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This is the most popular scenic flight, guaranteed to be the highlight of your holiday! From Swakopmund we take you in a light aircraft over the Namib Desert, past the Walvis Bay Airport to the Kuiseb river. Low-level along the Kuiseb river onto the Desert Ecological Research Unit, Gobabeb founded in 1959. Passing Tsondabvlei, the only known breeding area of the Lappet faced Vulture in southern Namibia, towards Sesriem and the Sesriem Canyon. Landing at Sesriem you will be driven in a 4x4 vehicle to the highest shifting sand dunes in the world at Sossusvlei. No part of the desert is visually more stunning than Sossusvlei. The warm tints of the sand range from pale apricot to brick orange and deep red, vividly contrasting with the large white clay pans at some of their bases. Admire, climb and photograph the scenery and enjoy a refreshing picnic in the shade of a camelthorn tree. When you are ready, return to the landing strip. We continue our flight, passing the remains of old diamond camps to the coast at Conception Bay. Low-level scenic flight along the "Forbidden Coast" with it's shipwrecks, seal colonies and the flamingoes at Sandwich Harbour, passing Walvis Bay Harbour on our way "back" to Swakopmund.
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