Planning a visit to Sossusvlei and Deadvlei around heat and access
A well-planned visit to the Namib’s *vlei* depends less on collecting dunes than on resolving your base, the final stretch and the heat before setting out.
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Sesriem serves as a gateway to the dunes and *vlei*. The settlement has practical services, including camping and basic supplies, and lies about 60 kilometres from Sossusvlei.
The place
What makes it special
- A base for planning an early start towards the dunes.
- Camping and basic supplies.
- The road from here leads towards the *vlei*.
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- www.unesco.org
- www.sossusvlei.org
- www.sossusvlei.com
- namibian.org
- Namibia · Wikidata
- Namibia · Wikidata
- Namibia · World Countries — mledoze
- Namibia · World Bank Open Data
- Namibia · DBpedia
- Sossusvlei · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sossusvlei · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sossusvlei, Hardap, Namibia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Sossusvlei, Hardap, Namibia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Sesriem · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sesriem · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sesriem, Hardap, Namibia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 01/10/2026