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This scenic flight takes you from Swakopmund, east via the "Moon landscape" and along the Swakop riverbed to the Swakop and Kahn river intersections, crossing the Oasis Goanikontes. Routing southwards, passing the Walvis Bay airport and the Kuiseb river bed - the natural border for the dune formations. Over the "sea" of shifting sand dunes we reach the coast at Conception Bay passing the shipwrecks "EDUARD BOHLEN" (1909) and the "SHAUNEE" (1976) - returning to Swakopmund. Further, along the coast with the Atlantic surf on the one side and the "long wall" (Namib dunes) on the other, we reach Sandwich Harbour, a wetland of international importance and protected by the Ramsar Convention. In harmony with the surroundings we find Namibia's coastal salt mines, south of Walvis Bay, attracting thousands of birds. Walvis Bay, Namibia's major harbour town and a former enclave to South Africa, which was incorporated into Namibia on March 1, 1994 is our next destination. Midway between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund we pass the Langstrand Holiday Resort and the Dolphin Park Recreation Resort on our way "back" to Swakopmund.
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