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Day 24 of 28 · Cape Cross · The Great Southern Loop & Namib Desert Explorer

Day 24 — Cape Cross Seal Reserve

TRANSFERwildlife watching

An active day to your new base in Cape Cross, with 2 h on the road.

Cape Cross Seal Reserve
Cape Cross © photographed in 2014 by Martin Cígler — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 21 · Cape Cross · Namibia

We sleep in Cape Cross Lodge, 1.1 km from the place visited

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days 24 and 26 3 nights 2 h on the road159 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 30. Based on: nature reserve; cape reached from the stage (Cape Cross).

programme
7 h
road
2 h
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11 h 06
  • Observing the Cape Fur Seal colony

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    3 h
  • Coastal walk along the desolate beachInterest nature 15Place Cape Cross, 1.6 km away · exact place name★★★☆☆ · known in 19 languages — article “Cape Cross”“Cape Cross is a headland in the South Atlantic in Skeleton Coast, western Namibia.” — after Wikipedia

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    4 h

To add if time allows: Visiting the Diego Cão historic padrao (2 h) · Seafood dinner at the lodge (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Salt pans scenic drive

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