namibia

Skeleton Coast

Wild Shore

2-3 nights, combined with other Namibia regionsMay to October for wildlife viewingPlan this chapter →

Shipwrecks rust on beaches where the desert meets the Atlantic. The Skeleton Coast is among Earth's most inhospitable places, and most hauntingly beautiful. Seals, desert elephants, and remarkable adaptations to extreme conditions. Shipwreck Lodge's cabins are shaped like the beached vessels they sit among, a design conceit that sounds whimsical but feels entirely inevitable when you wake to fog rolling across the dunes.

We also reach the Cape Cross seal colony, the town of Swakopmund, and the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen half-swallowed by sand.

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Adventure Seekers · Wildlife Enthusiasts · Photographers · Solitude Lovers

Skeleton Coast, Wild Shore
Plate ISkeleton Coast.
01
The Stay

Ultra-remote camps in one of Earth's last wild places.

Shipwreck Lodge

Cabins designed like shipwrecks on the wild coast.

  • Unique architecture
  • Wilderness location
  • Walking safaris

Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp

Wilderness Safaris' desert-adapted wildlife base.

  • Desert elephants
  • Fly-in access
  • Research focus

Serra Cafema

On the Kunene River at Namibia's northern frontier.

  • Himba visits
  • River setting
  • Ultimate remoteness
02
The Palate

Simple, fresh meals in extraordinary settings.

  • 01Beach picnic among seal colonies
  • 02Sundowners in a dry riverbed
  • 03Dinner watching the sun set over the Atlantic
  • 04Bush breakfast after a game drive
03
The Stillness

Where the desert meets the sea in haunting solitude.

  • 01Walking among shipwreck remains
  • 02Watching fog roll in from the Atlantic
  • 03Desert-adapted lions in the early morning
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