This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

LLM contributor Rebecca Underwood travels to this stunning African country and discovers its charming and unique attractions.

Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Mbano Manor Hotel is the first luxury ...

Collard, renowned for his deep knowledge and passionate advocacy for the Namib desert, was the founder of Tommy’s Tours & Safaris and the pioneer of the widely acclaimed Living Desert Tours.

Although large parts of this desert region are protected, it still faces threats from unsustainable land practices, mining and illegal plant harvesting. One unique way of protecting Namibia's ...

This immense stretch of Namib Desert is, first and foremost, the domain of the creatures big and small that have long roamed its plains—oryx gazelles and springboks, giraffes and zebras ...