Swakopmund’s dunes are more alive than you think

By Roxanne Reid
He was a whirlwind of energy, sand flying as he dug in search of creatures that had left tiny hints of their presence, wiggling his bare feet into the sand where it was cooler than the hot surface. This was Tommy Collard leading us into the dunes of the Dorob National Park outside Swakopmund,Namibia, proving that the dunes are more alive than you think. The first stop on our Living Desert Tourwith Tommy was in the Swakop river bed to let down the tyres of the 4x4 from 2.5 b...