The Tsaukhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park (TNP) is situated in the south-western corner of Namibia (Figure 2), bordered in the west by the Atlantic Ocean, the Orange (Gariep) River in the south, in the east by commercial farms and the Namib sand sea in the Namib-Naukluft Park to the north. The park was proclaimed in 2008 and has an area of 21 750km2. Four towns are situated on the periphery or within the park: Lüderitzbucht in the north-west, Aus in the north-east, Rosh Pinah in the south-east and Oranjemund in the south-west.