Skeleton Beach is a dry, skeletal desert with very difficult access. This beach is one of the most dangerous areas in Africa, which is generally difficult to access. This beach is located in the west of the Namibian Sea and adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. This beach has a 500 km desert coastline. This beach has no connection with the outside world, there is no river to get there, so it is very difficult to travel there and you have to drive for weeks. The swamps of this place are full of dangerous crocodiles.
The Bushmen are natives of Namibia who settled on the Skeleton Coast several centuries ago but decided to leave in the 15th century. In addition to difficult access to this place, dry climate and barren soil, difficult access to water and low rainfall were among the reasons why the Bushmen left this place. The Bushmen believe that this land was created when God was angry, which is why they call it the offspring of God’s wrath.
This is the only place on earth where a lucky and timely visitor can hear the sound of sand dunes. Billions of grains of sand in the air cause a gentle roar that many tourists are looking for something and think that there is a passenger plane above their heads.
In the 17th century, Portuguese sailors came to the shore by boat to hunt whales. But their arrival on this shore was a disaster. There are large rocks in the coastal water, it is impossible to predict the sea in this area, and the waves are very strong, and it is not surprising that many ships got stuck on this beach and sank.
John Henry Marsh named the Skeleton after the beach. He also referred to the shipwreck of the Dawn Starr that sank off the coast when he wrote a book about the wrecked ships of England, calling the beach the Skeleton Coast. Now the wreck of the English ship has become a memorial.
John Henry Marsh called the beach “the Skeleton” because many sailors claimed to have seen many skeletons on the beach. Sailors found the skeletons of many animals and even humans on the beach that had either starved to death or been hunted by other animals.
The Suiderkus was a relatively modern net fishing vessel that, despite its highly advanced navigation system, sank around Mowe Bay on its final voyage. After a few months, most parts of the ship sank, but a large part of the hull survived. The main body is now home to cormorants (a type of bird that lives by the water) and this has made it very popular among photographers. The wreckage of this ship is one of the most famous and accessible along the coast of Namibia.
The region’s harsh weather and water scarcity minimize the chances of living on Namibia’s skeleton coast, so in addition to wrecked ships, you’ll find animal skeletons ranging from fish to birds. Among the sands of this beach, you can see everything from elephant rib bones to turtle skeletons.
This beach is one of the most isolated areas in the world because it is very difficult to visit and access. No other human beings have lived there since the 15th century when the Bushmen left.
Many unsuspecting sailors are stranded on this shore in search of hope for salvation. In the 1940s, a large number of human skeletons were found off the coast of Namibia, which was a very sad scene. A stone was found in this area with the words “I am looking for a river to the north, if anyone finds this and follows me, God help him”. The skeletons found belong to a ship that was destroyed 80 years earlier, in 1860.
But the curiosity of tourists has led to tours to visit this beach. These tours and safaris are run by professionals and last for 4 days and 3 nights.
