Naukluft Park Seems Endless in Namibia the Land of Open Spaces!

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The Naukluft Park in Namibia is one of the largest parks in the world. The arid landscape of the Namib Naukluft Park in the heart of Namibia seems to be endless and it is the fourth largest nature reserve in the world.

Vast fields of scree cover the majority of this fifty thousand square kilometre conservation area in the northern region, between the river valleys of the Swakop and Kuiseb. The colours of the surrounding landscape, further into the Namib Desert, become more intense.

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Naukluft Park in Namibia

The Naukluft Park covers most of the Namibian desert in southwest Africa and the Naukluft Mountains where rare plants and animals in the world live. It is the place of the ecological preservation in Namibia.

The remote world of stone and rock seems strange and unreal, so one of the valleys in this region is given the name of the Moon Valley.

Here in this landscape, the majestic and blazing red dunes of Sossusvlei make both the earth and the sky shine brightest, giving the landscape a breath taking view.

Shaped by the west wind from the Atlantic, dunes reach heights of 300 metres. The highest dunes are in Sossusvlei. One of the beautiful sites is Sandwich Harbour, a port on the Atlantic coast of Namibia south of Walvis Bay.

The dunes move at a speed of around 20 meters a year. Further inland they merge with landscape of bush and savannah areas covered with grass, scattered trees and a unique wealth of rare plants and animal species in the region.

Ancient nomadic tribes have lived and roamed here for centuries, searching the area for pastures to feed their cattle.

This wide desert in Namibia is now moving on forward because of the new climate changes in the world. Straddling the Atlantic coast of southwest Africa, Namibia is home to the biggest migrating dunes in the world.

At night, the fiery sky seems to emulate the warm red colours of the mighty sand dunes. Amid the beautiful scenery, the magnificent world of the Namib Naukluft Park gradually merges with the intense glow of sunset on the Open Spaces Landscapes!

The area is extremely hot and arid, most of the waterholes have dried, and the trees struggle hopelessly for survival.

The Kokerboom or Quiver Tree in this arid area seems a growing variety of the aloe plant. The Kokerboom, acacias and various low-growing varieties of bush make up the characteristic vegetation of the region.

The name of the plant came from the Bushmen who made quivers for their arrows from its large branches.

People believe that the Namibian Desert is the oldest desert in the world. It is because of this desert people call Namibia the "Land of open spaces".

However, in spite the arid area Namibia is a diverse landscape with a wealth of animals and birds. The rare black rhino or desert-dwelling elephants live in this area. All this makes Namibia a good safari and adventure destination.

The wilderness of Namibia from the desolation of the Skeleton Coast to the picturesque capital of Windhoek makes it the favourite tourism destiny to many people worldwide. The attracted places in the area are Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Naukluft hiking.

West wind brings moisture from the sea in the form of fog and rain, which is vital for both the sparse vegetation and wildlife. It is indeed crucial for all life in the bush areas and in the Savannah behind it.

Climate change is expected to increase the strength of the Atlantic winds and induce droughts that are more frequent in the Namibian Desert.

In turn, the drought and the wind will result in a drastic increase in the number of dunes and the speed at which they move eastward across the landscape.

The dunes move at a faster rate. They threat the vegetation, wildlife and the nomads' traditional way of living in Namibia.

A research conducted recently shows that a temperature increase of 2.1 degrees C can result in 41-51% of Namibia's unique flora and fauna become extinct. The research indicates that temperature could rise to 3.5 grades C within the next 80 yeas.

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