Desert calling: negotiating the edge of existence in the Namib

Namib Desert snapshot Getting there: Air Namibia, British Airways, Kulula and South African Airways fly to Windhoek from Johannesburg and Cape Town. It’s an 800-kilometre-long drive from Cape Town to the Namibian border, and 1364 kilometres from Johannesburg. Staying there: Wolwedans has five understatedly stylish camps, catering for the luxury market, in the private NamibRand Nature Reserve, bordered by sand dunes and the Nubib Mountains.