Remote Destinations That Make You Feel Like the Last Person on Earth

4. The Skeleton Coast, Namibia – The Drowned Desert

Where the rolling dunes of the Namib Desert meet the wild Atlantic, the Skeleton Coast is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and desolate places on Earth. Named for the countless shipwrecks and whale bones that litter its shores, this barren coastline feels otherworldly—a place of endless sand, swirling mist, and total emptiness. The only inhabitants? Lions, hyenas, desert elephants, and thousands of seals. Visiting the Skeleton Coast requires a small bush plane or a rugged 4x4 journey into the unknown, where you’ll encounter abandoned diamond mines, ghost towns, and shipwrecks frozen in time. If solitude and cinematic landscapes are what you crave, there’s nowhere else like it.