Info: This is the coast which, for centuries, the sailors who ply the commercial routes feared, respected, and above all, avoided. It sends us through the skeletons of dead animals bleached by the sun, testimony to the harshness of this coast where only the strongest and best adapted are capable of surviving. There have been many tragedies at sea, and this place has well-earned its fearful name: The Skeleton Coast. Not so long ago, the white man also tried to adapt to this dry land.
They came here lured by the promise of untold riches, big diamond deposits. But nature proved stronger and they soon had to admit defeat. Entire towns were abandoned overnight as they fled from the terrors of the desert. These ghost towns still provide the greatest ...
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