Heading into Sossusvlei. This is a small accessible area in the Namib desert protected area. The Namib is a massive area with the largest dunes in the world.
After 60 kms on tar road, 5 kms on loose 4WD sand & a 1.2 km walk up & down through sand you get to an area called Deadvlei which is a clay pan with long dead trees. A river used to flow here 600 years ago but the dunes choked it. The images of the area are quite unique & you may have seen them in movies etc.
This dune towers over Deadvlei. It is called Big Daddy. You won't see it in this resolution but there are climbers on the ridge.
On the way in, we saw a black backed jackal, several springbok & some gorgeous oryx.
And on the subject of tires etc, as Willem mentioned, you prepare. I checked that we had a good spare, all of the necessary tools & I took a quick look at the wheel lugs to make sure that they weren't rounded. We saw two people changing tires on the side of the road in the last two days.
Ian