Outside Windhoek, Namibia--just after sunset, the full moon rises through a half-dozen bands of purple and magenta.

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Richards is a guide with Understand Down Under, a company that runs the Moonwalk, a monthly, full moon, sunset to sunrise tour of Royal National Park.

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But there is plenty for the less physically ambitious to do as well, including taking a walk through the Valley of the Moon near sunset (the salt rock formations can be heard popping and crackling with temperature swings), visiting flamingo-dotted salt lakes, swimming near the El Tatio geysers, or stargazing at Explora's own observatory.

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