Namibia -  Life in the Middle of the Desert
First-time visitors quickly learn that Namibia's attractions merit more time than a typical tour extension allows. Unique scenic attractions and great wildlife parks make this vast but little-known country on the southern Atlantic Ocean a worthy destination of its own. Here the people are few and far between and life is at its most basic. Travelers with a taste for adventure can walk amid vast, beautiful, uninhabited terrain of the unique Namib Desert, stretching 1000 miles along the Atlantic Coast, where remote trails lead through soaring dunes and harsh 'moonscapes' dotted with strange contorted plants thousands of years old. They will find ancient rock etchings, and interact with traditional tribal groups unchanged by modern times. In the north, the spectacular Etosha Pan National Park depicts the miracle of survival in the desert, and how vast herds of specialized animals and rare plants manage to adapt to the harshest desert conditions.