Skeleton Coast

Namibia · region

Centred on -20.500°, 13.400°.

Likely encounters

mammalEN

African Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Desert-adapted herds that survive on remembered water in some of the driest country in Africa.

Very likelyNA

mammalCR

Sensitive · location generalised

Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

Precise locations are withheld. Namibia holds a globally significant population.

Very likelyNA

mammalLC

Black-backed Jackal

Lupulella mesomelas

Persistent, clever, and heard yipping across the plains at dusk.

Very likelyNA

mammalNT

Brown Hyena

Parahyaena brunnea

Shaggy ghost of the Skeleton Coast, scavenging along the tide line.

Very likelyNA

mammalVU

Sensitive · location generalised

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Namibia holds the world's largest free-roaming cheetah population.

Very likelyNA

mammalLC

Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

Emblem of the desert, capable of surviving without free water.

Very likelyNA