Sossusvlei Tour - Day 2/3

Day two of our Sossusvlei tour, today started with a 5.30am wake up in order to get to Dune 45 with enough time to hike up it for sunrise! We jumped into a safari Land Cruiser for the day to zip around places faster on the rocky/ sandy roads.
Dune 45 was a great hike up, we sat at the top for a few minutes enjoying the view and watching the sunrise before choosing to run straight down the dune instead of hiking back down, this was great fun and provided even more photo opportunities at the bottom!
We had a breakfast picnic at the bottom of Dune 45, before heading over to hike the Big Daddy Dune!
Upon arriving at Big Daddy dune, we were immediately worried we wouldn’t make it to the top! This was a huge hike and seeing the tiny specs of people at the top which looked so far away was an insane view!
Surely enough, after a few hours we eventually got to the top which provided breathtaking 360 degree views! We could also see Deadveli from the top of this dune too! After a well deserved breather and photos, we got to run down the sand dune from the very top! Daddy dune being so big, even running down, we had to take breaks and breathers and stop every so often as this wasn’t a short run down!
A short walk over to Deadveli which was an absolutely one of a kind place on earth to see! These trees have had all the sand dunes naturally form a circle completely around them cutting off all access to any water, leaving this trees unable to even decompose! They haven’t changed for over 1000 years! Each tree was so fragile and so intricate with its branches being scorched by the sun. No one is allowed to touch the trees incase of any damages people may do or contact of suncream and whatnot that could damage these precious trees!
We spent a good solid time taking photos here!
A bit of a journey back to our campsite after Deadveli for lunch and a refresh
In the afternoon we went to see Sesriem Canyon, amos and I spent the remaining of the afternoon walking all through this and enjoying the golden hour on our walk back to the camp site from here!
Hot dinner, cold showers, hot fire and cold winds later, we popped into bed for a well deserved rest and sleep!Weiterlesen