is known as Namibia’s Sand and Sea Symphony. On one side is the white-capped sea and on the other is yellow. A desert with flying sand, the Namib Desert has been washed by the Atlantic Ocean for hundreds of millions of years. Standing here and listening to the sound of the waves is like hearing a dialogue between time and space.

To view Sandwich Bay, you can drive an off-road vehicle to the sand dunes on the seaside, or you can hike here, but the best way is to take a small plane and overlook it from the air to truly feel its magnificence.