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Deadvlei, Namibia
Featuring one of the largest sand dunes on earth and a petrified forest, Deadvlei (Dead Marsh) is a strange yet awe-inspiring destination. Over the ages, the dunes have rusted thanks to clay in the subsoil. As a result the petrified trees, some as old as a thousand years, stand frozen in time as others decay under the endless sun.
When you aren’t admiring the skeletal trees, you can gaze upon dunes that soar over 1,300 feet towards the heavens. But not all life is lost, you can discover salsola shrubs surviving off morning mists. The monstrous red dunes of Deadvlei are in Namib-Naukluft National Park.
