Recommended Sossusvlei Tours Safaris Packages + Excursions
The Recommended Sossusvlei Tours Safaris Packages + Excursions. If you seek a tour or vacation in Sossusvlei, consider our array of fly-in desert excursions, opulent desert honeymoons, and family-oriented self-drive options. In addition to observing the largest sand dunes globally, Sossusvlei tours and safaris encompass a region of Namibia that offers many lodging choices.
Namibia: Sossusvlei, Sesriem
Recommended Sossusvlei Tours & Safari Packages
Soaring copper dunes and simply staggering scenes
The majestic rust-red sand dunes and clay pans of Sossusvlei constitute Namibia’s most emblematic landscape.
Situated within the vast Namib-Naukluft National Park—a conservation area of desert and mountains exceeding the size of Switzerland—this undulating expanse of substantial dunes has been sculpted by the winds and the subterranean Tsauchab River.
Superficially, Sossusvlei appears entirely devoid of life, and as one of the planet’s oldest and driest ecosystems, this assessment is not entirely inaccurate. However, the flat, silver-hued clay ‘vleis’ (pans or valleys) exhibit a mosaic of fine, cracked mud, where verdant camelthorn trees thrive and the occasional majestic oryx is sighted. Isolated deceased acacia trees delineate the ancient river pathways, some dating back 500 years, and when the rains occur (January to April), the pans flourish with yellow devil thorn flowers, while the dunes exhibit patches of green. Even more seldom is the occurrence of torrential rains that flood the pans around once a decade, resulting in a proliferation of life, including the emergence of lilies, dragonflies, and the arrival of birds for this exceptional event.
