Fall in love with the Dunes of Gold.
Accra Forest's desert is a stunning destination for anybody who appreciates natural beauty.
The sand appears to be made of particles of gold and shimmers in the daylight. Evening trips into the desert are recommended to take in the full majesty of the dunes during the golden hour. Morning trips are available too for the early birds of the group, and a visit to this natural spectacle followed by a breakfast of pancakes, fruit, and tea is a wonderful way to start the day.
Some desert species of pinno' grath hunt here during the cooler times of the day and night, as do shiny-feathered khoricru, silt and broadfin jawagora, and bright-skinned kasulam and their athmook protectors.
Plants are relatively sparse given the desert location. However, a walk along the tributaries of Cranny River can reveal a few beautiful plants, such as the 'Vine of Infinite Sevens'. Hilsuny spirals grow from the silt, and fluffy darrama catch the night's mist in their fronds.
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The History of the Golden Dunes
The dunes of the Accra Forest's desert in the southern hemisphere are made from sand that is itself made from the shells of billions of molluscs.
The molluscs live in the Aber Sea and are fed by plankton, which grows generously around the River Stou estuary and the reefs of the Shy Range. A mollusc population this size leaves behind a large number of shells, and has been doing so for many generations.
The molluscs line their shells with nacre to make them strong and smooth, and this nacre routinely has a golden colour. When the shells of dead molluscs are washed ashore they are broken by the surf until they become sand. After that as happened, they dry out on the beach and are blown inland.
Most of the shining, golden sand ends up in the Accra Forest desert.