Griddle-hot deserts, time-forsaken ghost towns, prismatic canyons and endless ribbons of lonely highway: There’s nothing quite like a road trip across the Southwest to get the gasoline pumping in an ...

A car runs on the Meob Bay at the Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia, Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) Cars run along the coastline at the Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia, Nov. 2, 2024.

The sand dunes and gravel plains of Namibia's northern coast "will test the endurance of any daring hiker." Thanks to a government-led concessions program, local residents may have a stake in the ...

A namaqua chameleon snags a tasty beetle larva in the Namib Desert, Namibia. Photograph by Beverly Houwing, Beverly Hills, CA Walking on a sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Slowly, my eyes opened. All around was nothing but golden sand, underneath a brilliant blue sky. In the distance were enormous sand dunes literally the size of mountains. Oh, and I was also on a train ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since Namibia’s independence in 1990, the country has become a model of wildlife recovery, and is now famed for its free-roaming herds of megafauna ...