Beyond Routes

Desert elephants and desert lions

Discover how desert elephants and desert lions survive in the arid north-west of Namibia. From Puros and the Hoanib to the Skeleton Coast, and what makes them different from their counterparts.

Between dry riverbeds, rocky mountains, vast desert plains and Namibia's rugged Skeleton Coast live  desert elephants and desert lions . They are not officially separate animal species. Yet the conditions in this extremely arid area have led them to adapt in a…