Magnificent Sossusvlei red sand dunes in Namib--Naukluft Park, Namibia, Southern Africa

Aerial and ground video of red sand dunes in Sossusvlei area of Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia, southern Africa. #Sossusvlei #Namibia #SouthernAfrica Sesriem & Sossusvlei: Extreme landscapes of the Namib Desert - The world’s highest dunes. Namibia is a country of almost-superlatives. The second-least densely populated country in the world is also one of the newest, and is home to some of: the largest dunes, the darkest skies, the oldest cultures, the biggest conservation areas in Africa, the world’s last rhinos and the most complex languages on the planet - to name but a few! In this weekly blog series we explore some of Namibia’s extremes, and share with you practical information on how you can come and discover them for yourself. Taking on Big Daddy Sossusvlei is surely Namibia’s most iconic landscape. The rust-red dunes, bleached white pans and deep blue sky are instantly recognisable, and symbolise the country’s vast, dry, uninhabited expanses. The dunes here are some of the highest in the world, and the tallest in this area - at a whopping 325 m - is the appropriately named Big Daddy. The more popular - and widely photographed - Dune 45 is just 80m high, but people still like to climb the monster Big Daddy for two main reasons: firstly, because it overlooks the surreal landscape of Dead Vlei, a white pan filled with the dark fossils of camelthorn trees, and secondly because climbing Big Daddy gives you ultimate bragging rights. Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name “Sossusvlei“ is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis such as Deadvlei and other high dunes), which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia. The name “Sossusvlei“ is of mixed origin and roughly means “dead-end marsh“. Vlei is the Afrikaans word for “marsh“, while “sossus“ is Nama for “no return“ or “dead end“. Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin (i.e., a drainage basin without outflows) for the ephemeral Tsauchab River. YouTube channel Exploring Namibia TV publishes four video a week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Themes range from travelling in Africa to exploring Europe and Russia. © Exploring Namibia TV Soundtrack: Crescendo by Alexander Nakarada () Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License Facebook: NAMIBIA: SESRIEM SOSSUSVLEI: NAMIB-NAUKLUFT NATIONAL PARK: TRAVEL NAMIBIA: EQUIPMENT | ОБОРУДОВАНИЕ: AERIAL: DJI PHANTOM 3 PRO | DJI MAVIC PRO PHONES: IPHONE XR/12 PRO | XIAOMI REDMI NOTE VIDEO CAMERAS: SONY HDR-CX360E | PANASONIC HC-X1 ✩F A C E B O O K | ФБ ► ✩B L O G | БЛОГ ► ✩V K EN TV | ГРУППА ВК ► ✩T W I T T E R | ТВИТТЕР ► ✩PURCHASE VIDEO P5 | ПОРТФОЛИО P5 ► ✩W E B S I T E | САЙТ ► ✩C O N T A C T | КОНТАКТЫ ►info@ ✩W H A T S U P T E X T | ВОТСАП ТЕКСТ: 264 816 654893