Wilderness Safaris’ new Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp accesses a remote oasis within a vast Namibian desert.

Why Go: By historical accounts, the Skeleton Coast does not sound like any place you would want to go. The vast coastal desert sees no more than about 4 inches of rain annually, and its unforgiving surf is responsible for centuries of shipwrecks (hence the coastline’s macabre name). But the ecotourism company Wilderness Safaris is expanding to the region, opening its eleventh camp in Namibia. The new fl…