Day 45 Sand and dead trees

After yesterday's hot day, we froze quite a bit at night. We climbed into our sleeping bags lightly dressed yesterday evening. But during the night it cooled down to what felt like below 10 degrees. That's also the desert.

So it didn't really matter that much to get up 1 ½ hours before sunrise today. Because today the goal was to admire the sunrise from the famous Dune 45 in the Namib-Naukluft Park. The Namib-Naukluft Park is home to the tallest dunes in the world. The orange giants lie in the Sossusvlei pan.

Since we stayed overnight at the park's campsite, we had the privilege of entering the park 1 hour before sunrise and had the chance to observe the sunrise from the dune. All other guests who were not at the campsite could only enter the park after sunrise.

It's really impressive when you drive through the beige salt-toned pan in semi-darkness and see the orange giants on the left and right.

The giant dunes only have one small disadvantage. If you want to climb them, you have to scramble up 300 meters of sand. A good morning workout.

But once you've reached the top of the ridge, the view is simply breathtaking. And if you can admire the sunrise as well, everything is just perfect.

Clever as we are, we also brought our breakfast to the dune. So after the sunrise, we could comfortably eat our cornflakes

while the other guests, partly a bit envious, began their descent.

But the orange giants are not the only highlight to see here. You can also see the famous dried trees of Namibia here. We got our first impression of them in the Sossusvlei. There, the dead trees were still surrounded by green bushes.

In the Deadvlei, everything was completely dead. After a short hike, we could see the dead stretch of landscape between the dunes. It was really surreal.