Explore The Ghostly Shipwrecks Of The Skeleton Coast

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A relentless, deathly, mesmerising landscape haunted by the lost souls of those who have lost their way in the endless sand and vast, open desert plains of the Skeleton Coast provides an ethereal backdrop for those who explore the ghostly shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast. Some of the most inhospitable conditions on earth, including heavy surf, relentless gale force winds, extreme dryness and heat characterise the place known as 'The Land God Made in Anger', or 'The Gates of Hell'.

Explore the ghostly shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast and discover the most famous wreck, the Dunedin Star, that ran aground in 1942 on its way around Africa to the Middle East, loaded with ammunition to be used in World War II. On the fateful day, the Dunedin managed to send a distress signal to Walvis Bay. A tug boat sent to rescue the survivors itself ran aground. A bomber was sent from Cape Town to provide supplies to the survivors, but could not take off when it landed. Yet another bomber sent to air-drop supplies crashed into the ocean. A convoy sent to the survivors also stopped short of the survivors, this time a mere 3 kilometres short. The intriguing story ends with the survivors trekking through the desert to Windhoek, arriving on Christmas Eve. See the remains of the self-same cargo scattered on the Skeleton Coast and visit the memorial to the victims of the tug boat. A trip to the Skeleton Coast is rounded off with sightings of whales, seals, sea lions, elephant, cheetah, gemsbok, springbuck, giraffe, brown hyaena, ostrich, jackal, honey badger and birds.