Sandboarding and desert dune adventures in Continental and South Africa.
The Sahara is the largest hot desert and one of the most incredible places on Earth. If you are planning to go on an adventure travelling in the desert, then the Sahara should definitely be on top of your bucket list. This famous desert is located in northern Africa and…
Sandboarding is still an emerging sport in Africa, so there's plenty of room for personal discovery. The vast, arid plains of the Sahara and the deserts of Namibia and South Africa offer some of the best sandboarding in the world. These huge deserts are made up of dunes that are…
Morocco has many incredible deserts to offer, so the popularity of sandboarding as a recreational activity does not come as a surprise. You can surf on sand dunes in the majestic Erg Chebbi and Erg Chigaga - two major sand seas of the Sahara Desert. The best dunes for sandboarding…
Find out what are the best sand dunes for sandboarding in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Below, a list of places where you can go sand dune surfing and sledding in the Jeffrey's Bay, East London, Gqeberha areas. See also: sandboarding in South Africa. Sandboarding dunes near Jeffreys Bay. Source. Jeffreys…
Tunisia is covered by 40.000 square kilometers of sand desert, a large part of the eastern Great Erg sand sea, which offers the most beautiful views of wind-sculpted dunes. Sandboarding is an increasingly popular activity on the dunes, which are also famous for being the main site used for shooting…
Sand sledding. Photo courtesy of Bongani2.
South Africa is an amazing country for sandboarding: the dunes near Cape Town and the so-called Garden Route (comprising the towns of Knysna and Mossel Bay among others) both offer incredible sand surfing locations with coastal dunes of all sizes and challenge levels. The JBay beaches near Gqeberha (formerly known…
You can enjoy sandboarding in the Sahara Desert across several locations in Egypt. From the immense dunes of the Egyptian Great Sand Sea near Siwa, west of Cairo, to the slopes of the Sinai peninsula near Sharm El-Sheik, or sand surfing down the dunes of the Nubian desert by the…
Sandboarding in Namibia. Photo courtesy of Luke Price
The deserts of Namibia are home to some of the highest sand dunes in the entire world. It's no wonder that in the region of Erongo, sports like sand surfing and dune skiing have gained much popularity amongst locals and tourists. These activities are practiced on the dunes near Swakopmund…
Sandboarding at the Atlantis Dunes in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo courtesy of Bongani2.
There are many opportunities to experience sand surfing near Cape Town in Western Cape. The best and nearest spot to Cape Town is the Atlantis Sand Dunes only 40km north of the city, while Hout Bay and Betty's Bay are the two biggest commercial sandboarding locations near the coast. The…
The Sahara is a vast and unforgiving desert, notorious for its extreme temperatures, lack of water, and frequent sandstorms. But in addition to the harsh environmental conditions, the region is also plagued by criminal activities, including human trafficking, drug smuggling, and terrorism. Criminal organizations take advantage of the vast and remote landscape to operate with impunity, making the Sahara a dangerous place for travelers and locals alike.