A 54-YEAR-OLD French tourist who went missing after going hiking in the Sossusvlei area, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia on Thursday morning has been found dead.
According to namibian.com.na, police chief inspector Elifas Kuwinga, said the French national went hiking with a group of other tourists and was last seen on Thursday at around 09h00 in the Deadvlei area at Sossusvlei. His body was discovered on Friday.
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He has been identified as Nicolas Remondiere.
“Nicolas got separated from the group at some stage and was nowhere to be found,” Kuwinga said.
The police said a report was made by the group’s tour guide at about 15h00 and an immediate search was launched by the police, rangers and ministry of tourism staff.
