More than grains of sand: Comprehensive travel and photo guide to the Namib Desert in the Republic of Namibia

Title: More than grains of sand
Subtitle: Comprehensive travel and photo guide to the Namib Desert in the Republic of Namibia
Author: Sakkie Rothmann
Publisher: Magical Namibia
Uis, Namibia 2011
ISBN 9789991678474 / ISBN 978-99916-78-47-4
Softcover, 20 x 20 cm, 240 pages, countless colour photos

Description:

The rich diversity and extreme beauty of the Namib Desert, the various coastal parks and surrounding pro-Namib regions is widely acclaimed as a natural heritage, and is considered by many to be one of the most unique biospheres on the planet. This publication, More than grains of sand: Comprehensive travel and photo guide to the Namib Desert in the Republic of Namibia, which is a combination and update of three previous smaller publications, is an effort to inform in pictures on as many as possible interesting aspects of this vast area and its early pioneers. It is a vehicle friendly publication for the average traveller to understand what we see and where we will see what in this enormous piece of land called the Namib Desert.

Content: More than grains of sand. The Namib Desert in the Republic of Namibia

Introduction
Geological processes
The Southern Namib: Sperrgebiet National Park
The Central Namib (Naukluft Park)
The North Central Namib
The Far Northern Namib
The Namibian Coast
Flora of the Namib
Desert animals
Birds of the desert
Early settlers in Western Namibia
Epilogue
About the author
Bonus pages for travellers
Ovamboland map
Kavango map
Capnvi map
Damaraland map
Central Namibia (Windhoek) map
Hereroland map
Sossusvlei regions map
Namaland / Kalahari map
Sperrgebiet map
Haras and Ai-Ais region map
Supporting services