The Namib Sand Sea was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Friday 21st June 2013, giving international recognition to a unique landscape of exceptional beauty.
The Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Site falls entirely within the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape. It is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. It encompasses a unique environment in which endemic invertebrates, reptiles and mammals adapt to an ever-changing variety of microhabitats and ecological niches.