Skeleton Coast

The Skeleton Coast is a dramatic clash of elements—where the churning ocean battles the relentless desert sands. Wind carves rippling dunes around shipwrecks and whale bones, relics of thick fog and treacherous shores. This remote, untamed stretch belongs to fur seals, seabirds, and the hardy oryx.

Travel to Namibia’s Skeleton Coast often involves chartered airplanes or helicopters to reach remote wrecks, departing from towns that seem perched at earth’s edge. The journey evokes a sense of insignificance and awe, offering a powerful rebuttal to humanity's belief in its own dominance. Over a 3-week trip we witnessed the iron- and steel-hulled ships, subsumed by sand, crumbling into rusty flakes. The Skeleton Coast reminds us of the planet’s true balance of power, where nature reigns supreme.