We have extended our famous Historian tour by offering an exciting overnight quad tour into the red dunes of the sea of sand. The tour departs from Lagoon Chalets in Walvis Bay in the early morning and proceeds to the yellow dunes of the Kuiseb Delta. It follows the route of the Historian tour until it proceeds to and crosses the main branch of the Kuiseb river, eventually entering the 1000 feet RED DUNES on the southern border of the SEA OF SAND. The tour continues through the Sea of Sand to the overnight base camp at Rooibank on the Kuiseb River. Rooibank will serve as the base from where the tour proceeds to the Topnaar settlements as well as a late afternoon photographic excursion into the SEA OF SAND. DAY ONE After reaching the most southerly point of the famous Historian tour, the tour continues south to the Kuiseb River and upon crossing the river (which is normally a dry river bed) enters into the Red Dunes. The change in landscape is extremely dramatic. The dunes are GIGANTIC and RED. There is no vegetation in this barren, lonely desert. One very seldom sees any signs of civilization except for a Borehole rusted almost to extinction. You visit fossil elephant tracks in an old riverbed between these high dunes. The area is totally deserted and besides other members on the tour, you will not see any other forms of human inhabitants. Peace and tranquility. It is fantastic- no people, no noise, no pollution- only you and your quad train navigating by GPS through these fantastic dunes. The tour arrives at the base camp destination at about midday where you can hop into a bath or shower to wash off the desert sand and enjoy a light meal. Afterwards you can relax in house, sleep or sun tan (even during winter!!). In the late afternoon you can travel up the Kuiseb River towards the Topnaar settlements where you will meet the descendants of these ancient people and experience how they live today with their herds of goats and basic means of raising crops to be able to feed themselves or alternatively you can stay at the base camp and just relax. From the Topnaar settlements you travel into the Red Dunes where the shades on the slip faces of the dunes in the late afternoon offer excellent photographic opportunities. On returning to the base camp, everyone can relax around an outdoor fire and partake in a traditional African barbeque. The stars are so clear in this unpolluted desert sky that stargazing and counting the satellites going by is a perfect way to end a day of amazing sights in the sea of sand, prior to retiring for the night all snugly in a nice clean bed, tired from the sun and fresh dry unpolluted air . DAY TWO General Information The following persons will unfortunately not be able to partake
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