Namib Desert Scenic Flights

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Sossusvlei Scenic Flight

• Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
• Flight distance: 630 km

Route and highlights: We take off from Swakopmund and fly along the dry river bed of the Kuiseb river inland to the picturesque Kuiseb Canyon. We get to see the Tsondab Valley and the impressive Dead Vlei and Sossusvlei with the highest sand dunes worldwide. Further west we cross over the mystic diamond restricted are (Sperrgebiet) with its abandoned diamond ghost towns. We continue via Conception Bay and its seal colony to the shipwrecks of Eduard Bohlen (1909) and Shawnee (1976). Finally we arrive at Sandwich Habour, a protected area where the rolling waves of the Atlantic Ocean hit the mighty sand dunes of the Namib Desert. Via the colorful salt mines of Walvis Bay we fly back to Swakopmund.

Skeleton Coast

Skeleton Coast Scenic Flight

• Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Flight distance: 360 km

Route and highlights: We take off from Swakopmund and fly over the barren and impressive "Moon Landscape" and the wide Swakop and Kuisib Riverbeds. After a short flight we reach the impressive dunes of the Namib south of Walvis Bay. We fly south over the huge sand sea to reach the Eduard Bohlen and the Shawnee shipwreck which stranded in 1909 and 1979 respectively. On our way we encounter several smaller seal colonies until we finally reach Sandwich Habour, where the mighty sand dunes meet the stormy Atlantic Ocean. Via the colourfully reflecting salt mines of Walvis Bay we return to Swakopmund.

Cape Cross

Cape Cross Scenic Flight

• Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
• Flight distance: 630 km

Route and highlights: We take off in Swakopmund and fly along the Swakop River to the impressive Moon Landscape. We continue via the Rössing Uranium Mine, the world's biggest open pit coastal mine, to the Spitzkoppe, also called the "Matterhorn of Namibia", an inselberg that surmounting it's surrounds by 700 metres.

Next highlight of the flight is the Brandberg mountain range, Namibia's highest mountain. Further north we fly over the mostly dry Ugab River with the chance to spot desert-dwelling elephants, ostriches, oryx antelopes and other game.

We hit the rough Atlantic coast and fly south along the Skeleton Coast to find some of the famous shipwrecks before reaching Cape Cross. Here one of the biggest cape seal colonies in Namibia is based. Via the little fisherman's village Hentiesbay and the shiny salt mines of Walvis Bay we return to Swakopmund.

Namib

Namib Desert Scenic Flight

• Duration: 1 hour
• Flight distance: 112 km

Route and highlights: We take off in Swakopmund in a southern direction to fly over the Namibian harbour town Walvis Bay to the mouth of the Kuiseb river. We continue south where we visit the Shawnee ship wreck of 1979, before flying on to Sandwich Harbour where the huge sand dunes of the Namib Desert dramatically meet the Atlantic Ocean. We return via Walvis Bay to Swakopmund to end our journey.