Walvis Bay and the Skeleton Coast

The Skeleton Coast- called by the old Portuguese sailors "The Gates of Hell". It is subsequent to frequent fogs resulting in many wrecks. these rapidly get taken over by seabirds as nesting sites. This is also a Unesco Worl heritage site as it contains over 100 lichen species many rare and many unique to this location. Other remarkable desert specialist plants are the Quiver Tree and Welwetchia