Up at 5:15 to pack the tents, then drove 1 hour to Sossusvlei. Arrived at sunrise, using 4-wheel drive for the last 5K.

 We hiked up a dune to look around and take some photos. Neither of us were terribly impressed—I had been expecting much more. Red sand in the morning light—nice, but a bit hazy facing east and south. We had breakfast by the dunes.