Sesriem Camp is located right
next to Sossusvlei section entrance gate and overnight there allows entering
park an hour before sunrise, earlier than all other tourists staying outside of
the park may enter. Sesriem Canyon is located at
the entrance gate to Sossusvlei section of the Namib-Naukluft National Park,
where centuries of
erosion
have cut a narrow gorge around a kilometer in length. At the foot of the gorge,
which plunges down to 30 to 40 metres, are pools that become replenished after
good rains. Sesriem Camp location is very scenic, with mountains and red sand
dunes in the background.
Сесрием Кемп расположен у входа в район Соссусвлей национального парка
Намиб-Науклюфт. Кемпинг позволяет въехать в парк за час до рассвета и до того
как ворота откроются для всех туристов проживающих вне парка. Расположение
кемпинга очень живописное, с видами на горы Науклюфт и красные песчаные дюны.
Бронирование: info@namibweb.com
YouTube
video: NWR Sesriem
Camp site in December 2020:
Sesriem derives its name from the time when earlier Afrikaner pioneers trekkers
tied six (ses in Afrikaans) lengths of rawhide thongs (riems in Afrikaans)
together to scoop water from the pools. Explore the Sesriem Canyon and famous
Elim Dune from this famous scenic camping site. Sesriem Camp consists of forty
four camping sites and six overflow camp sites. Camp sites are set apart from
each other and many have old camelthorn trees as a shade.
YouTube
video: Solitaire car
wrecks outdoor museum:
Sesriem Camp offers clean ablution blocks and has filling fuel station, a shop,
a restaurant with a bar.
Tsauchab River may flow occasionally and rock pools sometimes occur during rainy
season in Sesriem Canyon and provide excellent
swimming opportunities. Visitors
may walk down Sesriem Canyon in dry season. Staying at Sesriem Camp and Sesriem Oshana Camp gives you a bonus: to enter park an hour before sunrise. Main gate
for all other visitors opens at sunrise as in all national parks in Namibia.
Ballooning
over
Sossusvlei is an activity taking off at Sesriem, a champagne breakfast is
included on landing.
Scenic flights over Sossusvlei in aircraft and helicopter also depart from
Sesriem airstrip.
Sossusvlei
(sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red
dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft
National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended
meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis
such as Dead Vlei and other high dunes), which is one of the major visitor
attractions of Namibia.
The name "Sossusvlei" is of mixed origin, and roughly means "dead end marsh".
Vlei is the Afrikaans word for "marsh", while "sossus" is
Nama for "no return"
or "dead end". Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic
drainage basin (i.e., a drainage basin without outflows) for the ephemeral
Tsauchab River.
Elim Dune
The Elim Dune is a high and relatively isolated dune located 5 km past the
Sesriem gate, on a branch of the main road connecting Sesriem to Sossusvlei. The
dune takes its name from a farm that used to be in the area before the National
Park was established.
swimming opportunities. Visitors
may walk down Sesriem Canyon in dry season. Staying at Sesriem Camp and Sesriem Oshana Camp gives you a bonus: to enter park an hour before sunrise. Main gate
for all other visitors opens at sunrise as in all national parks in Namibia.
over
Sossusvlei is an activity taking off at Sesriem, a champagne breakfast is
included on landing.
