<p class="MsoNormal">Travelers to the Namib Desert run down the steep face of a coastal dune in Namibia’s Erongo region.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-family-trips/namib-desert/">Best Family Trip: Namib Desert, Namibia </a></p>

Namib Desert

Travelers to the Namib Desert run down the steep face of a coastal dune in Namibia’s Erongo region.

Best Family Trip: Namib Desert, Namibia

Photograph by John Warburton-Lee Photography, Alamy

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