Namib Rand Nature Reserve

The Namib Rand Nature Reserve, 60 km south of Sossusvlei, is part of the largest conservation area in Namibia, and the site of some of Africa's most breathtaking scenery.

A businessman from Windhoek was so taken with the Namib Desert and the preservation thereof, that he decided to buy a farm at the edge of the Namib Desert. He subsequently bought surrounding farms and with the help of private investors the Namib Rand Nature Re-serve was created and now incorporates an area of 140,000 hectare. The reserve borders on the Namib Naukluft Park. Game was reintroduced and fences where taken down so that it could roam freely.

The park is a vivid and varied fabric of all the natural beauty of the Namib. On a tour through the park you can see everything from steep, rocky mountain ranges to enormous savannahs, vegetated dunes of deep red sand, and clay pans - these are four of NamibRand’s distinct natural habitats. Many antelope, including the predominant Oryx gazelle, inhabit the park, as do over 100 bird species, among them Namibia’s only true endemic, the Dune Lark.

The Namib Rand Nature Reserve’s fascinating variety of fauna and flora is reflected in the colors of its landscapes, which change slowly but dramatically throughout the day. A tapestry of living, shifting colors and shapes, NamibRand is a photographer’s utopia if ever there was one, but no photograph can fully capture its dynamic and silent beauty - that can be known only through an own experience, made by visiting Namibia.