Namibia feels ancient. Not historically ancient, but geologically so — shaped by wind, sun, and time on a scale difficult to comprehend

The dunes at Sossusvlei rise like great burnt-red waves from the desert floor, changing colour with the movement of the sun. Along the Skeleton Coast, the Atlantic rolls into miles of empty shoreline scattered with shipwrecks and seal colonies. Even the silence here feels immense.

Few places leave you feeling smaller in the best possible way.

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