# @mud_dust_overlanding on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CfDf4yXtf9p
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59851487-mud-dust-overlanding-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-06-21T04:55:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blaise Samoy (@mud_dust_overlanding) — https://gondola.cc/mud_dust_overlanding

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SOSSUSVLEI
Sossusvlei is like a generic term even if it describes a very specific area.
Behind this generic term, you have some myths: Dune 45, Deadvlei, Big Daddy, Big Mama,…
In the oldest desert in the World you will also find some of the biggest dunes in the World.
What is interesting when you look at a map is this tongue of hard land going into the middle of dunes. 
Literally, Sossusvlei means “dead-end marsh”. The Taushab river flows from Eastern side and Sossussvlei is its limit... when it actually flows that far.
Most of the time, the river does not even reach the salt and clay pan.
Deadvlei is its neighbor famous for its dead trees. They are said to be 900 years old. Though they are not fossil trees, they don't decomposed due to the extreme dry climate. If they have survived time, they could not survive tourism. It is common to see tourists seating, walking, or climbing those trees. Rangers only check tickets at the gate but no one is around to protect them. Could you imagine Mona Lisa left unattended in the Louvres? Well, this is what is happening in Deadvlei.
When the damages will be finally noticed, it will be too late.
Collectively, we can play a role. When I’m there, I don’t mind telling people not to climb on the trees. It seems vain but all together, we can, maybe, educate those $@&@!!!
If Namibia as a whole is an amazing country, Sossusvlei is its jewel.
Please help protect it.

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düne, namib, overlandinglife, namibnaukluft, overlandingadventures, deadvleinamibia, overlandingafrica, namibia, désert, sossusvlei, dunes, deadvlei, namibnaukluftnationalpark, overlanders4x4, overlanders, desert, dune, dune45

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