Overview
Take a trip to Skeleton Coast Park on your Namibia vacation.
The Skeleton Coast National Park of Namibia stretches from the Kunene River in the north to the Ugab River in the south, protecting around one-third of Namibia’s coastline. It was established as a national park in 1971 and was named after the larger area that it inhabits.
On a Namibia safari, the park is divided into a southern section and a northern section. The south can be accessed by four-wheel drive vehicles on a Namibia tour but only as far north as the Ugab River, while the north can only be reached by a fly-in safari.
Ever since European navigators began to explore the region, it has been the site of many shipwrecks. The name Skeleton Coast initially referred to whale and seal bones that once washed up onshore due to the area’s whaling industry. However, it soon became a reference to the many skeletal remains of ships that were caught in fog or by offshore rocks.
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