Stretching northwards is the Skeleton Coast, so named because of the numerous ships that have run aground along its coastline. The bleak and inhospitable coastline has an impressive seal colony at Cape Cross and a shoreline that supports black-backed jackals, brown hyena and sometimes the occasional lion. The wildlife authorities protect it in a national park, but there are also private concessions in the region and the option for adventurous fly in safaris. The Twyfelfontein Rock Paintings and engravings reveal that people have been living here for 2700 years. The Brandberg, which are the tallest mountains in the region at 2500 meters also conceal a treasure of rock art.
Skeleton Coast
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