Aerial view from hot air balloon of sand road cutting across desert landscape covered in Fairy Circles, Namib Rand game reserve Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Sand road cutting across grassy landscape towards mountains, Wolwedans, Namib Rand Game Reserve, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Land rover game vehicle parked by sand road at sunrise, Namib Rand game reserve, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Aerial view of road in the desert and fairy circles, Namib Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Track through sand with scrub, Namib Road, Namib Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Zebra crossing animal warning sign, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Tyre tracks delineate a seemingly endless straight road in Namib Desert near the infamous Skeleton Coast, Namibia, Africa

Wolvedans, Namib Rand Nature Reserve, Namibia, Africa

Namib Rand Nature Reserve, Namibia, Africa

Elephant road sign, Damaraland, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa

Aerial view of a car going down the winding road to barren plains, from the top of Spreethoogte Pass, Namib-Naukluft, Namibia, Africa

Car at Dune 45, aerial view over Namib Desert, Namibia

Off-road vehicle and a Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) near Sandwich Harbour, Namib Naukluft National Park, part of the Namibian Skeleton Coast National Park, Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Dirt track in the Namib Desert, Namib Rand Nature Reserve, Namibia, Africa

Quadbiker on sand track in the Namib, Namib Rand area, Namibia, Africa

Off-road vehicle in sand dunes above the Orange River, also Oranjemund, Sperrgebiet National Park, also Tsau ǁKhaeb National Park, Namibia, Africa

Land Rover in front of Dune 49, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa

Safari vehicle of the Wolwedans Dune Lodge in the high grass of the dune landscape, Namib Rand Nature Reserve, in Wolwedans, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Aerial view, tarred road pulling you through desert landscape, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa

Road through the desert with a warning sign Attention horses, near Aus, Karas Region, Namib, Namibia, Africa

Road to nowhere sign, Namib desert, Namibia, Africa

Empty road in desert, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Attention wild animals sign on a long dry road, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

Attention wild animals sign on a long dry road, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

Attention wild animals sign on a long dry road, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

Road and mountains, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

A vehicle of the balloon ground crew tries to follow the flight direction of the hot-air balloon, crossing a sandy plain at the edge of the Namib Desert. The so-called 'Fairy Circles' are circular patches without any vegetation which according to recent s